Parent Aware Recruiter

Think Small, Minnesota’s leader in early learning, is dedicated to advancing early childhood care and education. We are still committed to the principles that gave rise to our organization 50 years ago - that the quality of a child's early experiences greatly influences their success later in life and that more can be done to improve the quality of early childhood settings to optimize a child's development. To support the full potential for every child, Think Small commits to championing policies and practices of equity that empower a just, inclusive, and equitable care and education system for children in their crucial early years.

This position recruits licensed childcare providers within the 7 county metro area and supports their enrollment process in Parent Aware.

Essential Job Functions

Business Partnering: Seeking and building alliances across the business to drive decisions that maximize value.

Behaviors

• Builds trust by sharing information and communicating openly.
• Meets partner needs by responding to requests efficiently and effectively.
• Strives for mutual, in-depth understanding of respective organizational roles, policies etc.
• Identifies and uses all sources of relevant information, including reporting tools, internal experts, colleagues and external sources

Tasks/Responsibilities

• Coordinate recruitment plans across regional sites
• Assess networks and relationships to identify areas for improvement
• Provide technical support to partners for provider recruitment

Outreach

• Analyze and identify targeted communities, individuals and leaders for outreach activities Convene groups of providers with similar interests to build relationships
• Present information and trainings to providers and community networks on Parent Aware Act as a liaison for providers, to Parent Aware (a quality rating tool for early child care and education) and Child CareAwareMn® (the statewide link between parents and child care providers)

Accountability: Holding yourself and others to high standards of accountability, and creating an infrastructure and transparent corporate culture that supports and measures personal and organizational responsibility and accountability.

Behaviors

• Acts in accordance with relevant standards, codes and legislation
• Checks assumptions about mutual expectations and clarifies standards of overall performance
• Monitors the quality and timeliness of one’s work, appropriately using the resources at one’s disposal.
• Follows through and meets personal commitments to others on time.
• Welcomes and acts upon constructive feedback to improve behavior and results.
• Admits openly when mistakes have been made and takes responsibility to deal with them quickly and efficiently.

Tasks/Responsibilities

• Perform all job duties to department expectations and standards
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Maintain regular, reliable attendance
• Safe job performance
• Competency in required computer programs

Teamwork: Working collaboratively with others to achieve organizational goals.

Behaviors

• Initiates collaboration with others.
• Assumes additional responsibilities to facilitate the achievement of team goals.
• Seeks input from other team members on matters that affect them.

Tasks/Responsibilities

• Collaboration with customers, coworkers and external partners
• Timely, engaged participation in meetings
• Prepare reports as required, requested
• Current, valid certifications as required

Requirements:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, communications, public relations or a related field

Experience

• 2 – 3 year experience community organizing
• Strong written and oral communications skills
• Ability to communicate with diverse audiences
• Strong influencing capabilities
• Ability to handle a variety of assignments simultaneously and work under deadline pressure
• Knowledge of child development and/or the Minnesota child care field preferred

Computer knowledge

• Working knowledge of basic MS Office programs (Outlook, Word, Excel)

Physical demands

• This position is moderately active with requirements to travel around metro area frequently
• There are occasional requirements to lift over 20 pounds
• There are occasional requirements to move wheeled meeting room furniture to prepare for trainings
• There is frequent keyboarding, computer use and communicating via phone, email and in person

Travel demands

• Valid driver’s license, reliable personal vehicle and proof of insurance is required for metro area travel

Other

• Some evening and weekend hours required

Benefits

• Compensation: The wage range for this position is $22-$24 per hour based on experience and educational background.
• Hybrid Work Schedule: A mix of on-site and remote days for work-life balance.
• Comprehensive Insurance Options: Medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, life, pet, critical illness, and long-term care insurance.
• Flexible Spending and Savings Accounts: Medical and dependent care FSA, Health Savings Account (HSA), and legal/ID protection plans.
• Retirement Savings: Pre-tax and ROTH 401(k) plans with employer match.
• Generous Paid Time Off:
• • 23 days of sick/vacation time earned in the first year.
  • Eight scheduled holidays and five floating holidays.
  • Six weeks of paid parental leave.

Application Process: If you are a mission-driven Parent Aware Recruiter ready to make an impact in the early childhood education sector, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity. Think Small is an equal-opportunity employer, and we welcome candidates of all backgrounds to apply.

Join us in our mission to make a difference in the community and the lives of young children. If you have a passion and desire to drive organizational success, we encourage you to apply.

Think Small is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.