Ebenezer Baptist Church

Posting Date: July 19, 2007

•    Ensure efficient and professional day to day operations.
•    Recruit, maintain and provide for continued professional development/ certification training for competent staff.
•    Ensure strict adherence to requirements of NAEYC accreditation.
•    Ensure contract monitoring and compliance; review and process annual contract renewals.
•    Provide timely reports to the Board of Directors and all funding agencies.
•    Monitor parental fee collections and deposits; develop and monitor annual budget .
•    Initiate and coordinate proposal and grant writing; assist in identifying additional funding sources.
•    Provide building maintenance oversight; ensure adherence to all required city/state/federal safety codes.
•    Monitor employees’ and property insurance benefits.
•    Ensure maintenance of professional administrative. licensure for all designated personnel.

•    Must have at least a Baccalaureate Degree with at least twenty-four (24) credit-bearing hours of specialized college-level course work in early childhood education, child development, elementary education or early childhood special education that addresses child development and learning from birth through kindergarten.
•    Must be knowledgeable of NAEYC required policies and procedures for child care programming.
•    Must have at least two (2) years experience as Director, Assistant Director, or program administrator in a NAEYC accredited program or licensed child care center working to achieve NAEYC accreditation; and must have at least three (3) years experience working as a teacher in an accredited child care center.
•    Must have financial management experience.
•    Must have demonstrated ability in managing a team of staff, and performing effectively with minimum supervision.
•    Must be able to successfully interface through oral and written communications with Board of Directors, funding agencies, parents, faculty, children, and community groups
•    Must be able to effectively prepare reports.

•    Non-profitgrant writing ability and experience.
•    Participation in relevant professional organizations.