Description: EARLY HEAD START SITE SUPERVISOR EARLY HEAD START WAGE: $22.50 per hour Competitive Benefits Package HELPING PEOPLE LIVE INDEPENDENT LIVES Are you looking for more than a job?

Are you the healthcare champion we’ve been looking for?

AWARE is looking for the right person to join the Early Head Start team as an Early Head Start Site Supervisor.

If you embrace new ideas with a heart full of energy, we invite you to join a caring, compassionate, and fully engaged team that isn’t afraid to get vulnerable with one another. We have gritty, but respectful conversations that drive the needle forward on what it means to provide the highest quality of care for our clients. At AWARE, our strength lies in our culture of care. AWARE’s Unconditional Care Principles inspire the services we provide to each person who comes to us for care and these principles lead how we treat ourselves and our clients; with hope, compassion and focus on the next right step. When you join the AWARE team, you will become part of an organization that has a rich history (over 45 years!) helping Montanans with mental health and/or developmental disabilities. AWARE strives to provide the highest quality of care, every single day. When you join the AWARE team, you will be joining a team that believes that building on strengths is the key to success, that prides itself in taking on and sticking with the hardest challenges, believes we are agents of change, that everything is normal until proven otherwise, and that families are our most important resource. Working for our organization means that regardless of your role, we’ll support you so you can support others. AWARE seeks to provide opportunities for employees to grow professionally through its tuition advancement program, professional development opportunities and in-house trainings.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Plans, organizes, and coordinates the daily operations and activities within the Early Head Start Site.
• Provides leadership, collaboration and coordination for curriculum implementation.
• Plans and provides educational information and staff development opportunities to meet the needs of education staff and nutrition staff, families, and children served.

Requirements:

Required Skills, Abilities & Education:

• Comprehensive working knowledge of Early Childhood education, including theories and principles of human growth and development, broad working knowledge relative to the needs of low income children, including experiences with exceptional needs;
• Ability to relate positively to young children, parents and staff;
• Requires knowledge and experience in data collection and information processes and systems
• Computer literacy including database management, spreadsheet, word processing, internet, email.
• Ability to form professional relationships with a diverse group of people
• Ability to lead, motivate, supervise and partner with a team of professionals serving low-income families;
• Demonstrated administrative ability to plan, organize, direct, evaluate, and refine comprehensive services to children and their families;
• Ability to establish long range vision of program goals and accomplishments;
• Ability to use abstract reasoning, problem solving, planning and analytical skills in budget development, program goals and objectives development, staff monitoring and evaluation;
• Willingness to work flexible hours in order to meet the needs of the program;
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• Excellent diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
• Training and training development for small and large groups.
• Knowledge of Head Start Performance Standards, philosophy and mission, desirable.
• Ability to long distance travel to AWARE EHS Montana service areas, some overnights required.
• Must have a valid Montana driver’s license and liability insurance.
• Requires an AA degree in Early Childhood Education, in addition to direct employment related experience.
• Requires at least two (2) years of employment experience working with families and children aged 0 – 5 in an educational setting with a demonstrated knowledge of program planning, early childhood assessment and family systems.
• Requires two (2) year’s supervisory experience.

Preferred Skills & Abilities & Education:

• Head Start/Early Head Start experience preferred.

To learn more please visit www.aware-inc.org.
Benefits: AWARE proudly offers an excellent benefits package, uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, professional growth, and achieving financial security. AWARE’s benefits include:

• Annual raises
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health Insurance
• Dental/Vision Insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Life Insurance
• Wellness programs
• Generous paid time off

AWARE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer