Candidates must have strong leadership skills, excellent communication skills, a genuine love for children and a strong commitment to education. You will be responsible for managing the overall operations of our high-quality early childhood education program including enhancing and implementing our award-winning Life Essentials® Curriculum, staff management, scheduling, hiring, enrollment, family relationships, and academy events. The ideal candidate should have education and experience in both business management and early childhood education. You will have a front-row seat to experience running a business with the owners – this could be a launchpad to owning your own School in the future!
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Manage the finances of the center effectively and within budgetary guidelines.
- Ensure all finance-related record keeping requirements are met.
- Oversee the day-to-day operations and maintain a center that meets or exceeds the company guidelines.
- Conduct tours for prospective parents, enroll new families, and assist management’s efforts to quickly ramp up and meet the academy’s enrollment goals.
- Create and execute local marketing plan (both internal and external) necessary to drive new enrollments and maintain desired capacity.
- Establish positive working relationships and communicate effectively with corporate office, staff, parents, children, state licensing authorities, vendors and other members of the community.
- This person should have ability to have difficult conversations in a professional setting with staff and families.
- Must be motivated to get any facility maintenance issues fixed by seeking right resources, coordinating maintenance people in a timely manner in reasonable budgets.
- Willingness to excel in Social Media marketing, if needed self-train in all the skills needed to run a successful millennial business.
- Must act as an effective liaison between the school and the franchisor resources
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in early childhood education - preferred.
- 5+ years of experience in early childhood education setting.
- 2+ years of experience as a Director of licensed child care programs.
- Excellent leadership and organizational skills required.
- Strong customer service and communication skills (both written and oral) required.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and computers
- Experience with managing budgets and implementing marketing programs.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $37,000.00 - $42,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
Schedule:
Ability to Commute:
- Elkton, MD 21921 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Elkton, MD 21921: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: In person