Early Learning Center Enrollment Specialist

Description

Position Summary: 

The enrollment specialist (ES) is responsible for the recruitment, enrollment, and ensuring children and families integrate into the Hope House Colorado Early Learning Center (ELC). The ES is responsible for the tracking of the on-site Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The ES will be part of the ELC leadership team, working in partnership with the Director of Early Childhood Education, the Assistant Director, the Early Learning & School Age Program Manager, the Kitchen Manager and classroom teachers. This position will manage all children's health statuses and files to ensure compliance with licensure. This role will be a split position between administrative duties and classroom coverage and support as needed.  

Looking to hire in July for an August 19th first day of school. 

What you will be doing: 

• Responsible for recruitment and enrollment of children in the ELC  
• Facilitate the initial enrollment of children in the ELC by handling inquiries, providing information, giving tours, processing initial applications and completing all required enrollment forms 
• Coordinate family resources, engagement and learning opportunities at the ELC; and ensure quality as outlined in Colorado Shines  
• Maintain each student file and ensure that health records are up to date to meet compliance with licensing  
• Ensure all children are signed in and out in Early Learning Ventures each day, track late arrivals/early pickups, ensure parents enter any missed punches within 48 hours 
• Responsible for maintaining compliance with CACFP administrative requirements 
• Work with kitchen manager to maintain compliance with CACFP 
• Collect, maintain and ensure accuracy of weekly ROMS from classroom teachers and weekly/monthly menus from kitchen manager 
• Promoting Hope House Colorado’s Core Values throughout the organization and external relationships 

We want to hear from you if … 

• You have experience in early childhood setting serving infants, toddlers and/or preschoolers (required) 
• You are familiar with ELC licensing regulations (preferred) 
• You are Large Center Director Qualification (preferred) or willing to work toward obtaining 
• You have experience or knowledge with the CACFP and CCCAP (preferred) 

Who we are: 

Hope House Colorado is committed to empowering teen moms, changing the future for two generations! We are a future-thinking organization, striving to be experts in our field. We invest in each employee, providing opportunities to pursue individual passions, gifts and strengths. Our staff is a unified team, pursuing excellence in all we do. We serve with integrity, humility and respect for one another, in an environment that combines professionalism with fun, humor and even a little bit of silliness each day! 

Hope House Early Learning Center Educational Philosophy: 

In support of our mission and vision, the Hope House Early Learning Center believes all children are a gift from God and are created in His image. This belief is at the heart of our philosophy and desire to nurture the whole child in a play-based learning environment that is a fun, engaging, and nurturing place of belonging for children of Hope House teen moms and staff, ranging in ages from 6 weeks to 5 years old. We believe that learning is best supported when built on a strong social-emotional foundation in an environment where children feel seen, heard, loved, and valued and ultimately free to be who God created them to be. We believe in a family centered approach, working in partnership with families to help children build a strong, secure, social-emotional foundation allowing them to realize their full potential.

Salary Range: 

$49,000 - $58,000 

Benefits: 

Employees who are regularly scheduled to work 24 hours per week or more are eligible for the below benefits 

• Health Benefits: Employees may elect medical, dental, vision & life insurance plans. 
• Simple IRA: Employees may choose to make salary reduction contributions through HHC’s Simple IRA plan and HHC will match the employee’s contribution up to a maximum of 3% of the employee’s annual salary. 
• Vacation: Upon hire, employees earn 4.62 hours of vacation per paycheck up to 120 hours (3 weeks) in a year. Accruals are adjusted to increase vacation earned per hours worked based on length of employment with HHC. 
• Holidays: HHC observes twelve (12) holidays throughout the year. Salaried employees are paid for these holidays according to the nationally recognized observation day for each holiday. In addition, salaried employees are currently gifted the week of Christmas off, to be scheduled at the discretion of their supervisor. 
• Sick Leave: HHC provides eligible employees with Paid Sick and Safe Leave (PSSL) and Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL) in accordance with the requirements of Colorado's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA). 
• Mental Health Days: Employees are given two (2) mental health days per year to use at their discretion. 

Job Application Deadline: 

June 27,2025