"Assistant to Childcare Director"

Job Details

Department: OBGYN-Horizons-412480

Career Area: Other

Is this an internal only recruitment?: No

Posting Open Date: 09/08/2025

Application Deadline: 09/22/2025

Position Type: Permanent Staff (SHRA)

Position Title: Early Childhood Dvlpmnt Prctnr - Journey

Salary Grade Equivalent: NC01 / GN04

Working Title: Assistant to Childcare Director

Position Number: 00055095

Vacancy ID: P020521

Full-time/Part-time Permanent/Time-Limited: Full-Time Permanent

Hours per week: 40

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 7:00am – 6:00pm, rotating schedule

Work Location: CHAPEL HILL, NC

Position Location: North Carolina, US

Hiring Range: $35,498 - $39,520

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We prepare tomorrow’s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

Position Summary

This position will serve as an assistant to the Director of the UNC Horizons Child Development Center. This position will share administrative responsibilities with the Director including overseeing the day to day operations of the center, coordinating teacher schedules and classroom coverage as needed, interviewing potential candidates for open positions within the childcare center, tracking required information for CACFP, CCSA, EHS, NCDCDEE, etc. and various other tasks where assistance is required. The Assistant Director is responsible for acting as Director in the Director’s absence from the childcare center.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

High school diploma or equivalency and one year of related childcare experience; or equivalent combination of training and experience.

Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

Must be able to plan activities; lift and comfort the children; take care of the children including cleaning and diaper changes; and schedule meal plans.

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

Prefer a candidate who is approved to work as a teacher by NC Division of Child Development and Early Education to meet the child care center’s education standards to maintain four points in education as written in NCDCDEE Handbook.

Experience working as a lead teacher in a licensed child care center in NC.

A valid driver license is preferred.

Knowledge of the population which we serve is preferred.

Special Physical/Mental Requirements

With or without accommodation, the selected candidate for this position must be able to plan activities; lift and comfort the children; taking care of the children including cleaning and diaper changes; and schedule meal plans.

Position/Schedule Requirements

Evening work occasionally, Overtime occasionally