Senior Manager, Early Learning - Child Development & Family Support

Job Summary: Provides strategic leadership and management in planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating early learning programs across multiple site locations for Head Start and Early Head Start. Implements, monitors, and adjusts programmatic decisions based on data, Head Start Performance Standards, and MHCC policies and procedures. Develops department policies, manages budgets, and provides comprehensive training to supervision in the areas of leadership, supervision, and staff accountability. Directs, supervises, and evaluates the performance and duties of program managers and related early childhood staff, holding early learning staff accountable for child development outcomes. Works closely with leadership on strategic planning and the continuous monitoring of adult actions, classroom environments, and instructional practices throughout multiple early learning sites.

Essential Duties: Directs, supervises, and evaluates the performance and daily duties of Managers to ensure alignment and consistency in early childhood care, classroom practices, and child development outcomes across all sites. Trains, mentors, and develops managers in the areas of leadership, effective supervision, and staff accountability. Holds early learning staff accountable for achieving positive child development outcomes and implementing evidence-based classroom strategies. Provides strategic support and input to the design and continuous improvement of CDFS early learning programs. Assists with short- and long-term planning that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion in staffing, curriculum, culture, and services and align with College and CDFS mission, vision, and strategic goals. Conducts ongoing monitoring of adult actions, teaching practices, social-emotional curricula, and positive behavioral interventions across multiple early learning sites to monitor implementation and ensure high-quality service delivery. Gathers, analyzes, and interprets child assessment data, classroom observation results, and program outcomes. Implements, monitors, and adjusts programmatic decisions based on data, Head Start Performance Standards, and MHCC policies and procedures. Monitors and ensures compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations, accrediting bodies, licensing requirements, and MHCC Board policies. Oversees the selection, tracking, and implementation of education curricula and child observation assessment systems. Designs and coordinates agency-wide professional development to ensure classroom staff maintains required credentials and education qualifications. Works with managers to ensure that Policy Council-approved curriculum is being implemented in every classroom. Manages assigned department and program budgets, ensuring spending remains within budget allocations. Participates in budget planning, reviews, forecasting, and grant proposal development in partnership with leadership. Establishes and maintains collaborative working relationships with internal College departments, external agencies, community partners, and educational institutions to strengthen ties and support programming, shared resources, and other initiatives. Serves as a College representative on local, regional, and state early childhood committees as appropriate. Ensures and promotes health, safety, and proper risk management in the workplace and across all early learning sites.

Additional Duties: Attends Policy Council and College Board meetings and presents early learning data or program updates in the absence of or in collaboration with leadership. Attends training sessions and participates in ongoing professional development opportunities. Performs all other duties as assigned. Minimum and Desired Qualifications

Education: Master's degree in Early Childhood Education, Social Work, Human Services, or a related Early Childhood field.

Preferred Qualifications: Bilingual skills with oral and written fluency in English and Spanish, Russian, or another language that meets the community/department's needs Leadership and supervisory experience in Head Start or Early Head Start programs

Job Details: Employee Group: CDFS Management Classification: CDFS Management Range 6 Employment Type: Full-Time (1.0 FTE)

FLSA Status: Exempt (Salaried)

Compensation: $79,091-$118,685 Annually Schedule: 40 hours per week, Monday Friday Remote Eligibility: On-Site (Not eligible for remote work)

Working Conditions: Work is typically performed in a normal office environment while sitting at a computer terminal. Visual eye strain and repetitive hand/wrist motion for data entry and keyboarding functions. Works assigned schedule and exhibits regular and predictable attendance. As necessary to meet workload demands, works outside of typical schedule including evening/weekend hours. Work requires frequent travel to multiple off-campus early learning sites. Work is sometimes performed in an emotional and stressful environment. Salary Placement Initial salary placement will be based on years of applicable education, full-time equivalent experience, and other job-related qualifications at the sole discretion of the College and in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws. Please include all relevant education and full and part-time experience (including unpaid and volunteer experience) in your application that you want the College to review towards potential placement. Hired employees will not have an opportunity to update past experience or appeal initial placement after the time of hire.

Benefits: The following is a brief description of the benefits offered by Mt. Hood Community, this is intended to be a summary only any errors or omissions are unintentional. Please refer to benefit booklets, plan documents, college policy and regulations for more detailed information. College Paid Benefits Health Benefit Options MHCC is a member of the Oregon Educators Benefit Board (OEBB) which administers Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Long Term Disability (LTD) and Employee Assistance Plan (EAP). The effective date of employer-provided benefits is the beginning of the month after the employee's date of hire at MHCC, unless otherwise indicated. Available medical, dental and vision plans and rates are available on the MHCC intranet site, under Human Resources/Benefits. Important Retirement Information: Make sure you are enrolled in the medical, dental and/or vision plans you want when you retire. Retirement is not considered a Qualified Status Change (QSC) so you cannot add or change plans at the time of retirement. In order to ensure that a spouse/domestic partner and/or eligible dependent can be covered when you retire you will need to enroll them on MHCC's policy at the open enrollment period prior to your retirement date even though they may be covered under another policy. The College pays the employer portion of the premiums during double coverage periods. Although the College pays the employer portion of premiums during any double coverage period, double coverage is discouraged other than prior to retirement as it incurs additional expenses to the