Responsibilities:

• Implement strategies to ensure a level of excellence at all sites by facilitating Ongoing Monitoring and Continuous Quality Improvement activities
• Implement a qualitative/quantitative system of monitoring program content areas including facilities, transportation, environmental health/safety, education, health/nutrition services, child development, family services, mental health and disabilities.
• Work with all managers to ensure plans, procedures, policies and other relevant documents are current and accurate.
• Facilitate ongoing monitoring activities including site visits to ensure compliance with Headstart Performance Standards, Head Start Act, Mississippi Regulations Governing Licensure of childcare facilities, Child and Adult Care Food Program requirements
• Assists in the preparation of annual reports including PIR (Program Information Report), Community Needs Assessments, Self-Assessment, and other requests.
• Participate and facilitate departmental staff meetings, in-service training sessions, and appropriate professional development activities.
• Assist in the development of a data driven culture, including working with internal and external research teams to collect and disseminate program wide data.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Team Member Competencies

• Resourcefulness: Using drive, decision-making, perseverance, resilience, and energy to accomplish a goal; figuring out how to get over, around, or through barriers to success.
• Individual Accountability: Effectively managing one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
• Focus on Results: Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period.
• Builds Trust: Interacting with others in a way that gives them confidence in one’s intentions and those of the organization.
• Applied Learning: Assimilating and applying new job-related information in a timely manner.
• Basic Communication: Clearly conveying information and ideas both orally and written.
• Basic Technology Usage: Shows efficient and correct use of technology and systems related to position function.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Public Health, Community Development, Maternal Child Health, Sociology, Social Work, Human Services or other related fields
• Minimum of 3-5 years relevant experience in quality assurance position in early childhood, education, or research settings
• Computer proficiency with skills in the use of office software, strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.
• Valid Driver’s License Required.

Benefits