at Cocopah Indian Tribe in SOMERTON, Arizona, United States
Job Description
Summary
The Day Care Director is responsible for managing the overall operation of Cocopah Day Care, the development, and delivery of programming while ensuring compliance with all Day Care regulations, grant funding, and policies and procedures. Maintains a safe environment for children and employees.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supervise Day Care staff, including participation in the recruitment and hiring of staff, scheduling of all staff work hours, orientating to new staff, providing all staff with the information and resources required to do their jobs based on standard operating procedures, and policy and procedures.
- Complete staff performance evaluations and mediate any staff problems that occur.
- Develops and promotes a program that will encourage the overall development of the children (physical, intellectual, linguistic, emotional, social, and spiritual)
- Perform a variety of administrative functions to manage the Day Care center.
- Develops Departmental budget for submission to the Tribal Administration.
- Research and write grant proposals for the Day Care to obtain grants and prepare monthly and yearly reports on the status of the program for grant funds.
- Submits required reports to Tribal Administration, Granting Agencies, and Tribal Finance Department.
- Providing parents with information in the classroom curriculum, program events, workshops, and training available to parents.
- Completes purchase orders and maintains the Day Care inventory of materials, supplies, and groceries.
- Plans weekly, menus for the children maintain attendance records, children's hours, and sign in/out sheets.
- Schedules field trips for the children.
- Assist with daily activities upon arrival of children as they enter the Day Care Center.
- Attends as requested by Supervisor, planned staff/parent meetings, workshops in or out of town, and required training.
- Others duties may be assigned.
