Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Wonderschool is focused on addressing the child care gap in North Carolina, and they are seeking a Child Care Licensing & Provider Growth Specialist. This role involves recruiting and coaching new child care providers, guiding them through the licensing process, and teaching them how to effectively run their businesses.
Responsibilities
- Recruit new child care providers — go find the people who should be doing this and bring them in
- Motivate and coach them through licensing, from first conversation to open doors, for both centers and family child care homes
- Teach providers how to actually run a business: enrollment, operations, compliance, and the numbers that keep the lights on
- Translate North Carolina’s licensing rules (DCDEE) into plain steps people can act on, and keep providers compliant once they’re open
- Build the playbooks, training, and materials that let us help the next hundred providers faster than the last
- Partner with state agencies and community organizations to expand child care supply where it’s needed most
Skills
- Knowledge of North Carolina child care licensing — ideally from inside or alongside DCDEE
- Ability to recruit new child care providers
- Ability to motivate and coach providers through licensing
- Ability to teach providers how to run a business: enrollment, operations, compliance, and financial management
- Ability to translate North Carolina's licensing rules (DCDEE) into actionable steps
- Ability to build playbooks, training, and materials for provider support
- Ability to partner with state agencies and community organizations
- An MBA, or a business-school undergraduate degree
- You know how to use AI tools and you can figure things out on your own — you don't wait to be told how
- Experience recruiting, coaching, or consulting to small business owners or child care providers
- Familiarity with North Carolina's quality rating and improvement work
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