Children’s Home & Aid invites you to join our team of mission-driven staff who share a common vision: an equitable world where all children and families thrive in strong communities. As a leading child and family service agency with more than 20 locations across Illinois, our mission is to advance the well-being of children by investing in families to disrupt the systemic and multi-generational cycle of racial, social and economic inequality.

Our full-time staff receive competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, including a paid leave accrual rate that starts at two weeks annually and grows to more than five weeks of paid time off each year, as well as a paid winter break that occurs the week between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. We strive to hold ourselves and each other accountable for fostering an inclusive work culture where we can be our authentic selves, where we create and have equitable opportunities, and where our voices are supported and encouraged.

The Assistant Site Manager is a critical member of the Jerri Hoffmann Child & Family Center team, providing supervision and coaching to teachers in our 0-5 classrooms. As a high quality early childhood education center with COA accreditation and ExceleRate Gold Circle of Quality designation, you’ll be proud to be part of the Hoffmann team, and with our cohesive team style and supportive, high quality supervision, you’ll look forward to coming back each day.

What you’ll do:

• Provide training, coaching, and reflective supervision to early childhood classroom teaching staff, including Teachers and Master Teachers.
• Be an active collaborator on the Early Head Start and Prevention Initiative Program education teams, working closely with other program staff and leaders.
• Develop relationships with parents and families and encourage their involvement in the Early Head Start and Prevention Initiative education programs.
• Provide leadership and guidance to classroom staff in the development, writing, and implementation of daily lesson plans and classroom routings and transitions; meet weekly with classroom and other staff to review lesson plans and teaching strategies, and discuss child progress.

Who you are:

• Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education or related field from an accredited institution with a minimum of 30 hours of Early Childhood Education required.
• Gateways Early Childhood Education Level 5 Credential and Illinois Director Credential required.
• Food Sanitation Certification preferred.
• Experience with the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) preferred.
• A minimum of one (1) year of supervisory experience required.
• You have four (4) years of Early Childhood teaching experience required. Head Start or Early Head Start experience preferred for positions in those programs.
• You have a warm, encouraging leadership style and are skilled at engaging with staff and building and supporting high-performing teams.
• You are attentive to detail, organized, and self-motivated.
• You enjoy working collaboratively with a team to reach shared goals.

(Candidates without the required degree/credentials may be considered with an approved educational plan)

The details:

• Location: Work is conducted at the Jerri Hoffmann Child & Family Center (229 Lake Marion Road, Carpentersville, IL 60110).
• Schedule: Full-time, salaried; center hours are 7:30a-5:30p M-F; the Assistant Site Manager is responsible for closing the center on a daily basis.
• Staff are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to submit proof of their vaccination status before their start date unless they have an agency approved medical or religious exemption.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: Range starts at $57,000, offers are commensurate with experience; English/Spanish bilingual candidates may receive additional compensation for some positions.
• Noncash benefits: Medical/dental/vision insurance, paid time off plus 11 paid holidays, supplemental insurance options, 401(k) with match (more benefits details here)
• Winter Break: The agency is closed between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. This paid break allows staff to spend time with their families around the holidays without using their accrued time off balances.
• Student Loan Forgiveness: Children's Home & Aid is an approved agency for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).

Where you work matters.

You’re considering a new position, so no one knows better than you that where you work matters. We believe that by building diverse teams of passionate advocates for youth and families, we can continue to show up for Illinois families, putting those families at the center of every decision, and strengthening the communities where we all work, play, and live together. (More about who we are here.)

We invite you to become an active member of a team that supports, inspires, and challenges each other, and grow your career in an organization that celebrates emerging leaders and provides development and training opportunities aligned with your individual goals and aspirations. If you are looking for an opportunity to do meaningful work, including raising your voice to disrupt the status quo, we encourage you to apply today.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)