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

Help build a stronger start for Colorado's youngest learners

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.

About Early Learning Ventures

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.

What success looks like in this role

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.

What you bring

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.

Travel

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

Why you'll want to stay

• 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

Ready to make coaching your career, not just your job title?

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