Playroom Team Lead

The Playroom Lead is zealous about implementing a high-quality children's program for the members of Altea Active and our community. They are responsible for analyzing available programs in the community, inquiring with members about their needs, preparing proposals, suggesting creative marketing techniques, leading program registration, training and supervising a team of at least 10 associates, providing continual development and feedback and being a main point of contact for member communication pertaining to all things within the kids’ programs.

These organized leaders create and maintain a clean, safe and nurturing environment within the kids programs. With their associates they offer a positive, welcoming environment that delivers fun, enriching and socially engaging activities that stimulate children ranging from newborns to 12 years old and address each child's unique needs. They have a passion for being creative by developing play-based, age-appropriate activities and ensuring overall health, safety and the well-being of all children in their care.

These nurturing folks take pride in creating relationships with their associates, parents, children and other departmental Leads and leaders while being mindful and respectful of individual differences. They provide coaching and mentorship to their associates while ensuring continual departmental improvement. They also have a knack for positively promoting and recruiting participants into all kids’ programs within the facility. They effectively utilize the department budget to build and manage the Playroom and Kids Program schedules ensuring revenue targets are achieved.

**This job might be for you if you’ve got the following talents and spirit**:

- You Have Youthful Energy: You light up when you are around children. You flourish when you can plan and carry out creative play based You act as a role model of appropriate behaviour. Ability to work cooperatively as a member of the childcare team, facilitating a team environment through personal behaviour, work contributions and the sharing of expertise and knowledge. You’re caring, thoughtful, nurturing and incredibly patient
- You’re Cool Under Pressure: You’re cool, calm and collected in pressured situations. You’re cool, calm, collected and respond appropriately in emergency situations.
- You have communication superpowers: and are a good listener and speaker to help customers and team members understand your direction and recommendations. You demonstrate the ability to convey thoughts and express ideas effectively using speech in individual or group situations; attend to and fully comprehend what others are saying.
- You’re Creative: You’re an information seeker and creatively make use of your resources. You enjoy participating in the development of new ideas and methods for program enhancement. You’re an innovative and creative thinker who is not constrained by conventional thinking or established approaches. You relish in creating and delivering fun, enriching and socially engaging activities for children.
- You’re Detail Oriented: You cross your T’s and dot your I’s by maintaining client records highly organized with flawless attention to detail. You’re not one to cut corners. You pay attention to the details. As far as your concerned, anything worth doing, is worth doing right, every single time. You stay focused and nothing falls through the cracks on your watch.
- You’re Flexible: You can roll with the punches and positively adapt to change. You’re like Gumby and can remain flexible with working long hours, evening and weekends.
- You’re A Team Player:  You actively participate and foster an environment that sustains a collaborative approach to working with others. You’re a team player who thrives in a collaborative environment.
- You’re Motivated & Driven: You’re motivated and driven. You take initiative. You identify opportunities and issues, and proactively acts and follows through on work activities to resolve them. You’re going to take ownership of the time you spend with us and truly make a difference.

**As a Playroom Lead a typical day might include the following**:

- Meeting and greeting a ton of familiar and unfamiliar faces
- Plan, carry out, and assess developmentally appropriate activities and experiences in harmony with the center's philosophy
- Observing how children use materials and interact with each other and adults
- Using observations to expand play and plan activities that recognize individual difference
- Ensuring the child’s environment is healthy and safe
- Communicating positively and build trust with parents
- Developing policies and procedures to ensure smooth, consistent execution of programs
- Suggesting and employing creative marketing approaches to maintain program attendance
- Projecting staffing needs and assist with the selection process of new program associates
- Creating staff schedule, record hours and submit