Hawkeye Area Community Action Program, Inc. (HACAP) is a diverse, community-focused nonprofit dedicated to empowering and improving the lives of families living with the everyday barriers of poverty.

What we are proud to offer you:

• Health and Dental Insurance
• Retirement Savings (IPERS and/or 403(b))
• Paid time off and 9 company paid holidays
• Short Term Disability after 1 year of employment
• Basic Life and AD&D coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Optional benefits: Flexible Spending, Long Term Disability, Voluntary Life and Voluntary Accident

POSITION GOAL

This position will coordinate Paces to Quality program activities working with center-based child care programs to assure compliance with Linn County Early Childhood Iowa (LCECI) reporting.  This position will also include coordinating professional development for home and center-based childcare providers and teamwork with other Early Childhood Programs/HACAP staff.

SCHEDULE AND WAGE 

Monday-Friday 8:00 am -5:00 pm; $21.39

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Paces to Quality Center-based program coordination
2. Assist the Early Childhood Programs Director with reporting and data collection for P to Q
3. Communication with the early care and education staff and partner agencies
4. Communication with the home and center-based early care and education providers
5. Client file documentation
6. Coordinate professional development and marketing
7. Support Paces to Quality activities
8. Support other Early Childhood Programs programming and activities.

EXPECTATIONS

1. Support the organization's mission, vision, values, policy, and procedure by exhibiting the following behaviors: excellence and competence, collaboration, innovation, respect personalization, commitment to our community, and accountability and ownership.
2. Consistently work in a positive and cooperative manner with fellow Team Members.
3. Consistently demonstrate the ability to respond to changing situations in a flexible manner in order to meet current needs, such as reprioritizing work as necessary.
4. Consistently come to work on time, working as scheduled, and leaving at the scheduled time.
5. Maintain appropriate attire and good grooming habits to support HACAP’s desire for safe and efficient operations, providing greater service and better customer relations.
6. Ensure confidentiality of any information concerning an employee, client, family, financial condition or personal peculiarities is strictly maintained.
7. Ensure that personal health information is protected during its collection, use, disclosure, storage and destruction within HACAP as required by HIPAA.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

BA in education, human services or related field and 1-year administrative experience

OR

AA in education, human services or related field and 3 years of administrative experience

OR

An equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge and abilities necessary to perform the work

Experience with computer programs, reports, and data collection

Experience conducting individual and large group adult learning experiences.

Skills and/or Abilities

1. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals
2. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
3. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organizations
4. Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide into all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
5. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
6. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
7. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form

PHYSICAL DEMANDS 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to stand.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

1. Receive clearance by the Iowa Department of Human Services on child abuse and criminal checks prior to hire and resubmit every two (2) years
2. Receive clearance thru National FBI fingerprint checks. Fingerprints must be submitted for national check prior to hire or start date at the center.  Resubmit every four (4) years
3. Complete Bloodborne Pathogen (Universal Precautions) within ten (10) days of employment and update annually
4. Complete Child Abuse Mandatory Reporting Training within three (3) months of employment and update every three (3) years
5. Obtain first aid training within three (3) months of employment and update every two (2) years
6. Obtain CPR training within three (3) months of employment and update every two (2) years
7. Complete CCDBG Essentials training within ninety (90) days of employment and update every five (5) years
8. Valid driver’s license
9. Valid car insurance
10. Reliable transportation for on-the-job use