Title:                                                                                                    Center Manager

Open Date:                                                                                       January 13, 2025

Closing Date:                                                                                   Open until filled

Reports to:                                                                                       Center Director

FLSA Status:                                                                                    Exempt – Benefits Eligible

Full Time:                                                                                         40 hours/52 weeks

Pay rate:                                                                                            $21.55 per hour

 Job Summary:

The Center Manager is responsible for utilizing management, monitoring, and instructional strategies to ensure both compliance and excellence among teaching staff. This position will serve as the operational lead for the center, providing guidance and support to his/her team to ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal licensing and standard regulations.

Essential duties of Center Manager include but are not limited to the following:

  • Serves as an operational lead for the Center and Extended Day by providing ongoing support and direction.
  • Ensures all staff and center functions are fully compliant with policies/procedures, including but not limited to effective practices in Health and Safety and Compliance with Head Start Performance Standards, local and state licensing regulations, and overall center functioning.
  • Receives staff callouts and ensures classroom coverage. If there is no floater, the Center Manager will cover the classroom.
  • Prepares a break schedule to include lunch breaks. Provides breaks if no floater is available.
  • Verifies attendance in the database system for all center classrooms by 9:30 am daily.
  • Gathers meal counts from each classroom and totals all categories. Lists the totals on the Consolidated Monthly Meal Count form at the end of each day.
  • Forwards all CCFP required paperwork to the Nutrition office by the 5th of each month.
  • Prints and distributes monthly menus and other nutrition materials to classrooms.
  • Creates a fire drill plan for the year to include inclement weather and intruder drills. Carries out all drills and documents when completed.
  • Completes Fire Extinguisher Training with all center staff at the beginning of the school year, and as new employees are hired at the center. Creates a certificate of completion for the employee file.
  • Maintains center employees DCF files ensuring they are monitored quarterly for compliance. Verifies that all new employees reporting to the center have their file on their first day. Ensures that employees who move to another location transfer their file with them.  Returns the employee DCF file to HR upon his/her termination.
  • Audits employee professional development files monthly, ensuring training certificates are in place and training is listed on the tracking form. Once the training has been verified by Human Resources, the professional development tracking form will be placed into the employee DCF file.
  • Orders supplies needed in the center to include consumable curriculum items, diapers, wipes, and office supplies.  This will be placed in the Microx system.  When items arrive, they are verified, and the packing slip is sent to the fiscal office.
  • Ensures classrooms are ordering paper products, nutrition items, health items from these departments and follows-up if items are not received within the week.

 Supervision – None

Education: An Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education (ECE) or related field is required, with a minimum of 18 credits in ECE. Bachelor Degree preferred.

Experience / Credentials: A Director’s Credential is required for this position. At least one year of supervisory experience in Head Start or related field is required.  Experience working in a preschool program.

Required Licenses, Certifications, and/or Registrations: Applicants must have a current Florida Driver License, reliable transportation, satisfactory criminal records check for abuse and neglect. (Level 2 background screening)

Specialized Knowledge and Skills: Applicants must meet all Department of Children and Families requirements for employment and must have completed the forty-five-hour (45) childcare classes.

The Community Action Program Committee, Inc. is an EOE; participates in E-Verify.