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Mission: Provide Superior Services that Inspire Community Pride
Vision: To be the Community of Choice in Tampa Bay
Values: Integrity, Collaboration, Passion, Creativity
Largo's commitment to a High Performance Organization (HPO) model builds a flexible and resilient organization that intentionally builds leadership capacity at all levels of the organization.
CITY OF LARGO ... Naturally A Great Place to Work!
Closing:
06/21/2025
Salary:
$51,771 - 82,826 USD Annually
Job Summary:
Now Hiring: Child Care Program CoordinatorCreate impactful experiences for Largo’s youngest residents!
The City of Largo is seeking a Child Care Program Coordinator to lead, plan, and oversee engaging and safe leisure service programs for children. This role is ideal for someone passionate about child development, program leadership, and building a strong team culture.
As Coordinator, you’ll be responsible for organizing and evaluating child care programs, hiring and training site staff, and ensuring that each program aligns with City standards and community needs. While guidance is provided by a Recreation Program Manager, you’ll have the independence to bring your creativity and expertise to the role.
Key Responsibilities:
Plan and implement child care and recreational programs
Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate staff across multiple childcare sites
Ensure compliance with policies, safety regulations, and quality standards
Evaluate program effectiveness and recommend improvements
Location: City of Largo – Recreation, Parks & Arts Department
Schedule: Full-time | May include occasional evenings/weekends
Apply today and make a lasting difference in your community!
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
All employees share components of leadership, management, technical, and team skills to assist in making the City of Largo the community of choice in Tampa Bay.
Leadership
- Demonstrates an understanding and reflection of the City’s mission, vision, and values and a commitment to achieve organizational goals aligned with the City’s strategic plan
- Champions a high performance work culture that encourages and embraces new ideas, develops individuals and welcomes and encourages diverse perspectives
- Articulates strategic and innovative thinking and provides clarity to deliver superior services
- Approaches the job with enthusiasm and curiosity to promote a solutions-oriented work culture
Management
- Effectively manages assignments and priorities to ensure the fulfillment of projects, tasks, and responsibilities
- Follows suggested procedures to assure the highest standards of risk management, employee safety and risk avoidance
- Directs staff in program development and direct care of children
- Oversees lesson plans produced by each staff member and ensures that they are both completed and implemented
- Maintains daily staff rosters that reflect coverage and required credentials on site
- Monitors a program budget of expenses and revenues
- Makes recommendations and maintains facility and program rules and regulations
Technical
- Plans, implements and evaluates multiple leisure programs for child care programs
- Develops special events by assessing needs, planning and organizing activities, supervising the event and conducting an event evaluation
- Responsibilities include coordination of a before and after school program, directing a summer camp, and/or coordinating schools-out days and holiday camps
- Schedules field trips, guest speakers and special programs for parents
- Creates group rosters, maintains sign-in and sign-out sheets and completes attendance roster
- Maintains all children's records, personnel records and facility records as required by the license board
- Provides a monthly newsletter for parents
- Collects payments and ensures that program fees are paid by those registered, on payment plan, on scholarship or in a special funding source
- Purchases needed supplies for childcare programs
- Monitors all training and requirements of the license board; includes Staff Member In Charge (SMIC), Child Development Associate (CDA), Directors Credentials, 40 clock hours of training, 10 hours special needs course, and ensures that all staff receive 10 hours of in-service training annually
- May schedule trips or guest speakers
- Ensures security of area or facility; enforces rules, regulations and safety precautions; maintains order and discipline
- Administers first aid or seeks appropriate help. Completes injury, incident and suspension reports
- Assist with program registrations, memberships, collects money
- Prepares flyers, brochures and enrollment packets
- Sets up equipment and rooms as program dictates
Team Skills
- Supports honest and transparent decision-making
- Collaborates with all team members in a way that builds upon ideas and takes personal accountability and ownership of projects, roles, and assignments
- Openly exhibits a positive attitude, in words and action, and encourages others to do the same
Performs related work as required.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE STATUS: As a condition of employment, City of Largo employees will be required to work as directed during an undeclared and/or a declared emergency. All employees are subject to recall around the clock for emergency response operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the normal work location, and may include duties other than those specified in the official job description.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
- High School diploma or general education diploma (GED) with two (2) years of college course work in leisure services or child development or related field, and two (2) years of directly related experience (may include work in leisure services, after school programs or summer camp programs) or an equivalent combination of training and experience
- Credentials required include: School Age Credential within 1 year of hire, and Directors Credential with 18 months of hire, CPR and First Aid within 6 months of hire
- Valid Driver's License
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge of the principles, practices, and philosophies of child care programs
- Knowledge of child care development, age appropriate activities and behavior modification for children
- Knowledge of regulations of the license board standards that are required to operate the program
- Ability to multi-task, maintain budget, lead staff, plan and organize and implement daily lessons plans
- Ability to observe children's location and behavior in creating a safe environment
- Ability to maintain effective relations with children, parents and staff
- Must have computer proficiency
- Requires good judgment, patience and problem solving with children and parents
- Ability to hire, train and evaluate staff
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Work Environment: 75% inside a climate controlled building; 25% outside which may include driving.
