Center Manager

Would you like a career that changes lives while working with a team built on shared values? Look no further!

At Youth In Need, we value community and relationships. We encourage courageous spaces, leaning into discomfort, and stretching your learning muscles. As a Center Manager, you'll be responsible for the oversight of our Meramec Early Learning Center, ensuring a safe, nurturing and inclusive center environment that supports individualized learning for children, families and staff. Center Managers plan, develop, implement and supervise all aspects of daily operations.

This Position

We are interested in a Center Manager with a Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood education or related field or 90 credit hours (with 19 in ECE) and 3+ years' experience in an early childhood setting.

We're looking for someone with 3+ years experience working with children (birth-5) and management experience. Experience with Head Start Performance Standards, Missouri Licensing Regulations, Infant/Toddler Responsive Care and Creative Curriculum preferred.

Ability to be CPR certified is required, as well as having/obtaining a driver's license.

• For the full job description, please email Careers@YouthInNeed.org or visit www.youthinneed.org.
  
  

This is a salaried position with pay starting at $46,869/year.

Why Apply?

We Offer An Extensive Amount Of Competitive Benefits Including

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance at low cost
• Paid Time Off including 12 Holidays, 1 Floating Holiday, 12 Sick Days and 2 Weeks Vacation (which increases with years of service)
• 401k with 3% Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance
• Opportunity for growth
  
  

Our Company

Youth In Need has been around since 1974 helping to create safe places for the area's most vulnerable children. We have more than 400 full- and part-time staff who serve more than 8,000 children, teens and families at nearly 100 locations in six counties in Eastern Missouri.

Youth In Need has been named a St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Workplace for seven straight years. We are nationally recognized by the US Department of Health and Human Services as an exemplary program. We value social justice and are dedicated to enhancing racial equity in our organization.

Our Commitment To Racial Equity

Racial equity, diversity and inclusion are core institutional values for Youth In Need, and we commit to developing an organization that is affirming, inclusive and equitable. Equity drives excellence. In that pursuit, we widen our focus to confront the structural inequities and systemic racism that impact our clients' well-being.

For more information on our commitment, please visit www.youthinneed.org.

No phone calls please. If you have questions, please email Careers@YouthInNeed.org.

Youth In Need is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal opportunities for all applicants and employees without regard to ability, age, ancestry, color, cultural background, faith/religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, income, marital status, national origin, political belief/affiliation, pregnancy, race, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Salary: $46869 per year