Overview
Title: Family Child Care (FCC) Clerk
Location: Redding
Job #: FL-2302-01
Employment Details: Part-time, Regular, Non-Exempt
Up to 29 hours/week, Up to 52 weeks/year
Wage: $16.06 – $17.20 (DOEd.)
Shasta Head Start
Founded in 1965, Shasta Head Start is dedicated to providing comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition, disabilities, and mental health services to low-income children and families. Shasta Head Start’s 285 staff serve nearly 900 children and families in Shasta, Siskiyou, and Trinity counties.
We are committed to best practices in child development, education, and family advocacy through the delivery of comprehensive program services in a timely and consistent manner. We strive to empower individuals and families to achieve their maximum potential in an environment which respects their value and dignity.
Position Summary
We are currently looking for a Family Child Care (FCC) Clerk with a proven track record of clerical experience. If you enjoy building relationships, hard work and innovation, providing excellence, and want to have fun with your fellow employees, you may be who we are looking for.
The FCC Clerk assists the FCC Specialist with tasks associated with the FCC program.
Qualifications/Requirements
• Minimum qualifications include a High School Diploma and six months related experience
• Ability to input a high volume of data entry with speed and accuracy
• Knowledge of various software programs such as MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher
• Ability to write using correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation; and to organize documents accurately
• Ability to operate general office equipment
• Ability to use basic math skills; to compute rate, ratio, and percent; and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
Pre-employment requirements:
o Valid California Driver License and clean DMV record
o Criminal background check required
o Pre-Employment Strength Assessment
o Pre-Employment drug test
o Pre-Employment TB test
o Up to date records of COVID-19, pertussis, measles, and influenza vaccines
Responsibilities/Duties
• Provide clerical support, data entry, and tracking of program requirements.
• Enroll and obtain appropriate records of children and families in the FCC program in coordination with FCC Specialist and SHS eligibility department.
• Ensure regular communication with families regarding program requirements as directed by FCC Specialist
• Assist with ordering and distributing of supplies
• Perform recordkeeping, family file maintenance, and run reports in a timely, accurate, and confidential manner in collaboration with FCC Specialist
• Assist in maintaining and updating FCC website in collaboration with FCC Specialist and SHS technology department
• Create provider invoices for payment based on county reimbursement rates, daily attendance, and individual provider contracts
• Support FCC Specialist, as needed, with parent meetings, provider trainings, and recruitment activities
• Communicate effectively with FCC providers and families
• Perform additional clerical duties as directed
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. The employee must be able to occasionally lift 20 pounds overhead and 40 pounds from waist to shoulder. The employee frequently lifts and/or moves up to 40 pounds, and occasionally lifts 50 pounds from floor to waist. The employee must be able to push/pull up to 75 pounds horizontally. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Additional Information
Please visit our website, www.shastaheadstart.org, to review the job description, view other open positions, and to apply for this position. To complete your application please submit your resume via fax to (530) 243-8601 or drop off to 375 Lake Blvd., Suite #100 Redding, CA 96003.
Shasta Head Start is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Minimum Education and Experience