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Heartworks Early Education is Hiring a Director of Operations Near Burlington, VT
What We Will Achieve Together:
- Become the Employer of Choice. Be the employment destination for Vermont, early education professionals, and students
- Lead with Safety First. Maximize safety by ensuring and applying all local and state regulations along with company best practices, which can often go above and beyond local standards
- Strengthen Our Stellar Reputation. Ensure that our Vermont schools are local leaders in nature-based learning, social-emotional learning, anti-bias early education, STEAM/STEM, and child-led/play-based curriculum
- Maintain Data Proficiency. Identify, gather, and report upon key performance indicators (KPIs)to make decisions and recommendations grounded in facts
- Be a Change Agent. Partner with facilities, marketing, and other managerial experts across our local and global network to further evolve, develop, and publicize our innovative Vermont schools and approaches
- Ensure and enforce all child-to-teacher state-mandated ratio compliances
- Ensure and enforce all state-mandated safety and education regulations
- Ensure and enforce all company policies and procedures per employee and family handbooks
- Convey and display mastery of licensure regulations, including the ability to prepare a school for licensure visits, communicate with licensors, and adapt to changing regulations
- Safeguard that personnel costs are within the budgeted percentage of revenue, ensuring that licensure guidelines and company quality standards are met and maintained
- Attend and contribute to bi-weekly Leadership team meetings and annual strategic planning summits
- Continuously review, refine and update operational policies
- Administer Company's 360 Quality Audit to measure and provide feedback on school quality three times per year and ensure all licensing reports and requirements are complete
- Perform oversite of the day-to-day business operations of the schools as needed
- Lead and work with a team on the licensing, furnishing, opening, hiring, and training of new staff for school growth both organically and through acquisition
- Supervise regional and school budgets, supporting Executive Directors in producing and adhering to projections and budgets and in meeting EBITDA and revenue goals
- Effectively manage and oversee each school budget with each respective Executive Director
- Support all regional and school marketing outreach, enrollment, and staffing
- Work collaboratively with the Director of Sales and Marketing to ensure schools are meeting enrollment targets
- Conduct weekly enrollment calls with the team to review each school's performance
- Master all platforms such as CRM, ProCare, and Lever to support enrollment and hiring eff
- Develop and sustain staff succession plan, ensuring that candidates for Executive Director are continuing their development
- Proactively reach out to enrolled families to gather feedback and give support as needed
- Plan and conduct monthly Executive Director and Assistant Director meetings for each team, respectively
- Create and work with all departments to gather info for weekly updates to Executive Directors
- Develop positive relationships and foster team building across centers and employees
- Stand and move with ease for up to 70% of the day
- Be able to sit for periods to perform computer work as needed
- Ability to lift up to 30 pounds.
- Bachelor's Degree in Early Education or related field, Master's Degree preferred
- Must be Director certified according to State Regulations
- Minimum five years of progressive leadership in organizations in continuous transformation
- Exceptional interpersonal and verbal communication skills, especially in relationship-building and management
- Team player with a flexible, collaborative approach and ability to advocate for others
- Solid business acumen, management, analytical, and problem-thinking skills
- Experience managing multi-unit operations
- Ability and willingness to work a flexible Full-Time schedule that may include weekends and nights as needed
- Based in Chittenden County, VT – at least 50% of your time will be dedicated to field mentorship
Our teams, whether at our home office or inside our schools, are change makers – they inspire, create, model, and most importantly make this a great place to work. At Little Sprouts, LLC we are consistently recruiting, retaining, and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues who are representative of the diversity within the communities in which we operate. Our focus on equity and inclusion allows us to develop a broader scope of ideas and approaches, offering a collaborative and dynamic educational experience for the youngest members of society.
Up to a 25% annual bonus based on qualitative and quantitative measures.
Job Summary
Full Time
$131k-154k (estimate)
06/01/2024
11/25/2024
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