Assistant Director

Overview

Step into a leadership role as a Child Care Assistant Director at Bright Horizons
, where your positive influence and motivational skills will help shape the success of our early childhood center. Support the Center Director with daily operations, ensuring everything runs smoothly and in accordance with our high standards and guidelines. From administration and educational programming to mentoring teachers and welcoming new families, your work will make a lasting difference in the lives of children, families, and your team.

• Uphold our mission, culture, and values to ensure an inclusive environment and strong relationships with families, staff, and clients
• Monitor program quality, ensuring children's learning is documented and visible
• Ensure compliance with licensing and accreditation standards, health and safety protocols, and company policies

Candidates must pass required state and company background checks, and meet state and company minimum education and experience requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Development/Early Childhood Education, with teaching and administrative experience required
• At least two years of leadership experience in high-quality child care, daycare, or preschool settings
• Strong understanding of center quality, compliance, health, safety and licensing standards

Bring your leadership skills and passion for early childhood education to Bright Horizons, where you'll foster an enriching environment for children, families, and staff. Discover how far your career can take you in an inclusive workplace where you can be you. Apply today to explore the possibilities!

This leadership role requires work in person in an early education/preschool child care center to provide center supervision, curriculum delivery, business management, and customer and client services per Bright Horizons' policies, procedures and guidance, in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and in a manner that will ensure safety of children in Bright Horizons care and the employee.

This role has a mixture of duties including office/computer/phone-based work, in-person supervision of care delivery and employees throughout all areas of the center, family/prospective family interactions, and the ability to temporarily serve as a supervising caregiver for brief periods as needed.

The full set of physical requirements for this role can be reviewed on the Bright Horizons careers site. Bright Horizons complies with all laws that require reasonable accommodations for qualifying disabilities and/or pregnancy-related limitations.

The annual salary for this position is between $59,000 – $66,000. The pay range listed is Bright Horizons' good faith offering range for this job opening. Actual offers within this range depend on factors including experience, education, training, certifications, geography, and other relevant business factors.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Life insurance
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Career development for you plus free college degrees for your teachers through our Horizons CDA & Degree Program

Life at Bright Horizons: at Bright Horizons, you're more than your job title—you're the difference. We celebrate individuality, invest in your growth, and support your whole self.

Bright Horizons provides equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information about employee rights and protections, please review applicable resources.

If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation in completing these application materials or during the application process, please contact the recruitment helpdesk at  or  Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.