COORDINATOR, LICENSING

What You'll Do

• Conduct site audits with a focus on safety and program quality
• Support the department manager in responding to regulatory violations and maintaining proactive site compliance
• Ensure timely processing of licensing requirements, including verifying state-mandated qualifications for new hires, internal promotions, transfers, and job changes
• Maintain accurate and compliant children’s records, staff files, and internal documentation per state licensing regulations
• Monitor and communicate changes to state licensing requirements to relevant staff and stakeholders
• Assist in developing and delivering staff training, including new employee orientation, with a focus on licensing standards and internal audit procedures
• Maintain department personnel files and database, ensuring all required documentation (e.g., licensing, background checks, mandatory training) complies with state regulations, district policy, and FERPA guidelines
• Efficiently and effectively communicate with department leadership
• Serve as the primary liaison to the department, as needed and/or in the absence of the department manager
• What You’ll Need:
• Lead for racial and educational excellence and work to dismantle systems of oppression and inequity in our community, along with believing in and supporting all students so they feel seen and heard with access to high quality education.
• Live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while working with us.
• Have the ability with or without accommodations to meet the physical demands of the position.
• Valid Colorado drivers license
• Preferred:
• Qualified as a School-Age or Child Care Center Director or Degree in Early Childhood Development or Related Child
• Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or any other status protected by law or regulations. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.
• Students First. Integrity. Equity. Collaboration. Accountability. Fun