Bilingual Family Child Care Quality Specialist

Bilingual proficiency in Spanish, Haitian Creole or Brazilian Portuguese is desired.

General Summary:

The Family Child Care Quality Specialist will have a special focus on supporting newly-licensed FCC Educators joining Nurtury’s FCC network as well as a smaller sub-set of current Nurtury FCC Educators. They will recruit FCC Educators and offer them guidance and support to ensure children receive developmentally appropriate early care and education in a safe and nurturing setting, as well as ensure that all aspects of the Educator Agreement are met and procedures are followed.

Essential Functions:

1. Recruit screen and recommend potential FCC Educators for contracts with Nurtury’s FCC network.
2. Provide strong coaching and support to newly licensed FCC Educators who join the network.
3. Assist in creating as well as implementing a training and guidance suite for newly licensed FCC Educators.
4. Regularly monitor FCC Educators for full compliance with all government and Nurtury regulations, policies and procedures.
5. Maintain and submit post visit evaluation reports in a timely fashion.
6. Act as a coach by establishing appropriate written goals and timelines for FCC Educators to improve program quality.
7. Connect FCC Educators with the necessary resources available to them within the field in order to meet these set goals, such as: professional development, funding, and small business growth opportunities.
8. Monitor FCC Educator progress to ensure that they achieve established and agreed upon goals for continuous improvement.
9. Assist in curriculum and professional development of FCC Educators.
10. Assist with technical support around evaluation systems and EEC systems.
11. Maintain and ensure FCC Educators files are up to date with all required documentation.
12. Support Nurtury’s growth by acting as an ambassador in the community, amongst peers, in meetings, and in the field of Early Childhood Education.
13. Perform other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the essential functions:

• Strong knowledge of Early Childhood Education and/or Business Administration or related human services field required.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish/Haitian Creole/Brazilian Portuguese) required
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
• Experience in supervision and coaching
• Experience with measurement such as: FCCERS & EEC’s quality rating scale
• Experience with child evaluation systems such as: Teaching Strategies Gold
• Computer efficiency with MS Office, internet/e-mail/virtual meeting systems
• Travel required