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Form of workProgram Coordinator - Safe Children
(1st Shift)
Position Summary:
Provide oversight, development and training to first shift Safe Children’s staff and volunteers. Represents the Nursery in the community through speaking engagements, special events and presentations. Reports to the Director of Programming and supervises Lead Children’s Specialists, Children’s Specialists, and volunteers.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Leadership
(1st Shift)
Position Summary:
Provide oversight, development and training to first shift Safe Children’s staff and volunteers. Represents the Nursery in the community through speaking engagements, special events and presentations. Reports to the Director of Programming and supervises Lead Children’s Specialists, Children’s Specialists, and volunteers.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Leadership
- Provides active leadership on the floor through face-to-face interaction and modeling of Crisis Nursery philosophy of care
- Participates in and serves on the Leadership Team
- Serves as on-call supervisor and participates in weekly on-call supervisor meetings
- Leads first shift team meetings
- Provides quality reflective supervision with first shift team members
- Participates on the Crisis Nursery Advisory Committee
Program Management & Development
- Develops and implements innovative initiatives for Safe Children’s programming
- In collaboration with Director of Programming, provides training of Conscious Discipline for Safe Children’s staff, interns and volunteers
- Assists with development and implementation of Crisis Nursery training for staff, interns and volunteers
- Assists with data collection and maintenance for Safe Children’s program.
- Assists with analysis of program statistics and other requirements of funding agencies
- Understands and implements licensing standards for the organization and responds to changes accordingly
Safe Children Staff & Volunteer Management
- Recruits, trains, mentors and evaluates first shift Safe Children staff, interns and volunteers
- Performs periodic evaluations of staff to remain in compliance with DCFS license
- Manages staffing for Safe Children and Volunteer programs
- Communicates with staff through weekly team meetings, bi-weekly supervision meetings, and bi-monthly all staff meetings
- Participates in volunteer fairs and maintains relationships with campus and community
- Develops and administers surveys for volunteers
- Tracks and reports all volunteer statistics
Outreach and Collaboration
- Represents Crisis Nursery at speaking engagements, meeting and collaborates with other community agencies and organizations
- Contributes to publications through program articles and testimonials
Skills and Abilities:
Education and Training
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Human Services Field, Child Development, Early Childhood Education from an accredited school or equivalent
Experience
- Leadership skills, including negotiation, problem-solving, decision-making and delegation.
- Three to five year’s work experience with children, at least two of which are in institutional or other residential group care programs or equivalent
Knowledge
- Advanced level of knowledge of early childhood development principles and practices
- Advanced knowledge of database management
- Advanced level of knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
- Intermediate level of knowledge of early childhood laws, regulations, and licensing
- Working knowledge of Conscious Discipline and BabyTALK
- Basic knowledge of principles of continuous quality improvement
Skills
- Demonstrated competency and ability in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships staff, community groups and other related agencies.
- Demonstrated skills in cultural and linguistic sensitivity
- Demonstrated ability to supervise professionals and other staff/volunteers
- Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal communication skills
- Excellent skills in verbal and written communication, problem solving, and multi-tasking
- Excellent time management and organizational skills and the ability to prioritize
- Ability to manage changing and conflicting priorities
- Deductive and inductive reasoning
Psychological Considerations:
- 24/7 availability
- Fast paced environment
- Changing priorities
- High stress level
- Large volume of interruptions
Job Type: Full Time / Salary
Salary Range: $45,000 - $55,000
Benefits Offered: Paid time off, Health, Life, Dental Vision, Short Term Disability, Accident, Critical Illness, & Simple IRA
