Bright Horizons Family Solutions

Child Care Assistant Director

Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Associate or higher degree in early childhood education, education, or child development required; bachelor's degree preferred
  • Minimum two years of leadership experience in child care, daycare, or preschool settings required
  • Strong understanding of center quality, compliance, health and safety standards required

Responsibilities

  • Uphold Bright Horizons' mission and values to foster an inclusive environment
  • Monitor program quality, ensuring children's learning is documented
  • Ensure compliance with licensing and accreditation standards
  • Support educational programming and mentor teaching staff
  • Build and maintain relationships with families and staff

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid vacation, sick, holiday, and parental leave
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Career development opportunities, including free college degrees
  • Caregiving support and resources for family members
Full Job Description
Step into a leadership opportunity with Bright Horizons as a Child Care Assistant Director, where your work supports a strong, welcoming, and well-run early childhood center. Partnering closely with the Center Director, you'll help guide daily operations while maintaining our high standards for care, learning, and safety. From supporting educational programming and mentoring teachers to building meaningful relationships with families, your leadership will play an important role in shaping a center where children and teams can thrive.

Responsibilities:
  • Uphold our mission, culture, and values to ensure an inclusive environment and strong relationships with families, staff, and clients
  • Monitor program quality, ensuring children's learning is documented and visible
  • Ensure compliance with licensing and accreditation standards, health and safety protocols, and company policies


Qualifications:

Candidates must pass required state and company background checks, and meet state and company minimum education and experience requirements:
  • Associate or higher degree in early childhood education, education, or child development related field is required; bachelor's degree is preferred
  • At least two years of leadership experience in high-quality child care, daycare, or preschool settings is required
  • Strong understanding of center quality, compliance, health, safety and licensing standards is required


Physical Requirements:

This leadership role requires work in person in an early education/preschool child care center to provide center supervision, curriculum delivery, business management, and customer and client services per Bright Horizons' policies, procedures and guidance, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations, and in a manner that will ensure safety of children in Bright Horizons care and the employee.

This role has a mixture of duties including office/computer/phone-based work, in-person supervision of care delivery and employees throughout all areas of the center, family/prospective family interactions which may take place in various areas of the center, and the ability to temporarily serve as a supervising caregiver for relatively brief periods of time on an as-needed basis (e.g., covering employee breaks or unscheduled absences).

The full set of physical requirements for this role can be reviewed at https://careers.brighthorizons.com/job-descriptions. Bright Horizons complies with all laws that require reasonable accommodation for qualifying disabilities and/or pregnancy-related limitations.

This position requires in-person work in the Redmond, WA area.

Compensation:

The annual salary for this position is $80,500. The pay range listed here is what Bright Horizons in good faith anticipates offering for this job opening. Actual compensation offers within this range will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education and training, certifications, geography, and other relevant business or organizational factors.

Benefits:

Bright Horizons offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid vacation, sick, holiday, and parental bonding leave
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Long-term and short-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Money-saving discounts and financial planning tools
  • Career development opportunities and free college degrees through our Horizons CDA & Degree Program
  • Caregiving support and resources for the children and adults in your family
  • Learn more at https://careers.brighthorizons.com/us/en/health-and-wellness


Also, depending on hire date and subject to applicable eligibility requirements and accrual schedules, new employees in this role receive up to: 9 paid holidays annually; 40 hours of sick time per year based on full-time schedule, and 64 hours of vacation time per year based on full-time schedule (vacation time may be used for sick leave purposes under any applicable state or local sick or safe time law).

Compensation: $80,500 / annually

About Bright Horizons Family Solutions

Bright Horizons Family Solutions is an American company that provides child care and early education services. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Massachusetts, USA. Bright Horizons operates more than 1,000 child care centers in the United States, Canada, Europe, and India. The company's services include infant care, toddler care, preschool, kindergarten, and before- and after-school programs. Bright Horizons also provides employer-sponsored child care and educational advisory services. The company has won numerous awards for its services, including being named one of the Best Workplaces for Women by Fortune magazine.
Learn more about Bright Horizons Family Solutions
Size
25,800 employees
Market Cap
$3.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$26.9 million
5 Year Trend
+2.3%
Revenue
$1.5 billion
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