Electa Quinney Head Start Manager

Electa Quinney Head Start Manager

This is an exempt position at 40 hours/week for 52 weeks/year (negotiable). Continuation of position is contingent upon funding allocations.

General responsibilities include direction and management of all Head Start Center functions to include development and implementation of the department budget, staffing, operations, and maintaining compliance. This includes advanced or specialized knowledge and skills in managing Head Start Component Area responsibilities. This position will collaborate with the Center team, Education Board, Policy Council and Tribal Council to provide leadership in the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of all program systems for continuous quality improvement.

This position will coordinate the development of additional funding from Federal, State, Local, Private, and Non-Profit grant sources to meet the needs of the community and includes program advocacy and outreach from local to national levels.

Standard qualifications include submitting to and passing a pre-employment drug and health screening, being at least 21 years of age, maintaining an acceptable departmental attendance record, being able to work weekends, nights and holidays, and obtaining and maintaining Elder/Youth License.

Duties and responsibilities include building an understanding of the Center program, managing the Center program and staff ensuring compliance with all policies, managing program component areas, ensuring the staffing structure supports the program's mission and goals, facilitating and/or providing ongoing continuing professional development, maintaining current program and leadership knowledge, providing support to personnel supervision, training, hiring, retention, evaluation, and termination, developing and overseeing coursework in curriculum planning, implementation, and evaluation, identifying programmatic long and short-term goals and outcomes for continuous quality improvement, developing, implementing, and interpreting policies and procedures, developing, maintaining and updating monthly departmental action plans, maintaining effective communication, developing and maintaining a comprehensive recordkeeping system, ensuring DCF-Group Child Care licensing and requirements for compliance, completing and submitting regular monthly professional reports, assuring remediation of any non-compliances, networking and coordinating services with other Tribal programs, County, State, Private, and Federal agencies, developing, implementing, and monitoring the Center budget, demonstrating a solid understanding of the Federal Office of Head Start Performance Standards, assisting team in conducting home visits and Parent/Teacher Conferences, assisting in the identification of children who may require referral for special services, facilitating transition from Center, home, and or other early childhood education and care settings as necessary, filling in as a Teacher, Assistant Teacher, or cook when the program staff are unavailable, practicing excellent customer service skills at all times, adhering to all tribal law, personnel policies, and procedures in addition to departmental policies and procedures.

Qualifications and requirements include a minimum of a bachelor's degree in early Childhood Education, Education, Human Services or related field from an accredited College or University, a minimum of three years professional leadership/management and supervisory experience, being detail oriented and deeply comfortable with change and ambiguity, creative problem solving in a fast and complex environment, ability to clearly communicate orally, in writing, assertively and effectively, ability to establish clear boundaries and maintain a safe, effective learning environment, ability to operate standard office equipment including a computer, laminator, and copy/fax machine, dependability and reliability, adherence to strict confidentiality, current First Aid and CPR certifications, adherence to the Tribe's Drug and Alcohol-Free Workplace Policy, a valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and insurance, Stockbridge-Munsee Community Food Safety Certification, knowledge with the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, its history, culture, and language, and willingness and ability to obtain additional education and training.

Physical requirements include frequently sitting, bending/stoop, squatting, carrying and lifting up to fifty (50) pounds; occasionally standing, walking, crouching, kneeling, balancing, and pushing and pulling, being able to spend time in- out-of-doors in summer and winter months, using both hands for repetitive movements, simple and firm grasping, and providing written documentation from a doctor that a physical examination was performed within (30) days of employment and annually thereafter.