Physical Requirements: The essential functions of the job require: sitting approximately four (4) hours per day, standing approximately two (2) hour per day, and walking approximately two (2) hour per day. The work requires frequent: bending/stooping, climbing, crawling, fine manipulations, grasping, kneeling, pulling, pushing, reaching, repetitive motion, lifting/carrying of objects weighing up to 15 pounds, lifting/carrying of objects weighing 15 to 44 pounds, and lifting/carrying of objects weighing 45 pounds and over.
Sensory Requirements: Hearing: Ability to understand what others are saying in normal conversation in person and on the telephone. Speaking: Ability to communicate orally with others in person, on the telephone, and while giving formal presentations to groups. Seeing: Ability to see and read computer monitor screens, supervise participants, read fine print, and assess safety conditions.
Driving Requirements: Requires frequent driving and possession of a valid Florida Driver's License.
Technology: The work requires ability to operate telephones, smart phones, tablets, photocopiers, printers, desktop and/or laptop computers, calculators and all associated software.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Yes - DRUG TESTING (Safety Sensitive)
Yes - CHILDCARE FINGERPRINTING
No - CREDIT CHECK
No - FDLE AND CJSTC SECURITY CLEARANCE: As mandated by the FDLE, CJSTC and the Largo Police Department, this position may be subject to additional security clearances due to access to the police department facility or police department's electronic data.
About Us
The City of Largo a great place to work, naturally! Largo is the third-largest city in Pinellas County and the fourth largest in the Tampa Bay area. Conveniently located near world-class beaches and attractions in a picturesque natural setting, Largo offers a great quality of life for residents with affordable housing and entertainment, an engaged and active community along with safe and attractive streets. The City Parks system is made up of nearly 500 acres of green space including 20 parks, 11 miles of walking trails and many opportunities to canoe, kayak, and paddleboard.
About the Organization
The organization serves over 80 thousand residents and four thousand businesses by providing superior services that inspire community pride. The organization is made up of 12 departments with a shared strategic focus on sustainability, public health & safety, and community pride.
Largo is committed to building a High-Performance Organization (HPO) model to intentionally support flexibility, resiliency, and leadership capacity at all levels of the organization. HPO empowers individuals to participate in meaningful projects and initiatives to promote employee and community engagement.
As a national Top Workplace winner three years in a row, the City of Largo is proud of our innovative, collaborative, and passionate workforce. Team members enjoy competitive compensation, professional and personal development, generous benefits and leave packages, and work-life balance. A family-friendly atmosphere, tree-lined streets, and award-winning parks just begin to define the community we serve. The City of Largo prides itself on living up to its vision of being the Community of Choice in Tampa Bay, Naturally! To learn more about the organization, please watch the
City of Largo Values
video.
About our Benefits
Team members enjoy competitive compensation, professional and personal development, generous benefits, leave packages, and a flexible work life balance. Largo provides medical, dental, and vision coverage as well as wellness benefits. Additional benefits include flexible spending account (FSA) or health savings account (HSA) along with paid life insurance and AD&D coverage. Supplemental life is offered at additional cost.
Full-time team members are enrolled in a Defined Contribution Plan 401(a) with a generous 6% City match. Public Safety team members covered by IAFF (Fire) and PBA (Police) have plan provisions outlined in each union agreement. All team members are eligible to open an optional Deferred Compensation 457(b) and/or Roth 457(b).
Benefits also include 11 paid leave days and 24 hour full access to fitness centers. Continuous learning is supported through tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities. For more information on the City of Largo Employee Benefits offerings, please review our
Largo Lifeline
.
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