What are the responsibilities and job description for the Center Manager position at ENRICHMENT SERVICES PROGRAM INCORPORATED?
Job Details
Description
Job Summary:
Incumbent supervises and manages the functions of the center staff. Provides leadership and support necessary to maintain a high quality environment at the center level.
Major Responsibilities/Activities:
- Supervise, evaluate and manage the functions of center staff.
- Ensures the care, maintenance, accounting, safeguarding, inspecting and inventorying of all property.
- Assist with the implementation of transportation services for center activities.
- Recommend the termination of personnel rendering unsatisfactory services or who have violated policies.
- Participate in planning and coordination of training.
- Develop master schedule, class matrix and assign classrooms to make maximum utilization of space and optimum learning.
- Assign teaching staff to ensure ratios are maintained.
- Scheduling planning time and breaks.
- Facilitate the maximum use of general supplies, custodial supplies, instructional supplies, facility and grounds.
- Establish and maintain a climate conducive to learning.
- Evaluate and counsel staff regarding their individual performance, and monitor center services.
- Provide leadership in planning for instructional improvement.
- Establish and maintain favorable relationships with local community groups and individuals to foster understanding and solicit support.
- Assume leadership in establishing guides for conduct and lend assistance where discipline problems exist.
- Coordinate the provision of food service.
- Prepare or supervise the preparation of all reports, records, lists, inventories and requisitions and all other paperwork required or appropriate to the centers’ administration.
- Serve on committees such as the Education Advisory Committee, Health Services Advisory Committee and Center Committees.
- Conduct staff meetings to keep personnel informed of policy changes, new programs, program activities and to discuss topics of mutual interest at least twice a month.
- Work with the management team to promote the continuous improvement of services.
- Collaborate with Service Area Managers and Specialists to provide required training.
- Keep supervisor informed of center problems, needs and of school activities.
- Plan, organize and direct the implementation of center activities.
- Establish and maintain Service Delivery Teams, Center Quality Council, and the Parent Committee.
- Orient newly assigned staff and assist in their development as appropriate.
- Coordinate the use of the facility by persons other than center personnel with the central office and supervise those activities.
- Solicit In-Kind donations, and ensure that monthly requirements are met.
- Ensure that enrollment and average daily attendance of 85% is maintained.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the department director.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor of Science Degree (B.S.) in Early Childhood Education, Management, Social Service or related field.
- Minimum of two years of management experience in a child care setting or social service agency.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience accepted.
Essential Mental Functions:
- Knowledge and ability to demonstrate good communication, problem solving, planning and facilitation skills.
- Posses the skills necessary to identify, plan and conduct/facilitate training and technical assistance.
Essential Physical Functions:
Incumbent is regularly required to walk, sit, use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. Occasionally required to stand, climb, balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
Regularly lift and/or move up to ten (10) pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to twenty five (25) pounds. Specific vision abilities required including close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Salary : $50,561
