Children’s Home & Aid invites you to join our team of mission-driven staff who share a common vision: an equitable world where all children and families thrive in strong communities. As a leading child and family service agency with more than 20 locations across Illinois, our mission is to advance the well-being of children by investing in families to disrupt the systemic and multi-generational cycle of racial, social and economic inequality.

Our full-time staff receive competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, including a paid leave accrual rate that starts at two weeks annually and grows to more than five weeks of paid time off each year, as well as a paid winter break that occurs the week between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. We strive to hold ourselves and each other accountable for fostering an inclusive work culture where we can be our authentic selves, where we create and have equitable opportunities, and where our voices are supported and encouraged.

The Site Manager is a critical member of the Marletta Darnall Schaumburg Child & Family Center team, responsible for administering, planning and directing the daily operations of the early childhood education center. As a high quality early childhood education center with NAEYC accreditation, you’ll be proud to be part of the Schaumburg Child & Family team, and with our cohesive team style and supportive, high quality supervision, you’ll look forward to coming back each day. Reports to the assigned Director or Vice President.

What you’ll do:

• Manage all components of the early childhood education program operations and maintains a high quality of services to children and families and the community.
• Participate in the development and management of center budget that includes program expenses, inventory control, purchasing of supplies and equipment and budget revisions and works closely with the Finance Department to ensure accuracy and timeliness of fiscal reporting.
• Prepare grant applications, quarterly reports and other essential documents and correspondence as required.
• Responsible for the implementation of the agency's personnel policies and practices for all program staff, including: hiring, appraisals, leaves, promotions, salary changes, terminations, documentation of all personnel actions and ensuring that all employees are held accountable to quality standards of practice as identified in the Children’s Home & Aid employee handbook.
• Ensure program is in compliance with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Illinois State Board of Education, and city and state regulations at all times.
• Collaborate with the Quality & Training Department to develop, implement and maintain an on-going monitoring and evaluation system to ensure quality control of all childcare program services and utilizes evaluation data to maintain, correct and improve delivery of program services.
• Function as a member of the Metro Early Childhood Services or Regional Management team to ensure the needs of the program are met within the confines of a larger structure.

Who you are:

• Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood Administration, Early Childhood Education, or a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Administration, Early Childhood Education, or a related field.
• A minimum of five years experience managing an Early Childhood program required.
• Supervisor experience preferred.
• You demonstrate the ability for planning, implementation, and assessing administrative and programmatic systems and activities.
• You have the ability to communicate effectively with parents, staff, the community, governmental entities and funding sources.
• You have the capability of identifying potential conflicts and proactively produces resolutions, problem-solves, and makes sound decisions utilizing appropriate judgment.
• You strongly believe that social skills, self-regulation, and emotional development are just as important as reading and math readiness in successfully preparing children for kindergarten.
• You have a warm, encouraging leadership style and are skilled at engaging with staff and building and supporting high-performing teams.
• You are attentive to detail, organized, and self-motivated.

The details:

• Location: Work is conducted at the Marletta Darnall Schaumburg Child & Family Center team (725 East Schaumburg Road)
• Schedule: Full-time, salaried; center hours are 7:30a-5:30p M-F
• Staff are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to submit proof of their vaccination status before their start date unless they have an agency approved medical or religious exemption.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Salary: Range starts at $65,000, offers are commensurate with experience
• Noncash benefits: Medical/dental/vision insurance, paid time off plus 11 paid holidays, supplemental insurance options, 401(k) with match (more benefits details here)
• Winter Break: The agency is closed between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. This paid break allows staff to spend time with their families around the holidays without using their accrued time off balances.
• Student Loan Forgiveness: Children’s Home & Aid is an approved agency for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).

Where you work matters.

You’re considering a new position, so no one knows better than you that where you work matters. We believe that by building diverse teams of passionate advocates for youth and families, we can continue to show up for Illinois families, putting those families at the center of every decision, and strengthening the communities where we all work, play, and live together. (More about who we are here.)

We invite you to become an active member of a team that supports, inspires, and challenges each other, and grow your career in an organization that celebrates emerging leaders and provides development and training opportunities aligned with your individual goals and aspirations. If you are looking for an opportunity to do meaningful work, including raising your voice to disrupt the status quo, we encourage you to apply today.

Review our agency’s blueprint for impact:

Experience

• 5 year(s): Experience managing an Early Childhood program

• Supervisory experience

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)