Central Pennsylvania Region

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About This Position

Position Title:
Center Director - CHS Central PA
Publish Date:
02/23/2026
Brief Overview:
The CHS Center Director is passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children ages six weeks to 5 years old from under resourced and overburdened backgrounds by providing high-quality early childhood education and care. This individual oversees operations of a state-of-the-art Early Childhood Education Center
Listing Expiration Date:
04/09/2026
Job Responsibilities:
Responsibilities of the CHS Center Director include providing leadership and guidance to a team of up to 80 individuals in line with CHS policies, guidelines, and curriculum. They are accountable for ensuring the delivery of a top-tier early childhood and family support program that delivers results for up to 150 CHS children and families. The CHS Center Director manages the day-to-day operations, implementation, and administration of the center, leading scholastic, family success, health services, and operations teams to deliver the CHS mission, vision and values.

As the leader of the CHS Center, the Center Director reports to the CHS Central Office's Senior Director of Programs. They are expected to exemplify leadership for administrators, teachers, children, and families, setting a national standard for quality early childhood education and guiding staff towards achieving this standard. The salary range for this position is $104,250 to $126,630 per year, based on expertise.

Responsibilities:

Supervising and guiding the center departments to deliver high quality, child-centered education to children. Department staff include Teachers, Family Success, Health & Safety, Facilities, and additional operations support roles
Establishing an inclusive, welcoming environment and Center culture through value-inspired leadership for all employees
Collaboratively spearheading staff recruitment, hiring, training, benefit, and retention efforts.
Implementing policies and procedures to safeguard health and safety of families and employees in compliance with the state requirements (DHS/OCDEL) and NAEYC standards
Ensuring adherence to all CHS policies, procedures, and governance standards
Creating an effective system of reporting and progress tracking
Maintaining clear and transparent communications with children, parents, and caregivers and formulating public communications to this audience on major events and issues
Obtaining necessary approvals, licenses, and accreditations for the Center's operations alongside the Operations Director
Job Type:
Full-Time
Number of Jobs Available:
1
Required Experience
5-10 years
Required Studies:
Bachelors Degree
Salary Option:
Yearly
Required Languages:
English
Salary Requirements:
The salary range for this position is $104,250 to $126,630 per year, based on expertise.
Preferred Start Date (use calendar button):
03/16/2026
Benefits:
Our full-time employees receive generous health and insurance benefits. Eligible dependents are covered under most plans.
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Health savings account
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Health and fitness reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- Child care tuition assistance
- Retirement
- Flex spending accounts
- Personal time off
- Holidays
- Professional Development
- Continuing education
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Leadership opportunities
Expected Start/End Time:
7:00 am-6:00 pm
Keystone STAR Level:
Not in STARs
Age Group Position:
Minimum Number of ECE Credits Required:
18
Minimum Career Lattice Level:
Not Applicable
Required Experience:
5-10 years
PA Teacher Certification Required?:
No
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Website
Application Must Include:
Resume
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About This Employer

CATHERINE HERSHEY SCHOOLS FOR EARLY LEARNING (CHS)
1840 Fishburn Road, Hershey, PA 17033

Hershey
, PA 
17033



 
PA DHS Certified

 Central-PA



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