Job & Volunteer Opportunities

Sound Child Care Solutions

Are you passionate about improving early childhood education?

You can make a difference with Sound Child Care Solutions and Americorps!

Consider serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA! Like the Peace Corps, VISTA volunteers work to improve life in low income communities in the U.S. Good quality early learning makes such a huge difference for low income kids and Sound Child Care Solutions has an exciting opportunity to help improve the quality of child care centers serving them. You’ll work with a great team focused on making sure all kids are ready for kindergarten.

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Pondering early retirement or potential mid-career change?

Here is a chance to give back!

You can help make low income children’s early education more stable, nurturing and focused on learning. Work closely with directors of centers serving low income children. Help them conduct a self-assessment, the develop a plan for improving their capacity in the areas of financial management, marketing, strategic planning and management. Your life and experience can really make a difference for children!

While SCCS has had interest from centers serving low income children, it’s a big decision to join us and center directors can’t carve out the time for the financial and organizational analysis necessary to knowing if it makes sense to join. The AmeriCorps*VISTA Member, will work with centers to:

coordinate a team assessment of the center by center & SCCS staff and the VISTA Member,
develop a capacity building plan outlining tasks to complete, people to complete the tasks (including the VISTA Member, SCCS staff, center staff and outside resource people)
carry out the plan, strengthening their capacity generally and enabling them to make the decision to join SCCS or not.

The VISTA Member will also ensure that tools developed to help each center can be used by other centers and will conduct research on other resources supporting child care center management.

Qualifications and more information

Build New Volunteer Program!

Volunteer Readers Program Coordinator

Sound Child Care Solutions has an exciting opportunity for a creative people person to build a new volunteer “read to kids” program from the bottom up, as part of a new, innovative non-profit that supports a group of Seattle child care centers.

Working with Center Directors and SCCS staff, the Volunteer Readers Program Coordinator will:

Create and enhance a sustainable community volunteer program
Recruit, train and manage volunteers
Seek community resources to support the program
Develop methods to retain volunteer involvement
Create databases and sustainability materials to maintain volunteer program
Support SCCS Fundraising efforts through grant-writing and events

Qualifications:

Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of individuals and constituencies in a diverse community
Appreciation and support of an anti-racist framework and approach in an organization. Willingness to work on issues of anti-racism and diversity.
Well-organized and able to set up systems to track and manage details.
Creative problem-solver
Flexible
Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Internet.

Please let us know if you have these skills we really value:

Fluency in a second language.
Knowledge, coursework or work experience in early childhood education/child care or volunteer management.

How To Apply:

Please call Diana Bender at 206-459-9140 to let us know you would like to apply. We'll ask you to send a letter or email explaining why the job interests you. Attach a resume, or describe how your background matches our requirements. We are a family-friendly workplace & encourage people of color to apply.

As an AmeriCorps, you receive a small monthly stipend and an education award or cash stipend at the end of your service.