Multi-Site Early Childhood Education & Private Schools

Location: Richmond, VA metropolitan area  |  Full-time, primarily on-site  |  

Base Salary: From $80,000  |  Plus significant performance based bonus potential

We are an established early education and private school organization serving children from infancy through age 13 across three campuses. We seek a hands-on Regional Director to lead School Directors, strengthen daily operations, and deliver school-level and regional goals for enrollment, revenue, staff retention, family experience, and educational quality. The role works directly with our Co-CEOs and collaborates with a regional counterpart serving North and South Carolina.

·      Lead, coach, evaluate, and hold School Directors accountable for results at all three campuses.
·      Build annual school operating plans, budgets, weekly scorecards, and quarterly priorities; drive corrective action when results miss targets.
·       Own enrollment, marketing execution, retention, weekly tuition billing targets, and school-level revenue performance.
·       Manage payroll processing and approval: verify timecards, PTO, overtime, pay changes, and exceptions; approve payroll registers within delegated authority while finance independently reconciles and releases funds.
·       Oversee staffing, hiring priorities, employee performance, retention, and consistent people practices, with external HR and labor counsel available for support.
·       Ensure licensing, franchise, safety, child protection, staffing-ratio, and inspection-readiness requirements are met.
·       Improve family satisfaction, educational quality, summer program results, and facilities coordination.
·       Collaborate with the North/South Carolina Regional Director to share systems, develop leaders, and improve regional performance.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

·       Bachelor’s degree in a relevant, child-related field. Masters level education preferred. Franchise or corporate childcare and EOS experience preferred.
·       Five or more years of progressive school, childcare, or comparable multi-site operating leadership; demonstrated success leading managers.
·       Strong business and financial judgment, including budgets, labor management, enrollment performance, and payroll controls.
·       Experience with licensing/compliance, employee management, and effective school or site-level operations.
·       Must have reliable transportation and the ability to travel regularly among three Richmond-area campuses and periodically collaborate with leadership in North and South Carolina; excellent coaching, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Help shape the next chapter of an established education organization, with meaningful responsibility, direct executive access, and the opportunity to develop school leaders and strengthen outcomes for children, families, and employees.

Paid time off, retirement plan, health, life, and dental insurance. Performance bonus eligibility: based on performance and subject to plan terms.

Apply with your resume and a brief note describing measurable improvements you have delivered across multiple locations.

We are an equal opportunity employer. Employment policies and decisions on employment and promotion are based on merit, qualifications, performance, and business needs. The decisions and criteria governing the employment relationship with all employees are made in a nondiscriminatory manner, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other factor determined to be unlawful by federal, state, or local statutes. Employment decisions are made in accordance with applicable law.