Job Close date: 7/9/2026

This position is open to both internal and external applicants. Qualified internal candidates may receive priority consideration in accordance with Shasta Head Start's hiring practices.

Benefits
Shasta Head Start offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Employer paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 15 paid holidays per year
• 401(k) to eligible employees after one year
• Employee referral bonus program
• Extensive training opportunities

Position Summary

The ERSEA Specialist is directly responsible for planning and administering the ERSEA department services. The ERSEA Specialist will coordinate services with the Family Services Manager to meet the enrollment goals of the agency.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain systems to track eligibility, recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance of children to comply with federal and state program regulations.
• Verify income and eligibility qualifications of children and families, and ensure applications are complete and data is accurately entered into the ChildPlus database.
• Create and maintain record-keeping and reporting policies for waitlists, enrollment, attendance, timelines, schedules, and procedures in accordance with designated state and federal program requirements.
• Complete, update, and audit state and federal reports.
• Provide the fiscal department with monthly attendance for state billing and ensure enrollment and attendance are reported correctly to the state.
• Maintain enrollment forms, ensuring information is current, correct, and disseminated to all necessary staff to meet program requirements.
• Ensure full program enrollment and maintenance of a sufficient waitlist.
• Assist supervisor with Selection, Program Self-Assessment, and Priority & Selection Committee.
• Develop and coordinate training and provide guidance to staff, parents and community on ERSEA topics.
• Provide direct supervision of other positions, as assigned.
• Perform other duties as determined by supervisor.

Maintain Professional and Ethical Standards

• Maintain confidentiality in accordance with Agency policy and legal requirements.
• Be honest, reliable and dependable.
• Respect and maintain rights and privacy of all staff, parents, and children.
• Attend mandated trainings and meetings, and seek out staff development opportunities.
• Work as a team member with all staff and maintain a positive work ethic.
• Act conscientiously in performing routine duties
• Adhere to NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.

Qualifications Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret written materials, and to communicate with families and staff as needed.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute percentage and interpret and develop graphs.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
• Knowledge of various software programs such as Microsoft Office and data management software for child care, health or other social services
• Experience with 10-key
• Ability to work independently as well as a team member.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on the workflow variance during the program year.
• Ability to read and interpret financial and wage documents such as pay stubs, W-2's, 1040's, etc.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Education

Minimum

Associate’s degree in business administration, accounting, social science, or other related degree/coursework

Desired

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, social science, or other related degree/coursework

Training and Experience

Desired

Thorough understanding of Head Start and State of California preschool and child care eligibility and enrollment requirements.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. The employee must be able to occasionally lift 20 pounds overhead and 40 pounds from waist to shoulder. The employee frequently lifts and/or moves up to 40 pounds, and occasionally lifts 50 pounds from floor to waist. The employee must be able to push/pull up to 75 pounds horizontally. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Shasta Head Start is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Salary : $38 - $39