Senior Director, Early Head Start Child Care Partnership

Description

Salary Range: $76,960-$90,792 annually

Benefits (The Good Stuff)

• Exempt (Salary): 3 WKS+ Vacation Paid*
• 12 Paid Holidays
• 12 PTO Paid Days
• Competitive Health Benefits Package
• Wellness Program Reimbursements up to $50/month
• Short Term Disability at NO COST
• Life Insurance & AD&D 2X Annual Salary at NO COST
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement Plan UP TO 6% Employer Funding
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Discounted On-Site Early Childhood Care
• Tuition Assistance for Early Education Degree
• Free Monthly Transit Card

*Vacation amounts may vary based on roles, schedules, and years of service

Help us make a difference in our community. United, we are tackling complex issues and turning contributions into real change. We fight for equitable access to quality education, financial security, and the health of everyone in our community. Join our team and join us in the fight for a stronger Miami!

United Way Miami, Inc. is hiring a Senior Director, Early Head Start Child Care Partnership to join our team. As Senior Director, Early Head Start Child Care Partnership you will be responsible for assuring all the Head Start program mandates and standards for excellence are met on a daily basis. This position assists in the development of the structure, systems, and procedures to facilitate this. In addition to operating responsibility for programmatic aspects of the program, it bears the responsibility of assuring that the program is strategically positioned for the future.  

UWM is an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace, please visit our Career site homepage to view our EEO statement and Drug-Free policy. 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Program Planning and Management

• Assures compliance with funding source mandates, all applicable laws, and regulations, and assures that standards, which exceed the minimum, are being met.
• Following guidance from the VP CFE, participates in the development and execution of long and short-range goals for UW Early Head Start Child Care Partnership– specifically, Program Design and Management.
• Provides guidance and leadership to staff by ensuring the staff understand the policies and procedures and program goals and emphasizes the importance of the program achieving high standards of quality, internally and through public and private sector partnerships. 
• Reviews and analyzes monthly financial and statistical reports to assess the budget status and to initiate preventative measures if any problems appear to be predicated.
• In collaboration with the VP, monitors agreements for the purchasing of goods and services and assures that bids are solicited in accordance with state and federal regulations.
• Assures that the program serves the number of eligible children for which it is funded.
• In conjunction with service areas supervisors, review and analyze monthly Attendance Reports to assess chronic absenteeism and use individual child attendance data to identify children with patterns of absence that put them at risk of missing ten percent of program days per year. Develop appropriate strategies to improve individual attendance among identified children, such as direct contact with parents or intensive case management, as necessary.
• In collaboration with staff, develop Annual Work Plans for all service areas for children 0-36 months and their families.
• Works with other organizations in the community to foster collaboration as defined by federal Head Start.
• In conjunction with the VP, the Board of Directors, staff, and Policy Committee, lead planning meetings in which long and short-term goals for improvement are established.
• Produce high-quality reporting, recommend efficient strategies to prevent concerns, and provide effective solutions to concerns that may arise.  
• Ensures the implementation of the program self-assessment as mandated by the Office of Head Start. 
• Ensures the information submitted in the Program Information Report (PIR) is accurate before reporting to the Office of Head Start.
• Oversees the Policy Council meeting and agenda to ensure pending items are addressed and voted upon.
• Collaborates in the development of a funding application every year.
• Keep abreast of all regulations, Progr