ORGANIZATION SUMMARY:

Think Small, Minnesota’s leader in early learning, is dedicated to advancing early childhood care and education. We have worked for 50 years to support the full potential for every child and have committed to championing policies and practices of equity that empower a just, inclusive and equitable care and education system for children in their crucial early years. The quality of a child's early experiences greatly influences his or her success later in life and that there is much that can be done to improve the quality of early childhood settings to optimize a child's development.

This position will manage the Think Small Professional Development team, focused on meeting the early care and educational fields professional development needs in the 7-county metro area. Responsibilities include organizational management skills, contract and grant management, fiduciary responsibility, budget management, leadership development and management of the Professional Development team.

Essential Job Functions:

• Direct Professional Development operations including the planning, coordination and delivery of professional development services.
• Manage government contract and grant deliverables.
• Ensure data is collected and reported to support quality improvement and accountability.
• Manage day-to-day operations of all contract deliverables and outcomes.
• Manage staff operations, outcomes and deliverables.
• Provide support and coordination for assigned staff.
• Support staff in job expectations, duties, goals and performance.

Requirements:

• BA or BS degree in management, business or appropriate discipline
• Organizational Management skills, Financial, budget and fiduciary experience, Contract management experience
• Experience supervising a team with varying roles and responsibilities.
• Experience supporting and mentoring diverse staff members and clients
• Demonstrated cultural competence with BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) communities.
• Working knowledge of all basic MS Office programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams)
• This position is moderately active with requirements to travel around metro area
• This position is Hybrid with weekly onsite requirements.
• There are occasional requirements to lift over 20 pounds
• There is frequent keyboarding, computer use and communicating via phone, email and in person
• Valid driver’s license, reliable personal vehicle and proof of insurance is required for metro area travel
• Occasional evening or weekend meetings required, on call for evening and weekend issues.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

This position is available immediately. Diverse candidates encouraged to apply.

Wage hiring range: $62,000 to $72,000 annually

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, short and long term disability, life, vision, disability, critical illness; medical and dependent care flex, HSA, legal and ID protection plans.
• Pre-tax and ROTH 401k with 5% employer match.
• 23 days of sick/vacation time earned the first year PLUS 8 scheduled holidays and 5 floating holidays for those whose needs don’t conform to the federal holiday calendar.
• We recently introduced 2 new-parent benefits – 6 weeks paid parental leave and infants-at-work program (available after 1 year of employment.)

This position is a hybrid position and will be required to be in-office two days per week.

Think Small is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer