HEALTHY KIDS PROGRAMS
Childcare Area Director
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Childcare Area Director
Area Director – Children’s Health Centers After School Program
Southern & Central New Hampshire (Rockingham, Hillsborough, Cheshire, Sullivan Counties) Part-Time, Non-Exempt | Year-Round | Reports To: Sr. Regional Director | Direct Reports: Site Directors Salary Range: $22.00 per hour
Featured Benefit: 🎯 Employer-Paid Childcare Healthy Kids Programs provides childcare for school-age children enrolled in our program during your scheduled hours. Your employer eliminates the need for external arrangements, ensuring your child participates in a safe, structured, and engaging out-of-school care environment while you execute your role.
About the Role
The Area Director is the backbone of Healthy Kids Programs’ (HKP’s) field operations—balancing hands-on execution with strategic oversight. You’ll ensure after-school programs run seamlessly, every site is fully staffed, and all compliance requirements are met. This role demands organization, initiative, and passion for high-quality childcare and building strong school partnerships.
What Success Looks Like
✅ Staffing:
- Every site has proactive scheduling; no coverage gaps
- Quality hires with clear expectations from Day 1
✅ Enrollment:
- Across-your-cluster goals met or exceeded
- Schools and families see HKP as a dependable, engaging choice
✅ Compliance:
- Full adherence to state regulations; zero inspection issues
- Staff certifications and records enforced and updated
✅ Partnerships:
- Principals and staff treat HKP as an reasonsable, communicative partner
Key Responsibilities
1. Staffing – Recruiting, Hiring & Retention
- Grow your talent pipeline: Actively recruit and attract top applicants to sites
- Hire and onboard: Conduct interviews, set clear expectations, and provide welcoming training
- Proactive scheduling: Manage daily/weekly schedules, including substitute coverage to avoid gaps
- Audit ratios per site/activity; optimize costs while ensuring ratios are met
- Staff support & development:
- Coach Site Directors and frontline staff in real time
- Address performance issues with documentation and constructive clear expectations
- Foster a supportive, mission-aligned team environment
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2. Enrollment & Program Quality
- Monitor enrollment: Track each site’s performance and take action on early missed targets before the iteration becomes a crisis
- Weekly visits: Observe programs firsthand, provide real-time coaching to teams, and flag risks
- Engage families: Ensure postulations use HKP’s materials and strategies; address “red flag” concerns to retain enrollment
- Post newspaper campaigns: Support enrollment marketing efforts at schools and in the community
3. State Licensing Compliance
- Correctly maintain certifications: Every linked site and staff must meet state laws; deadlines serve
- Verify credentials (e. g., staff training on CPR/First Aid, Mandated Reporter)
- Proactive compliance walkthroughs: Audit ratios, records, once improvements to state standards
- Protect from issues: Swift response to agency questions or citations; escalate changes only if unreables
4. School Partnerships (Day-to-Day)
- Direct contact point: Engage consistently with principals, PAs, and front desk staff while showing trust and dependability
- Resolve tensions at school-level: Quick fixes for building-specific concerns without unnecessary escalation**
- Educate and update: Share programs offerings, headcount shifts, and operational “hotspots”
Requirements
What We’re Looking For
Experience & Background
- Education: Two-year degree or equivalent OR:
- 2–3 years supervisory experience in childcare, youth development, K-12 education, or a related high-touch industry
- Scheduling Specialists: Experience managing staff across multiple sites; coordinating schedules and ensuring correct ratio compliance
- Public Sector Acquaintance: Familiarity with state childcare laws via past work—instance or internships
Who You Are
- Problem prevention: Anticipate before issues arise; not surprise-fixing.
- Concise communicator: Align principal, site-level staff, and leadership accurately—without prompting
- Systems mindset: Track multiple program details simultaneously with attention to efficiency
- Supportive leader: Directly grow people by timely feedback plus ongoing guidance; Tactful during sensitive discussions
- Chill under stress: Creative solutions during surprises
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Clear Compliance
- Full background check including fingerprints and reference validation**
Key HKP Values We Are Aligning On
How you perform and stay strong against tough moments – “B}-Game” covers: ✔ Personal drive: Daily work shows “Purpose over excuses” ✔ With others: Try to motivate, be positived but professional—avoid harsh tools like lateral cutting ✔ In the role and environment: How you elevate others creates culture; vigilance for toxicity
Your Benefits
🔹 Employer-Paid Childcare during work hours for your program child 🔹 Access to Telehealth, Vision & Dental plans 🔹 AFLAC supplemental insurance options 🔹 401(k) retirement plan on offer to eligible bargainers 🔹 Paid sick leave 🔹 On-demand pay access 🔹 Career coaching and advancement roadmap
About Healthy Kids Programs
Healthy Kids Programs is your opportunity to build the future of childcare. As a certified benefit corporation and member of Inc. 5,000’s fastest-growing organizations, we provide after-school activities, before-school/parent pickup, and summer camps in over 150 locations nationwide.
Why Work Here?
We’re dedicated to transforming childcare communities in certainly margins. If your work is driven by purpose or outcomes, and you can bring leadership and kindness, we want you to grow with us.
🌟 We are [award-worthy + employee-chosen benefits (BeaverSquare recognition picks protected]. 🔗 To read more: Learn About Us – Work With Us.
Inclusion & Equity
At HKP, equity is reflected in how we celebrate human difference. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion, and stand against discrimination based on:
- Race, Color, Sex
- Religure or Sexual Gathering
- National Origin, Disability, Genetic Record
- Age, Pregnancy, or Any other legally protected channel
Hiring decisions are column merely on qualifications, demonstrated skills, and business fit.
Candidate with a unique background or perspective encouraged to apply.
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