Program Coordinator - School Age Child Care

• The Program Coordinator will oversee the administration and operations of the Programs under the direction of the HEF Program Officer. They will ensure a positive, safe, enriching environment, in accordance with the Henrico Education Foundation policies, procedures, and mission with their team of Center Directors and site staff.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Interpret, communicate, and promote the Henrico Education Foundation mission, goals, and objectives to employees, volunteer’s leaders, members, and community.
• Monitors daily operations to adhere to all state, local, and program regulations.
• Partner/collaborate with organizations whose mission is aligned with the Henrico Education Foundation to meet the needs of community children and families.
• Reviews and evaluates staff performance. Develops strategies to motivate staff and achieve goals.
• Manage the Program budget ensuring that the department operates in a fiscally sound manner and achieves financial goals.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with parents, vendors, volunteers, staff, and community.
• Adheres to the Community Learning Center/Learning & Discovery policies and procedures.
• Performs all other duties as assigned
• Promotes a team concept through a positive approach to supervision, communication, and interactions with others. Maintains transparent, on-going communication with supervisor.
• Promotes program in a positive way internally and externally.
• Supervises staff to ensure that they successfully fulfill their job responsibilities.
• Oversee the administration and operation of licensed full day summer camp, to include planning, promoting, hiring and training staff, risk management, and budgeting.
• Responds to all member and community inquiries and complaints in a timely manner.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with Henrico County Public Schools, including prompt and professional communication, appropriate use of facilities, timely and accurate completion and submission of reports, and positive collaboration.
• Serves as a positive role model, demonstrates professional behavior, and understands positive youth development approaches to the academic and social development of youth.
• Support Henrico Education Foundation initiatives to help meet organization goals.
• Ensure the adherence to all government and Henrico Education Foundation regulations, policies, guidelines, and standards for enrichment programs, summer camps, and afterschool programs.
• Oversee the administration and operation of the Programs, to include implementing policy and procedures, planning, promoting, implementing, hiring and training staff, risk management, evaluation, and budgeting.
• Serve in direct delivery of program as needed.

Requirements
Qualifications

• Meet the requirements of Program Director as detailed in the Virginia Regulations for Licensed Child Day Centers. (must have at least one of the following)
• Ability to stand/walk/sit/crouch/kneel/reach/lift/pull
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence.
• An endorsement or bachelor's degree in a child-related field such as, but not limited to, elementary education, nursing, or recreation from a college or university and one year of programmatic experience.
• Must be able to work in a noisy environment
• Working knowledge of Windows and MS Office Operations.
• Ability to lift/move up to 45 pounds
• Forty-eight semester hours or 72 quarter hours of college credit from a college or university of which 12 semester hours or 18 quarter hours are in child-related subjects and one year of programmatic experience.
• Ability to create, interpret and communicate written instructions, policies and guidelines.
• At least 21 years of age with reliable transportation and a history of dependability.
• Regularly required to talk or hear.
• Visual and auditory ability to respond to critical incidents and the physical ability to act swiftly in emergency situations.
• Must have the ability to courteously respond to inquiries and complaints
• A graduate degree in a child-related field such as, but not limited to, elementary education, nursing, or recreation from a college or university and six months of programmatic experience.

Work Environment & Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to create, interpret and communicate written instructions, policies and guidelines.
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence.
• Ability to stand/walk/sit/crouch/kneel/reach/lift/pull
• Must be able to work in a noisy environment
• Regularly required to talk or hear.
• Must have the ability to courteously respond to inquiries and complaints
• Visual and auditory ability to respond to critical incidents and the physical ability to act swiftly in emergency situations.
• Ability to lift/move up to 45 pounds

Benefits

• Benefits: Health, Dental, PTO Plan, Retirement, Mileage, Phone
• Job Location: Richmond/Henrico, County VA
• Office/Program Location: Glen Lea Elementary School
• The Foundation works year-round and does not follow Henrico County Public Schools summer hours.
• Job Type: Full Time, 40 hours per week
• Salary: $48,000-$55,000
• Reports to: HEF Program Coordinator