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Overview of Open Door Ministries

Open Door Ministries exists to provide practical help and hope to people in urban Denver who are homeless or low income. Our primary objective is to move people toward self-sufficiency by helping change the circumstances and life patterns that have held them captive to poverty and addictions. Through 19 distinct programs, we focus on tangible needs like food, shelter, access to education and employment training, as well as intangible needs such as friendship, hope, and Christian spiritual guidance.  To learn more about Open Door Ministries, please visit our website: odmdenver.org.

 Supervisor:  Program Director Paul Shephard

Start Date: Immediate Opening

Hours: Full Time; 40 hours/week

Sabbatical: Eligible upon approval
Compensation: Salary; Generous benefits package

Salary Range: $64,498 – $93,485/year

Job Purpose

The Director provides leadership in the overall operations of the center, and is responsible for managing, overseeing, and/or delegating all aspects of the operational, financial, and personnel functions of the childcare center.

Qualifications

• ECE Director qualified in the State of Colorado
• Minimum three years’ experience working in a learning center or similar environment
• Education requirements: BS/BA in Early Childhood Education or required ECE coursework
• Working knowledge of or desire to learn and implement trauma informed best practices to create an emotionally safe classroom.
• Experience with Conscious Discipline preferred.

Duties and responsibilities

• Lead and support teaching staff, auxiliary staff, and volunteers in carrying out educational programs and child care services.
• Hire, supervise, assist, and evaluate the center staff in carrying out their duties; encourage and provide for professional development for all staff, including self; facilitate monthly staff meetings.
• Ensure that the daily operations, activities, and programs of the centers are safe, developmentally appropriate for the children being served, and are in line with center philosophies of education.
• Recruit, enroll and register students who attend the center; ensure that student information, health, emergency, permission, and release forms are updated annually or as changes occur.
• Bill and collect fees from parents or responsible parties.
• Ensure that all daily and weekly classroom records are filled out by teachers; complete and submit all monthly forms to satisfy CCAP, CACFP, DPP, licensing, and other requirements.
• Help determine and maintain the center’s operating budget; ensure that the budget is implemented correctly at all levels.
• Order necessary supplies and materials to keep center operational on a quality level; evaluate the need for major and/or replacement purchases and communicate these to the direct supervisor; complete the purchasing of such items.
• Develop and implement annual goals, objectives, and procedures.
• Ensure that all licensing requirements are met on ongoing basis.
• Prepare and submit monthly ministry reports.
• Perform and/or oversee regular evaluations of the program, individual children, and parent opinions.
• Spend regular, participatory time in each classroom.
• Coordinate and participate in transporting students via 15-passenger vans
• Actively participate in family relations, parent education, and parent meetings/seminars/training sessions; be available as a resource to teachers in their interactions with parents.
• Provide accurate and timely descriptions of the program as requested for the purpose of applying for grants.
• Assume all other reasonable duties and responsibilities of center staff when positions are not filled.
• ODM monthly staff meetings
• This position is required to attend Open Door Fellowship Church or Westside Church Internacional 24 times in first year of employment

Intangibles

• Lead in being a heartfelt team member of the Open Door Ministries staff
• Show evidence of a daily walk with Christ
• Cover those in your area of leadership in prayer
• Show respect for the leadership and members of Open Door Fellowship Church and Westside Church Internacional
• Exhibit professionalism and integrity
• Commitment to excellence as one of the public faces of the ministry

Work Environment and Physical Demands

• Work environment is both indoor and outdoor. Outdoor activities can be in extreme weather conditions such as rain, snow or high temperatures
• This job involves sitting, standing, walking, and running
• Must be able to lift children/equipment weighing up to 50 pounds and utilize child-sized furniture or sit on the floor as appropriate