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.

Child Care Resource Center is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to build a staff representative of the community it serves.