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Child Care Administrative Director - Manhattan, New York

Bright Horizons Children's Centers
New York, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 3/7/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/7/2025

Step into a leadership role with Bright Horizons in Manhattan, NY area as an Early Childhood Administrative Director. Support the Center Director with daily operations, ensuring everything runs smoothly and in accordance with our high standards and guidelines. Your positive influence and motivational skills will help shape the success of our early education center.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage the daily operations of the child care center, including enrollment, marketing, and financial management

  • Ensure compliance with licensing and accreditation standards, health and safety protocols, and company policies

  • Maintain proactive communication with families, staff, and licensing to build relationships and provide outstanding customer service

  • Embed our mission, culture, and values to ensure an inclusive environment for children, families, and staff

Qualifications:

Candidates must pass required state and company background checks, and meet state and company minimum education and experience requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in early childhood education, education, or child development related field is required

  • At least three years of leadership and management experience in high-quality child care, daycare, or preschool settings with additional teaching experience is required

  • Financial acumen for center operations and computer proficiency required

  • Experience with administration of a child care center preferred

Bring your leadership skills and passion for early childhood education to Bright Horizons, where you'll foster an enriching environment for children, families, and staff. Discover how far your career can take you in an inclusive workplace where you can be you. Apply today to explore the possibilities!

Physical Requirements:

This leadership role requires work in person in an early education/preschool child care center to provide center supervision, curriculum delivery, business management, and customer and client services per Bright Horizons' policies, procedures and guidance, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations, and in a manner that will ensure safety of children in Bright Horizons care and the employee.

This role has a mixture of duties including office/computer/phone-based work, in-person supervision of care delivery and employees throughout all areas of the center, family/prospective family interactions which may take place in various areas of the center, and the ability to temporarily serve as a supervising caregiver for relatively brief periods of time on an as-needed basis (e.g., covering employee breaks or unscheduled absences).

The full set of physical requirements for this role can be reviewed at https://careers.brighthorizons.com/job-descriptions. Bright Horizons complies with all laws that require reasonable accommodations for qualifying disabilities and/or pregnancy-related limitations.

Salary Rate and Other Compensation Disclosures:

The annual starting salary for this position is between $85,000 to $95,400

annually. The pay range listed here is what Bright Horizons in good faith anticipates offering for this job opening. Actual compensation offers within this range will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education and training, certifications, geography, and other relevant business or organizational factors.

This position is also eligible for hiring incentive of 4,000 payable after 100 days of employment.

Benefits:

Bright Horizons offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance

  • 401(k) retirement plan

  • Life insurance

  • Long-term and short-term disability insurance

  • Career development for you plus free college degrees for your teachers through our Horizons CDA & Degree Program

Bright Horizons is accepting applications for this role on an ongoing basis.

Compensation: $85,000 to $95,400

Life at Bright Horizons:

Our people are the heart of our company. Because we're as committed to our own employees as we are to the children, families, and clients we serve, our collaborative workplaces are designed to grow careers and support personal lives. Come build a brighter future with us.

Bright Horizons provides equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law. Bright Horizons complies with the laws and regulations described in the following federal government resources: Know Your Rights, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA).

If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation in completing these application materials or any aspect of the application and hiring process, please contact the recruitment helpdesk at 855-877-6866 or bhrecruit@brighthorizons.com. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.


Bright Horizons is dedicated to creating a workforce that promotes and supports diversity and inclusion. We provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals without discrimination. Bright Horizons complies with the laws and regulations set forth in the following EEO is the Law Poster: EEO IS THE LAW.

 

Salary : $85,000 - $95,400

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