Program Director at LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired San Francisco

Application Deadline

11/17/2021 11:55 PM Pacific

Date Posted
9/17/2021
Contact
Number of Openings
1
Salary
Add'l Salary Info
Depending on experience; “industry competitive”
Length of Work Year
12 Months
Employment Type
Full Time

Job Summary

Job Summary

This position reports to the Senior Director of Programs and provides leadership and expertise to the organization's early childhood program, while supervising a team of Early Childhood Blind and Low Vision Specialists in northern and central California. The program serves families of young children (birth to six years of age) who are blind, have low vision, have neurological visual impairment, are deafblind, or whose developmental delays may include blindness or low vision. The Program Director is the primary liaison to community service partners and provides oversight for service contracts and the contract billing process. The Program Director monitors program compliance with local, state, and federal requirements, such as Mandated Reporter, HIPAA and FERPA data privacy laws. Additionally, the Program Director arranges for and provides professional development and support for all program staff and is a member of the LightHouse Director-level administrative team. This role has primary responsibility for coordinating outreach to community partners to maximize the number of families served and to increase the extent and intensity of services to area families and children.

Requirements / Qualifications

Experience:

  • Extensive direct experience in blindness and low vision and early childhood education.
  • Minimum of five years’ experience working with children who are blind or who have low vision or whose developmental delays include blindness or low vision (birth to six years of age) and their families
  • Minimum of five years of effective supervisory and/or management experience
  • Prior experience with home-based service delivery to families of young children
  • Education or equivalent:

    • Masters and/or credential: Teacher of the Visually Impaired from an accredited college or university
    • Orientation and Mobility Specialist Certification from an accredited college or university

    Requirements / Qualifications

    Experience:

  • Extensive direct experience in blindness and low vision and early childhood education.
  • Minimum of five years’ experience working with children who are blind or who have low vision or whose developmental delays include blindness or low vision (birth to six years of age) and their families
  • Minimum of five years of effective supervisory and/or management experience
  • Prior experience with home-based service delivery to families of young children
  • Education or equivalent:

    • Masters and/or credential: Teacher of the Visually Impaired from an accredited college or university
    • Orientation and Mobility Specialist Certification from an accredited college or university

    Comments and Other Information

    Please include a cover letter and résumé as Word attachments (no PDFs please), to hr@lighthouse-sf.org, including the job title in the subject line. We will not consider videos or hyperlinks to online profiles. Due to time constraints, we will only respond to complete submissions in which there is serious interest, thanks for your understanding.

    Comments and Other Information


    Please include a cover letter and résumé as Word attachments (no PDFs please), to hr@lighthouse-sf.org, including the job title in the subject line. We will not consider videos or hyperlinks to online profiles. Due to time constraints, we will only respond to complete submissions in which there is serious interest, thanks for your understanding.