Regional Director

Job description

Inquiring Little Minds
Regional Director

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $25.50-$34.00 per hour plus WE

Expected hours: 40 per week

About Inquiring Little Minds:

Inquiring Little Minds has been providing childcare services in British Columbia, since 2011. We are hoping to expand, by opening more centres in other parts of our community and province. Our centres provide a warm and nurturing environment, with focus on providing reliable, trustworthy and respectful services to meet the needs of the families and children in our communities that require childcare.

ILM facilities are dedicated to the provision of safe, well-managed childcare services for children that are provided by full and part-time, qualified staff. ILM's goal is to stimulate emotional growth, independent growth, intellectual growth, physical growth, and social growth amongst its charges. We follow curriculum based programs exposing children to age appropriate developmental practice.

Our centres have beautiful outdoor spaces and nearby parks where the children are able to explore nature and learn through play. We offer great wages, paid educational upgrades, a great team to work with, medical and dental benefits and having so many centres there are lots of opportunities to advance in the company.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure the effective and safe management of multiple Child Care Centres.
• Maintain appropriate accessibility to Managers through communication channels
• Develop, manage, and coach Child Care Managers
• Give direction/guidance to Child Care Managers related to daily operations and support the Managers when managing/coaching front-line Child-Care staff.
• Ensure staffing requirements and ratios are achieved based on Child Care Centre needs and that centres comply with licensing requirements and regulations.
• Participate in the annual planning and budget development for the coming year.
• Ensure that each Child Care Centre achieves 100% compliance on all annual licensing renewals. Build positive relationships both internally and externally to achieve work-related goals. Review monthly financial statements and reconcile/troubleshoot any discrepancies in expenses.
• Ensure each Child Care Centre is operating at or as close to full capacity as possible. Where needed, seek support resources to promote/market the Centre that is not at full capacity.
• Manages complex situations when escalated by staff, participants/families, or external partnerships.
• Plan and deliver monthly Child Care Manager Training/meetings to ensure all legislated requirements are achieved and also to provide professional development/educational opportunities to Managers.
• Develop and deliver New Child Care Manager Training and orientation as needed.
• Must keep up to date on all legislative requirements and plan for communications and rollout when changes occur.
• Develop and deliver relevant training sessions to Child Care Managers and/or Front-Line Child-Care Staff.
  
• Participate in Community forums when needed.
• Work at centres as a staff with the children, if necessary, when no staff are available.
Other duties as required

QUALIFICATIONS

• College or University Degree in Related Field – Registered Early Childhood Education Diploma preferred/recommended, Infant Toddler certification is an asset.
• Minimum 5 years of licensed child care management experience
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal and analytical skills
• Demonstrated expertise in the management of people, programs, finances, and volunteers
• Demonstrated experience in planning
• Experience in coaching others
• Proven change management leadership
• Good knowledge of relevant business technology
• Reliable transportation
• Current Standard First Aid/CPR(C) from an approved agency
A clear and satisfactory criminal reference check inclusive of the vulnerable sector search

COMPETENCIES

Leadership

• Guides, motivates, and inspires self and others to act and achieve desired outcomes.
• Relationship Building and Collaboration
• Builds positive interactions both internally and externally to achieve work-related goals
• Communicates in a thorough, clear, and timely manner and supports information sharing and goal achievement across ILM
• Conflict Resolution
• Facilitates appropriate and timely solutions to conflict
• Coaching and Development
• Commits to assisting participants, volunteers, staff and self in continuous learning and development
• Forward Thinking
• Thinks beyond the current situation to anticipate changes that may affect the future of the organization.
• Managing Change
• Initiates and manages change to achieve the strategic outcomes of ILM
• Nature & Scope
• The role of the Regional Director(s) is to ensure the safe and effective daily operation of all Licensed Child Care Centre(s) within their region. The Regional Director provides senior-level leadership and expertise to ensure staff, children and families have a positive experience at ILM.
Willingness to travel to different centres

Additional pay:

Bonus pay on special projects (if invited to participate)
Overtime pay

Benefits:

Company events
Dental care
Extended health care
Life insurance
On-site parking
RRSP match

TFSA matching
Tuition reimbursement
Vision care

Schedule:

8 hour shift
Day shift
Monday to Friday
No weekends
Overtime (as needed basis)

Licence/Certification: Early Childhood Educator certificate (preferred)

Ability to commute/relocate: Prince George, BC: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person