Title: Coordinator - Program & Compliance (Child and Family Development Center)
Employee Classification: Professional F/T 52 Wks Unit
Department: Child Dev Laboratory Center (CDLC)
Salary Range: 50,766
Who we are:
We are not-for-profit: St. Louis Community college (STLCC) is a non-profit institution dedicated to empowering students, expanding minds, and changing lives. Employees are committed to strengthening the St. Louis community with inclusive and transformative education.
We are a respected employer: For 60 years, STLCC has served the St. Louis community, expanding to 4 main campuses, 2 education centers, 2 workforce training centers, and 5 centers of excellence. More than one-half of the households in St. Louis have at least one member who has taken classes at STLCC.
We make an impact in the community: Through credit courses, continuing education, and workforce development programs, STLCC annually serves nearly 69,000 students. More than 80% of career and technical graduates employed in their fields or continue their education at four-year institutions within six months of graduation. STLCC sends more transfer students to Missouri’s four-year colleges/universities than anyone else.
What you get:
Benefits package [for full-time employees]: STLCC offers one of the best benefit packages in the St. Louis area. As a STLCC employee you will have access to a 100% match on your contribution to retirement, two health insurance plans options - including an HSA option, low-cost life insurance with a 3x salary benefit, and other low-cost benefits including dental, vision, AD&D, Short-term & Long-term disability insurance.
Opportunity to grow: Over half of our employees have served the college for more than 12 years, exploring different career paths and advancing to higher level positions.
Education & training opportunities: STLCC offers tuition waivers for employees [full-time and part-time] + their dependents. Full-time employees can take advantage of tuition reimbursement for other institutions after just 6 months of service, and an annual professional development allotment.
Work/life balance: Full-time STLCC employees have access to a generous time off package, including holidays, vacation, personal days, medical leave, and other leave options. Our holiday schedule even includes a paid winter holiday at the end of the calendar year.
Commitment to wellness: STLCC HR boasts a dedicated health and wellness specialist who is enthusiastic about creating a culture of wellness throughout the College. With access to college wellness vendors, employees are educated, motivated, and rewarded for healthy behaviors. STLCC employees and anyone living in their household also have access to an employee assistance program (EAP) that can help them with virtually any life need.
The basics of this position:
The Program and Compliance Coordinator, CDLC (PCC), performs duties necessary to assist the director, manager(s), and assistant manager(s) in administering the licensing and accreditation guidelines necessary to maintain the Child Development Laboratory Centers of STLCC. The PCC prepares and maintains reports and health records for college, local, state, and federal requirements; provides documentation related to the health and safety of the children in the center; maintains professional development records for staff; and provides additional support to the director related to compliance. The PCC may serve as the manager on duty in the absence of the director, manager, or assistant manager at the CDLC.
What you'll do:
- • Maintains training and professional development records for the director to ensure compliance with licensing and accreditation standards.
• Maintains state-required student, staff, and child health records for the director to ensure compliance; provides the director with data to complete college, state, and federal records and reports.
• Plans emergency drills in coordination with STLCC police; represents the CDLC on the campus Emergency Response Team.
• Instructs all staff, college students, and volunteers on FCSR and fingerprint procedures; collects all documents; prepares records for the state; and obtains all eligibility letters prior to providing clearance to interact with children.
• Implements operational practices and protocols to ensure a safe and healthy environment for children, ensuring all licensing and accreditation standards are met.
• Maintains inspection and safety records for the director.
• Supports the director in identifying grant opportunities and keeps records and/or provides data related to awarded grants.
• Maintains an up-to-date CDLC webpage.
• Coordinates with parents, teachers, assistant manager, and the center kitchen staff to meet medical/nutrition needs of children and maintains documentation as needed for reports and records; shares medical/nutrition/allergy information for children with manager and director.
• Works with the director to plan and implement staff professional development.
• Maintains the DRDP documentation utilizing the Learning Genie app, including creating new child profiles; updating rating periods; assigning and reassigning children to appropriate classrooms; and reporting gaps, errors, and omissions to the manager.
• Organizes and maintains records from all staff CPR Pediatric First Aid training and coordinates this training for CDLC professional development days.
• At the request of the director, may serve as the manager on duty in the absence of the manager or assistant manager at the CDLC or may serve in a classroom in an emergency situation.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Education, experience, and other requirements:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood, Child & Family Development, or similar areas.
• Five (5) years of full-time experience in a licensed childcare center.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Previous work in compliance for a childcare center is preferred.
• Previous work in training/development is preferred.
• Previous supervisory experience is preferred.