Neighborhood House is always looking for qualified, caring and committed people to join our staff. Our team members enjoy a major benefit--knowing their work changes lives and makes our community stronger. Neighborhood House is an equal opportunity employer. We deeply value and encourage cultural diversity in all our programs.

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Current Openings
Oregon Head Start PreK Program Manager - 1.0 FTE, Exempt position with good benefits available after January 20, 2012. Starting annual salary range: $38,605 - $50,190. The Oregon Head Start PreK Program Manager serves as the director of both the NH Head Start and Early OPK program components and must have demonstrated skills and abilities in a management capacity. Both early childhood education expertise and previous Head Start program management with a track record of achieving Performance Standards are required. The successful candidate will be creative and flexible, leading the program through an anticipated period of change proposed for Oregon’s early childhood system.
Minimum educational and experiential requirements are: Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Education, Health, Program Management and 6 years program management experience or Master’s degree and 4 years program management experience. Applicants are sought who can take a program with a tradition of excellence and bring it to continued program success through creative programming ideas, culturally appropriate services and collaborative partnerships both within the agency and across the community. Must be skilled at staff supervision, program monitoring and the use of systems that track outputs and support outcomes evaluation, such as Child Plus. Must demonstrate the ability to write detailed reports, policies and action plans, develop detailed budgets and respond to grant opportunities. Must be able to pass criminal background check, pass health screening for communicable disease, be insurable as driver by agency and be accepted for the Oregon Child Care Registry.
Send letter of interest, resume and salary requirements to Peggy Norman, Associate Director, Neighborhood House via email at: pnorman@nhweb.org. No phone calls please. Position is open until filled. Interested candidates are urged to respond quickly since interviews will begin as good candidates are selected. EOE.
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Head Start Head Teacher: 30hr/week. Starts ASAP. Starting pay range: $12.91-$15.50/hr. Baccalaureate or Advanced Degree in Early Childhood Education; OR Baccalaureate or Advanced Degree in related field such as child development, human development, special education or elementary education with the equivalent to an Associate’s degree in Early Childhood Education (at least 60 college credits) or Early Childhood Education (ECE) teaching license, and at least two years experience in an early childhood classroom setting. Home visiting or other direct experience working with parents is highly desirable.

Lead teaching team in planning and implementing early childhood classroom curriculum; knowledge of Anti-Bias and Developmentally Appropriate Curricula; screen and assesses each child; develop individualized learning plan; involve parents in planning for classroom and on home visits.

Need basic computer skills, ability to interact positively and appropriately with children & adults, valid driver’s license, ability to be insured, and reliable personal transportation, ability to routinely lift 50 lbs., bend, twist, stoop and run after children.

Offer is contingent upon results of a post-offer health exam, including a TB test to declare free from communicable disease. As required by contract, periodic re-testing for communicable disease will be scheduled throughout employment.

Offer is also contingent upon the results of a criminal offender information record check and, possibly, fingerprinting. Must be successfully enrolled in Oregon's Child Care Criminal History Registry.

Send letter of interest, resume and relevant unofficial ECE transcripts to Jean O’Shea, Education/Disabilities Coordinator, Neighborhood House Head Start, 7780 SW Capitol Hwy., Portland, OR 97219, joshea@nhweb.org, or fax to (503) 244-1805. Position closes Tuesday, January 17, 2012. EEO.