Wishram Site Manager-Family Health Advocate

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

• Supervises and supports center staff and volunteers.
• Models leadership behavior and teamwork.
• Accurately completes, monitors, and maintains required records.
• Ensures that every year, there are written site plans. Site plans will be monitored and updated as needed.
• Monitors and supports staff weekly with their priorities, time management/schedules, and completion of all agency requirements.
• Documents interactions with and observations of staff throughout the year to utilize in each employee’s annual evaluation.
• In accordance with MCCC policies and procedures, delivers verbal warnings, written warnings, and performance improvement plans to direct reports as needed. Site Manager will be in direct contact with their supervisor and Human Resources in these cases.
• Completes all employee Performance Evaluations with 95% being submitted on time.
• Reviews employee timesheets multiple times per week to ensure they are filled out accurately and in real time; approves all biweekly timesheets on time.
• Receives various documents from staff, ensures completion and accuracy of said documents, and submits them to all necessary departments.
• Ensures a commitment to fostering diversity and inclusivity within the program’s environment.

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

• Monitors approved learning activities and environments that support school readiness.
• Engages families in all aspects of the program including, but not limited to, Policy Council, parent committees, classroom volunteers, family engagement events, etc.
• Collaborates with appropriate team and community members on a regular basis to assess and aid children and families in meeting goals, providing services, and responding appropriately to any crisis or emergency situations.
• Coordinates student recruiting efforts to ensure full enrollment.
• Provides back-up classroom coverage when teachers are out of the office and provides coverage as needed for daily staff breaks and lunches.

FISCAL

• Orders and maintains center supplies.
• Completes all purchasing reviews and approvals at least twice per week in SAGE and CONCUR.
• Completes monthly Visa report in CONCUR and submits to the Finance department no later than the 15th of each month.
• Ensures inventory of center supplies is conducted and submitted to the Central Office accounting department by June 30th.

OTHER

• Performs all other work-related duties as assigned.

**All positions require verification of applicant education. **

Required

• An Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education, or a related field, and coursework equivalent to a major relating to ECE, with experience teaching preschool-age children
• Minimum 2 years ECE classroom teaching experience
• Minimum 2 years supervisory experience

Preferred

The position serves to provide a successful, safe, and supervised educational setting for children while they are in Mid-Columbia Children’s Council’s (MCCC’s) environments. The Site Manager promotes the language and literacy, social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development of the children at MCCC while ensuring the center is meeting state and federal laws and regulations as well as the organization’s policies and procedures. They engage parents in all aspects of the program and ensure each child’s school readiness through collaboration with staff and community partners. The Site Manager holds a multifaceted position which requires the ability to monitor multiple priorities simultaneously.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation, for a limited period of time, may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The employee is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, and controls. The employee is required to stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms. This position also requires the ability to twist, bend, stoop, squat or kneel. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Below is a more detailed list of physical demands and requirements for this position. While the list below is not all inclusive, it does provide an accurate representation of what is expected in this position.

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: How to File a Complaint, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

(1) mail:

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

1400 Independence Avenue, SW

Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or

(2) fax:

(202) 690-7442; or

(3) email:

program.intake@usda.gov