Executive Director
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Child Care Resource Center (CCRC), a leading nonprofit organization that
promotes the care and education of all children through advocacy and
programs that support families, professionals, and communities, seeks
applications and nominations for the position of Executive Director. The
cornerstones of CCRC's work include child care resource and referral
services, child care tuition assistance, family literacy programming, health
access, and training for child care providers and parents. All of CCRC's
programs target low to moderate income families who come from a diverse
range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds and for whom access to
education, skills development, child care, and health care is critical to
their personal and economic success. CCRC seeks a dynamic leader to serve as
the organization's Executive Director who can ensure that the center stays
vital and relevant for years to come. S/he must have a deep understanding of
and commitment to the compelling importance of early care and early
education and its benefit to children. The successful candidate will be an
entrepreneurial, proactive, charismatic and nimble leader who possesses both
the vision to inspire and the skills to lead an organization into its next
phase of growth.
ABOUT CHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER: Founded in 1971 as the first resource and
referral (R&R) agency in Massachusetts and one of the first in the United
States, CCRC helped set the foundation for the vast network of R&R's
nationwide. R&Rs connect families with quality licensed child care in their
community, strengthen the field of child care by providing recruitment,
training and technical assistance to child care providers, administer the
state's voucher child care program and collect and share child care data for
community planning purposes. CCRC collaborates with more than 50 community
organizations to accomplish its diverse programming. CCRC serves Greater
Boston and extends its reach through a contract with the Department of Early
Education and Care which specifically funds services in Cambridge,
Somerville, Watertown, Newton, Belmont, Arlington, Wellesley, Weston, and
Needham.
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Reporting to and
working closely with the Board of Directors, the Executive Director will be
responsible for defining and executing strategic and operating plans for
CCRC. The Executive Director has an annual operating budget of $1.8 million,
which includes $760,000 in fiscally sponsored funds. In addition, CCRC
manages over $7.8 million in child care subsidy funds. Responsibilities for
the Executive Director include but are not limited to overseeing all
financial, managerial, facility and fundraising needs to ensure that the
organization has the necessary resources to continue to provide exceptional
services. S/he will need to be nimble in responding to the changing
landscape in early childhood education and R&R agencies. S/he will be an
articulate, persuasive, and charismatic advocate of CCRC and will need to be
savvy about early childhood policy issues and politically astute so that
CCRC will continue to serve families and meet their changing needs in the
coming years.
QUALIFICATIONS OF THE IDEAL CANDIDATE: This is an exciting opportunity for a
leader knowledgeable in early childhood development and community activist
to encourage parents, families, and caregivers to become more active
participants in preparing their children for a lifetime of learning. The
successful candidate will be a visionary and energetic leader with a proven
track record of over five years successfully managing a nonprofit and
trajectory and who has a deeply held, demonstrated respect and understanding
of why early care and education matters. S/he will have a proven track
record in donor cultivation, new revenue generation, and funder relations
with a strong history of successfully taking organizations to the next level
of sustained philanthropic support. S/he will have the drive to be involved
in the community, to listen to what is needed and to act skillfully to
achieve it. The ideal candidate will have a background in Early Childhood
and an unwavering commitment to the belief that all children deserve to and
can enter kindergarten prepared to thrive and a commitment to staff
diversity and an appreciation for its complexities in the broadest sense.
TO APPLY: Applications should be sent to ccrc-ed@nonprofitprofessionals.com
and will be reviewed as received; interviews will be granted as interesting
candidates are identified. To be considered complete, applications must
include a cover letter describing your interest and qualifications, your
resume (in Word format), your salary history, and where you learned of the
position. Please write your name (i.e., Smith, Jane) as the only contents in
the subject line of your e-mail.
Additional information about Child Care Resource Center may be found at:
http://www.ccrcinc.org
Child Care Resource Center is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to
build a staff representative of the community it serves.
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