Technical Assistance Specialist - Home Child Care Network

Technical Assistance Specialist - Home Child Care Network
BASE WAGE $22.78-$25.07 per hour based on education level.
JOB TYPE Full-Time
DESCRIPTION
The Home Child Care Network, part of SAL Community Services, is the Quad Cities area's leading provider of early childhood care and education. We provide a safe, secure and supportive environment centered on how playing can charge the mind of the children we care for.
As a Home Child Care Network (HCCN) Technical Assistance Specialist on our team, you will work with licensed, home child care providers. This means you'll do things like:

• Provide one-on-one consultation and technical assistance to home child care providers in subject matter areas including:
  o Grant development, budgeting, and technical writing.
  o Business Administration Scale (BAS) and Family Child Care Environmental Rating Scale (FCCERS)
• Identify, develop, and provide professional development and training to home child care providers on identified business needs.
• Recruits and enrolls participating home child care providers; completes necessary paperwork.
• Complete minimum of monthly check in meetings with home child care providers by phone, email, or face-to-face.
• Provides ongoing communication, consultation, and expertise on grant opportunities available to Home Child Care Network providers using multiple methods such as meetings, one-on-one, newsletters, etc.

We are looking for team members who:

• Enjoy following a routine, and welcome the in-the-moment changes that come with early care and education;
• Enjoy making a difference in the community;
• Are passionate about building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment for all, and,
• Are professional, kind, and don't take themselves too seriously!

Salary, benefits and perks
Our entire compensation package includes paid time off and paid holidays; health, dental, and vision benefits; 401(k) with employer contribution; and pet insurance. A full list of benefits is available on our website.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. A full list of job responsibilities will be provided prior to an interview. This position must obtain required background clearances. Requests for reasonable accommodation as required under applicable law will be considered.
Education and Experience
Required: Associate degree with at least five years' experience working in an early childhood education management-level position with experience in budgets, grants, and communication. Preferred: Required experience plus Bachelor's degree with at least six (6) hours of ECE classes.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION Mission
SAL Community Services (SAL) strengthens children, families, and individuals to build and enhance thriving communities.
About Us
At SAL Community Services, we provide S upport, A dvocacy, and L earning in our communities-from childhood to adulthood. Our mission is to strengthen children, families, and individuals to build and enhance thriving communities. Founded in 1970, we have a history of listening to the needs of our community and responding. We have grown from an organization focused on providing quality child care to low-income working families to one that meets a wide variety of needs, from early care and education to crisis assistance and stabilization services. Today, SAL has a bi-state 17 county regional footprint from the Quad Cities to Central Illinois area. We advocate with and for the people we support, the communities we serve, and the solutions we champion, and we offer an inclusive, welcoming community for the people we serve-and our employees. Learn more on our /about-us.
EOE STATEMENT SAL Community Services is an equal opportunity employer and believes in equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. Accordingly, all employment decisions are based on the principles of equal opportunity. These decisions include recruitment, selection, promotion, transfer, discipline, compensation, benefits, training and other personnel actions involving persons in all job titles and shall occur without regard to actual or perceived race, creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, religion (or for requesting an accommodation for a religious belief), sex, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information (as defined in Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)), military status or discharge status, veteran status, qualified disabled veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, transgenderism, marital status, citizenship status, familial status, physical or mental disability (or for requesting an accommodation for a disability), association with a disabled person(s), medical condition (including HIV or AIDS status, cancer related or genetic characteristics) arrest record (unless doing so violates contractual, funding, or licensing requirements), order of protection status, pregnancy (including conditions related to childbirth or breast feeding), homelessness or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
LOCATION Home Child Care Network - Galesburg
EXEMPT/NON-EXEMPT Non-Exempt
Pay Range: $22.78 - $25.07 per hour