Site Manager, Jumpstart
Posted: 6/16/08
Location: Dearborn
About Jumpstart
Jumpstart is a national early education organization that works toward the day every child in America enters school prepared to succeed. Through extraordinary attention in yearlong one-to-one relationships, Jumpstart inspires children to learn, adults to teach, families to get involved and communities to progress together. Headquartered in Boston, Jumpstart pairs 3,500 trained adults one-to-one with preschool children in need of assistance. During the 2007-2008 program year, Jumpstart is serving 13,000 children across 20 states, in partnership with 300 early learning centers and nearly 70 universities and colleges throughout the country. Jumpstart’s national sponsors include American Eagle Outfitters, AmeriCorps, Pearson, Sodexho and Starbucks. Jumpstart has earned a four-star rating from Charity Navigator and is the recipient of the Fast Company/Monitor Social Capitalist Award (2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007) and the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy’s Directors Award. In 2006, the organization launched Jumpstart’s Read for the Record, an annual campaign to bring national attention to early education while setting a world record for the number of adults and children reading the same book in a single day.
About Child’s Hope
Child’s Hope is the Child Abuse Prevention Council for Wayne County Michigan, housed in the School of Education at the University of Michigan Dearborn. Child’s Hope is a central voice for child abuse prevention in Wayne County, building collaboration and programs that enable children and families to break the cycle of child abuse. Child’s Hope will build collaboration to increase community awareness of child abuse and child abuse prevention in Wayne County and to mobilize communities to action. Child’s Hope provides training to families and frontline workers to help break the cycle of child abuse.
Position Overview
The Site Manager is a full year position based at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, within the Child’s Hope Organization. The primary responsibility of the Jumpstart Site Manager is to manage the day-to-day operations of the campus Jumpstart program in order to ensure that Jumpstart Quality Standards, guidelines provided by Jumpstart, are met and that the program is meeting grant requirements. The Site Manager directly drives Jumpstart’s school success outcomes. The Site Manager works in conjunction with key campus personnel and Jumpstart’s regional and national staff to implement the Jumpstart program model. A full work plan and program calendar is provided to assist the Site Manager in implementing the Jumpstart program.
Within Jumpstart a Site Manager is provided opportunities for professional development and growth. Professional development opportunities include (but are not limited to): training, facilitation of trainings, and field feedback. The Site Manager will report directly to Child’s Hope Executive Director in conjunction with the Jumpstart Program Director in the Midwest region.
Specific Responsibilities
1. Early Childhood Education and Training:
• Facilitate Jumpstart training series for Corps members
• Observe Jumpstart sessions to monitor the quality of interactions between Corps members and children and the implementation of planned curriculum
• Provide coaching and feedback to Corps members based on observations
• Observe and support Curriculum Planning Meetings to monitor the quality of team collaboration, meeting facilitation and the design of curriculum to be used in Jumpstart Sessions
• Ensure the site is meeting the requirements of the Jumpstart Quality Standards
2. Program Management
• Plan and manage recruitment process; interview and select all Corps members for site
• Support Corps members in the completion of expected hours requirements
• Recruit and manage a Corps member to serve as a Volunteer Coordinator
• Provide Corps members and Team Leaders with systematic supervision and support, consistent and responsive management, and clear ongoing communication
• Manage Corps member files to Corporation for National and Community Service and/or Grantee specifications
• Prepare and submit reports on site fiscal and programmatic performance to Regional Office
• Facilitate Jumpstart Summer Program to specifications designed by Jumpstart (may not be applicable to all sites)
3. Campus and Community Partnerships
• Build and manage high quality Preschool Program Partner relationships
• Cultivate and manage campus relations to ensure sustainability and success of the program on campus
• Work with Volunteer Coordinator to plan and execute volunteer engagement activities to involve outside members of the community and our corporate sponsors in our work
• Contribute to the development of the Jumpstart brand by engaging in local media and public relations activities, including maintaining and updating site web page
4. Jumpstart National Network Responsibilities
• Participate in weekly one-on-one meetings with Jumpstart Program Director
• Participate in twice monthly Regional Conference Calls
• Attend Leadership Institutes annually and New Staff Training during first year
• Support the development of National and Regional stakeholders by hosting site visits and engaging Corps members in events
5. Campus Specific Responsibilities (This section should be customized by institution of higher education)
• Participate in the Child’s Hope organizational responsibilities including staff meetings and events
• Work with staff who can assist with Jumpstart member training and recruitment, and the University of Michigan Dearborn and Henry Ford Community College and preschool program partner relationships
• Work with faculty advisor to develop and deliver course content
• Recruit and manage a part-time assistant or intern who can assist with administrative tasks
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree required, in Early Childhood Education or Child Development preferred
• Background or experience in an early childhood setting
• Strong organizational, management and leadership abilities
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task in order to meet key tasks as scheduled
• Demonstrated ability to use basic and some advanced functions of Windows operating systems, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook) the internet and web-based forms
• Ability to comprehend and manage basic fiscal matters such as budgets
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with university staff and the general community
• Commitment to Jumpstart’s mission and values
• Commitment to serving the community
Salary
Salary range is $30,000 – 35,000 and is commensurate with qualifications.
Benefits Package
negotiable
To apply:
Please send your cover letter and resume to < a href=“mailto:office@childshope.org”>office[at]childshope.org
Subject: Site Manager Position
Attention: Executive Director, Child’s Hope