Goodwill of Central Illinois · 5 hours ago
Childcare Manager- Excel Center Kokomo
The Excel Center - Kokomo
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$18/hr - $18/hrGoodwill of Central Illinois is seeking a Childcare Manager for the Young Learners Childcare Center at The Excel Center in Kokomo. The role involves ensuring safe and caring management of children, hiring and training staff, and developing learning opportunities while maintaining communication with parents and overseeing center operations.
Retail
Responsibilities
Creates curriculum, lesson plans, schedules, planned outings, and field trips
Steps in to facilitate hands-on interactive learning experiences working with students directly as needed
Completes daily safety audits to ensure health and safety compliance guidelines. Creates and maintains a task list to achieve timely completion of audit items
Oversees the registration of students
Tracks, documents, and ensures accuracy of center’s files: student attendance, snack usage, budget, ages, families served, etc
Orders and maintains all supplies for location
Maintains regular communication with parents regarding services, enrollment, scheduling or routine changes, and special events for the children. Creates a monthly newsletter for parents
Coaches parents on how to create learning opportunities at home
Participates in regular Excel Center team meetings
Ensures all staff members have appropriate tools to effectively perform their duties, including updated training manuals, reference guides, and best practices procedures. Provides in-service training for team members in areas such as new policies, procedures, and regulations
Evaluates the performance of staff members and recommends indicated action
Tracks attendant’s documents, attendance, and training
Develops personal professional/performance goals and action plans to reach goals. Reflects on prior goals and makes adjustments to professional practice and goals
Works directly with the school director to develop and implement school-wide goals around graduation outcomes, enrollment needs, student achievement, retention, etc
Sets and maintains a high-performance culture for staff and students
Participates in student recruitment, enrollment, and outreach efforts
Qualification
Required
High school diploma or GED required
Child/infant CPR certified or willing to obtain
Has worked in a childcare setting, ideally in a supervisory role
Articulates thoughts and expresses ideas effectively using oral, written, visual, and non-verbal communication skills, as well as listening skills to comprehend customers' needs
Provides timely guidance and effective feedback to empower others to strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas needed to improve instruction
Has the ability to see, comprehend and relate with students and parents in an impartial, unbiased yet effective, and balanced manner
Has working knowledge of G Suite, MS Office, and the internet
Plans and attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing multiple tasks in an organized and timely fashion
Anticipates, diffuses, and resolves disagreements, confrontations, tensions, and complaints in a practical and constructive manner
Maintains effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work tasks or the work environment; adjusts effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures
Is able to spend time in excess of 8 hours sitting, standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, and crouching
Has the ability to move and lift up to 40 pounds
Minimum of 18 years of age
All candidates must pass a pre-employment background check
Preferred
Continuing education in child development, early childhood education, or related field is highly preferred
Plans and delivers instruction and evaluation of student learning, ideally for young children in a childcare setting
Recognizes the risks in activities, applies the right measures to control and manage those risks, and ensures all safety protocols are followed
Benefits
Continuing education and leadership development
Comprehensive health plan
Pay continuance during school break periods (spring, summer and fall)
Paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays
Life, dental and vision insurance
Short- and long-term disability plans
Nationally recognized preventive health and wellness program
Section 125 pre-tax health spending account, dependent care spending account and premiums
Retirement plan with generous company % match
Company
Goodwill of Central Illinois
Through the sale of donated goods at our stores, Goodwill of Central Illinois is able to fund free programs for the people of central Illinois.
Founded in 1934
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase