Working with KinderCare Learning Companies means using your outstanding talents to help set the foundation for lifelong learners, where you can collaborate with colleagues, grow and learn, and positively impact the families we serve.

With over 50 years of experience, 30,000+ employees, and more than 2,000 early learning center programs, we are the most accredited leaders in early childhood education. Together, we create environments where kids grow and thrive. As one of only four companies to receive the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award six times, we’re confident that you can grow and thrive here, too. We can’t wait to meet you.

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If you’re passionate about leading, developing, and engaging others to deliver on our brand’s promise, the Director of Quality and Accreditation role could be right for you! This position is responsible for leading the team that ensures our 800+ sites across the country with our Champions brand are operating at the highest quality standards. Champions is growing at a rapid pace and is the only nationally accredited before- and after-school provider. At Champions, we believe no one in the industry provides a better experience to children, families, and school communities than we do.

This is a senior leadership role that will develop, create, and lead strategies that bring quality standards to life. Through these standards we build consistency in our programs and ensure we provide the best support to every child, family, and school community nationwide. The Director will also lead and maintain our national accreditation. This position will work closely with the senior field operations leaders to influence and support quality programming in all sites.

Additionally, the Director will act as a critical liaison between the field and corporate teams, with a heavy focus on leading through influence. This leader will work closely with our Education and Operations teams to support key programs that directly impact program quality.

Responsibilities

• Create, plan, and advise the company’s overall Quality & Accreditation strategy, from concept to execution
• Influence the development of programs that support quality and education standards that directly support business strategy
• Lead and maintain our national accreditation
• Engage, develop, and lead a remote team of Quality leaders
• Serve as a key advisor to senior field leaders on continual improvement of quality programming
• Make key recommendations to organization on strategic needs of the field that support Champions’ growth efforts
• Build a strong culture of high-quality experiences for our families, children, and teachers
• Works with the Center Operations team to ensure maximum impact of Quality strategies
• Understand and stay abreast of the broader Quality landscape to ensure we remain leaders in educational excellence

Qualifications:

• 8+ years’ experience in the education industry; client-facing experience preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field preferred
• 5-7 years of experience leading large teams, at least 5 as a senior manager
• Be an entrepreneurial thinker and problem solver
• Ability to identify, develop, and engage cross functional stakeholders
• Exceptional verbal, written and presentation skills
• Ability to navigate ambiguous environments and/or processes to bring clarity to project requirements, constraints, and opportunities
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, PPT, and Excel

We know that experience is captured in many ways. These guidelines represent some, but not all the ways you might have acquired the skills required for this role. If you have a proven ability to fulfill the job duties, but got there in a different way, please apply.

Our benefits meet you where you are. We’re here to help our employees navigate the integration of work and life:

• Know your whole family is supported with discounted child care benefits.
• Breathe easy with medical, dental, and vision benefits for your family (and pets, too!).
• Feel supported in your mental health and personal growth with employee assistance programs.
• Feel great and thrive with access to health and wellness programs, unlimited paid time off and discounts for work necessities, such as cell phones.
• … and much more.

At KinderCare Learning Companies you'll use your skills and expertise to help craft and contribute to our shared mission of supporting communities and encouraging lifelong learners. From our teachers to our cooks to our financial analysts, we are all passionate about crafting a world of learning, happiness and adventure for more than 150,000 children every day.

As the first national early childcare education provider to achieve the WELL Health-Safety Rating from the International WELL Building Institute, we continue to follow the latest science-backed and evidence-based strategies for maintaining a safe and worry-free workplace.

Our highest priority has always been to keep our employees, children, families, and communities as safe and healthy as possible. KinderCare highly encourages its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect themselves and their communities. We are proud to provide paid time off for employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. We are also subject to state law, local ordinances, and Health Department requirements for employees working in child care, school facilities, and corporate work spaces.

We truly believe that everyone belongs in our circle, and everyone deserves to be celebrated for who they are. By partnering with underrepresented groups and experts in DEI, we are identifying areas to improve and forging a path forward through accountability, compassion, accessibility, and inclusion.

KinderCare Learning Companies is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.

Primary Location : Portland, Oregon, United States

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