Salary: $69,243.20 - $98,800.00 Annually
Location : Detroit, MI
Job Type: Permanent Full Time
Job Number: 3291-26MC-CCLB58
Department: Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLeap)
Opening Date: 10/02/2026
Closing Date: 10/18/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Bargaining Unit: UNITED AUTO WORKERS (UAW)

Job Description
This position is responsible for state licensing of child care organizations including family and group child care homes and child care centers within a specified geographical area of the State. Responsibilities include, but not limited to, conducting state licensing inspections, investigate complaints, provider technical assistance and consultation to applicants/licensee, initiate enforcement action, testify in hearings, and consult with other professionals such as law enforcement, fire safety inspectors, and protective services representatives.

This position will service the Wayne County Region. State carpool options may be limited. To view the coverage map for Child Care Licensing, please click
Required Education and Experience

This position generally requires possession of a master's degree in child development, elementary education, early childhood education, guidance and counseling, or social work, and two years of professional, post-bachelor's degree experience licensing child day care homes or centers, child foster care homes or facilities, child care placing agencies, or related child care facilities; or as a child day care provider trainer; or an investigator of high risk child abuse or neglect cases, or as a professional child day care or preschool education worker or teacher in a pre-kindergarten or kindergarten to third grade program. Specific information on the education and experience required for the position is in the

Additional Requirements and Information
Please attach your resume, cover letter, and applicable bachelor's and master's official transcripts to your application.

An official transcript must bear the college/university certification (e.g., seal, logo, watermark, and /or letterhead), Registrar's signature, and date. A transcript with these requirements, with the stamp "Issued to Student" is accepted as an official transcript. Unofficial transcripts will NOT be accepted. An unofficial transcript is: (1) an internet copy printed from the college/university student web account; (2) a transcript stamped with "Student Copy," and (3) a transcript that is labeled as "Unofficial." The official transcript must be scanned and attached to the electronic NEOGOV Civil Service application with one of the following file extensions: pdf, doc, docx, txt, or rft. Degree certificates are not accepted. When attaching transcripts, please name the college/university for each transcript attached.

Updated: 2/28/24
01

CHIDCST - Do you possess a master's degree or higher in child development, elementary education, early childhood education, guidance and counseling, social work, family studies, human development or related degree? If so, please attach a copy of your official college transcripts.

• Yes
• No

02

CHIDCST - Please select your level of experience

• At least, two years of professional, post-bachelor's degree experience licensing child day care homes or centers, child foster care homes or facilities, child care placing agencies, or related child care facilities; or as a child day care provider trainer; or an investigator of high risk child abuse or neglect cases, or as a professional child day care or preschool education worker or teacher in a pre-kindergarten or kindergarten to third grade program.
• At least, three years of professional, post-bachelor's degree experience licensing child day care homes or centers, child foster care homes or facilities, child care placing agencies, or related child care facilities; or as a child day care provider trainer; or early childhood counseling; or an investigator of high risk child abuse or neglect cases, or as a professional child day care or preschool education worker or teacher in a pre-kindergarten or kindergarten to third grade program, including one year of experience equivalent to the experienced (P11) level in state service.

03

How many years of experience do you have using and navigating multiple computer systems at once?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to three years
• Three to five years
• More than five years

04

Please describe your experience using and navigating multiple computer systems at once.
05

How many years of experience do you possess with independent decision making?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to three years
• Three to five years
• More than five years

06

What would you do when you must make a decision and there is no clear policy or procedure that applies to the situation?
07

How many years of experience do you possess conducting state licensing inspections and/or investigating complaints?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to three years
• Three to five years
• More than five years

08

What steps do you take to find accurate information when you are unsure about something?
09

What do you see as the role of a Child Care Licensing Consultant?
10

This position requires extensive travel within the Wayne County region, and state carpool options may be limited. Is this travel a commitment that you are able to make?

• Yes
• No

11

Please select the field in which you earned your master's degree.

• Child Development
• Elementary Education
• Early Childhood Education
• Guidance and Counseling
• Social Work
• Family Studies
• Human Development or related degree
• None of the above

12

Did you attach a copy of BOTH Bachelor's and Master's degree official transcripts?

• Yes
• No

Required Question