Early childhood Principal

Qualifications and Job Requirements

• Candidate must possess at least a Diploma/Degree in Early Childhood Education
• Minimum 4 or 5 years of experience in teaching & lead the team 
• Passionate in early childhood education
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Must have a fun and good personality to handle young children and provide them with a good preschool environment
• Ability to provide activities for children that encourage healthy growth 
• A caring and approachable nature 
• Required language(s): English & Bahasa Melayu 

Key Responsibilities

• Global Educare Principal is an early childhood professional with a passion for working with children and families, has strong customer service orientation and an entrepreneurial spirit. 
• She/He is directly accountable for all operational aspects of the childcare center, ensuring quality care and education for children; achievement of financial targets, applying rigorous, proactive cost controls; incorporating active continuous improvement in quality of operations; delivering exemplary customer service; and ensuring legal/licensing compliance. 
• Meets expectations for delivering customer acquisition and retention, customer engagement and partnership, human resource management, quality program delivery, operational compliance, financial management and demonstrates expected behaviors.

Developing the Child Holistically – Curriculum & Pedagogy

Competencies   : Implement Curricula and Program

                             : Integrate the Core Values of ECCE within Curricula and Program

• Implement the curricula and programs at the center to inspire the love of learning
• Ensures conducive center physical environment and curriculum implemented in accordance to quality standards towards desired learning and developmental outcomes for children

1.1 Developing the Child Holistically – Learning Environment

Competency      : Provide Quality Learning Environment

• Ensures satisfactory compliance with Global Educare SOPs*, quality standards and ECCE licensing regulations
• Ensures that center’s procedures and practices protect children’s safety and well-being at all times
• Monitors closely center operations and implement action plans timely

1.2 Developing the Child Holistically – Interactions & Relationships

Competency      : Establish Caring, Trusting and Respectful Relationships

• Mentor staff in establishment of caring, trusting and respectful relationships with children
• Maintains regular contact time with staff and children 
• Conducts and reviews children’s developmental updates and address concerns with action plan timely

1.3 Developing the Child Holistically – Health, Safety and Nutrition

Competency      : Health, Safety, Nutritional and Hygiene Standards and Standard Operating Procedures

• Establish a healthy and safe environment by ensuring team compliance to standard operating procedures
• Adheres to all statutory and BBS policies and procedures relating to providing clean, healthy and safe facilities for welfare of children, staff and visitors at all times
• Adheres to all operational and financial policies and procedures to achieve agreed business goals

2. Collaboration with Families and Communities – Family and Community Partnerships

Competency      : Establish Centre and Parent Partnership 

• Develop and implement strategies to develop strong partnership with families and communities
• Maintains high visibility/accessibility and establish close rapport with parents and children
• Establishes positive and collaborative relations with corporate clients/partners

3. Building Professional Capacity – Professional Mastery

Competency      : Continuous Learning and Coaching

• Establish a culture of continuous learning and professional development
• Develops staff’s competency, manage performance and retain talent through orientation, on-the-job training, coaching/mentoring, recognition, giving feedback and conducting performance appraisal
• Manages staff’s concerns, grievances and disputes objectively and fairly, without bias 

Competency      : Develop Team Leaders

• Creates developmental opportunities and identify appropriate training to develop staff’s talents, skills and competencies.

3.1. Building Professional Capacity – Professional Values & Ethics

Competency      : Establish Culture of Professionalism

• Ensures full compliance of legal laws, licensing requirements as well as BBS policies and procedures
• Displays exemplary behavior befitting leadership role, exhibiting professionalism and integrity in all aspects of work and interactions.

4. Building Organizational Capacity – Visioning & Planning

Competency      : Display Critical and Analytical Skills

• Display critical and analytical skills to manage center independently. 
• Ensures spontaneous and timely identification and assessment of issues that relate to any form of risk exposure at the center.

4.1. Building Organizational Capacity – Teamwork & Collaboration

Competency      : Establish Culture of Collaboration

• Creates a work culture that values collaboration
• Collaborates with staff to achieve center goals, objectives and targets

Competency      : Ensure Business Sustainability

• Partnership with reporting manager and supporting units to create and implement plans and strategies that result in increased enrolment and retention. 
• Monitors and assess center performance and financial results and determine course of action with General Manager
• Monitor and assess key performance indicators (financial, quality, customers and staff) and carry out necessary corrective actions 

Competency      : Uphold Mission and Vision

Actively lead staff to deliver service excellence to families, children and corporate clients, in alignment with Global Educare mission and values