EHS CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIP SPECIALIST

Job Description

Job Description

EHS Child Care Partnership Specialist

Early Learning Ventures | Hybrid — Must reside in the Denver Metro Area $51,000–$53,000 annually

Every child deserves a high-quality early start. Every child care provider delivering that care deserves a partner who makes it sustainable. That's where you come in.

As a CCP Specialist, you'll work hands-on with two to four child care sites — coaching leaders, developing great teachers, engaging families, and bringing comprehensive Early Head Start services to infants and toddlers in high-need Colorado communities. This isn't a one-classroom role. You'll strengthen whole programs, and you'll see the difference you make.

If you want a job where coaching, relationship-building, and community impact are the whole point — not a side note — keep reading.

Early Learning Ventures (ELV) is a nonprofit expanding access to high-quality early care and education. Our shared-services model takes the back-office burden off providers, so they can stay financially stable and focus on what matters: caring for more children, better.

Through an Early Head Start–Child Care Partnerships (EHS-CCP) grant, ELV and its collaborators deliver comprehensive early childhood services to eligible children across six Colorado counties.

You're the bridge between ELV and your assigned sites — part coach, part compliance guide, part community connector. Your work touches five areas: leadership, professional growth, business operations, family engagement, and community partnership.

Develop strong site leaders

• Coach site leaders on center management, operations, HR, and business development.
• Guide sites through continuous improvement toward full compliance with Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) and licensing, health, and fire regulations.
• Lead targeted quality improvement projects.

Grow great teachers

• Deliver a professional development program, including training, coaching, and credentialing support.
• Provide Practice-Based Coaching for EHS teachers — individualized coaching plans, evidence-based curriculum support, and classroom observations that identify real needs.
• Ensure classrooms follow EHS service plans for development, health, safety, and management.

Partner with families

• Run a family development program aligned with HSPPS and the Parent, Family and Community Engagement (PFCE) Framework.
• Build engagement through home visits, conferences, events, and policy council participation.
• Manage eligibility, recruitment, enrollment, and attendance (ERSEA), keeping data accurate in the program management system.

Strengthen communities and services

• Shape program policies, annual service plans, and monitoring processes; participate in the Health Services Advisory Committee.
• Coordinate health screenings and services with community providers.
• Support contracts and MOUs that make countywide EHS services possible.
• Represent ELV in the community and connect local resources to programs and families.

Keep everything on track

• Maintain accurate records in Alliance CORE — coaching plans, case notes, referrals, and monthly reports.
• Run a monitoring structure that keeps partners in full HSPPS compliance.

Required

• Minimum 2 years in human services, including at least 1 year in an early childhood setting.
• Experience working with children and families from diverse backgrounds.
• Solid grounding in early childhood development theory and practice.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships across ECE programs, community partners, and parents.
• Working knowledge of case management, community engagement, continuous improvement, and/or coaching.
• Comfort with technology (or willingness to learn), including Alliance CORE, virtual meetings, and Microsoft Office & Teams.
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation.

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Social Welfare, Public Administration, or a related field.
• Current Colorado Coaching Credential (or willingness to pursue it and certify on related coaching tools).
• Bilingual English/Spanish.

• Local in-county travel up to 60%.
• Out-of-county travel up to 10%.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Company-paid life insurance
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Company-paid Employee Assistance Program
• Paid vacation, personal days, holidays, and sick days

Apply today and help early educators across the Denver Metro Area build programs that give infants and toddlers the strongest possible start.