Executive Director @ Glebe Parents’ Day Care

Summary of the Role

In partnership with the Board of Directors, the Executive Director will provide successful leadership, overall management, and operations of the organization in accordance with the strategic vision. Key facets of this role will include effective stakeholder management, organizational development, financial responsibility, support of new and existing programs, and ensuring continuous staff management, retention and growth.

The core responsibilities of this role will be to deliver leadership to employees, and parents across the 4 centers within the Glebe community. Staff is a collective blend of new and tenured, passionate professionals with varied backgrounds and skills. On a daily basis, you will be expected to thoughtfully guide, motivate, and provide support and resources to staff, around any obstacles that may arise. In order to be effective in your support of the many employees, you must be adaptive in your approach to leadership, acting as a calming influence and mentor within the team. Upon learning the dynamics of the centres, you will know when to engage, assist, and encourage creativity, to guarantee exceptional level of service for the families who have chosen the GPDC as their caregivers.

Leading operations, you will develop a clearly defined strategic vision and roadmap which fosters innovative ideas for growth, accountability measures and oversight for staff, partnership outreach efforts, while building on the success of daycare’s historical efforts. While the programming is developed and rolled out by the staff, your role will be to help ensure they have the tools needed to deliver quality and effective curriculums. You will help to keep staff accountable and offer support by identifying priorities and objectives, and making recommendations as required. A large aspect of this role is to review and formulate policies to ensure compliance with the Child Care and Early Years Act, the Ontario Early Learning Framework, Ministry of Education Licensing Advisor, and other mandated legislative requirements. You will achieve this through the formulation and collaboration of a policy committee.

Stepping into a post-pandemic environment, you will work to re-engage the feeling of internal community and team spirit across all locations. As a cooperative model, everyone’s voice is equally important in working together to make the organization run effectively. It will be important that you foster an environment of mutual trust and respect with utmost transparency and equality across all centres and employees. You will have oversight of the recruitment and retention of employees through the development of human resources practices and procedures for both permanent and occasional positions (in partnership with the Human Resources Coordinator).

In addition to the post-pandemic restoration efforts you will be responsible for reviewing and increasing revenue streams and engagement viability. Working in partnership with the Program Coordinators, you will provide support and guidance to ensure enrollment of new children is prioritized, that rooms are at capacity, and all required staff are in place to support the programming. You will continue to support existing programs and events, while researching new potential funding, grants, and revenue sources. This includes building key partnerships and working alongside the board and staff to develop actionable fundraising plans.

As Executive Director, you will conduct, manage, and execute a strategic plan for the organization’s future by leveraging its existing foundation, elevating frequency and transparency in communication, and empowering staff. You will be accountable for reporting to the board while overseeing successful programming, finances, administration, and HR, while demonstrating readiness and determination. Approaching this opportunity with a fresh perspective and enthusiasm to take on challenges, will be integral in maintaining objectives and achieving organizational success.

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