How to hire an early childhood development manager

How to hire an early childhood development manager, step by step

Here's a step-by-step early childhood development manager hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write an early childhood development manager job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new early childhood development manager
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you start hiring an early childhood development manager, identify what type of worker you actually need. Certain positions might call for a full-time employee, while others can be done by a part-time worker or contractor.

   Determine employee vs contractor status

   Is the person you're thinking of hiring a US citizen or green card holder?

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   An early childhood development manager's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, early childhood development managers from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   Here's a comparison of early childhood development manager salaries for various roles:

   Type of Early Childhood Development Manager	Description	Hourly rate
   Early Childhood Development Manager	Preschool and childcare center directors supervise and lead staffs, oversee daily activities, design curriculums, and prepare budgets. They are responsible for all aspects of their center’s program.	$11-22
   Test Center Administrator	A test center administrator is responsible for overseeing the daily operations at test centers, ensuring efficiency and smooth workflow. They typically set goals, establish guidelines and timelines, liaise with external partners such as vendors at suppliers, coordinate staff, monitor the progress of all operations, and address issues and concerns, resolving them promptly and efficiently... Show more	$10-14
   Center Director	A center director is responsible for ensuring and maintaining the efficiency of child care facilities. Their role is to conduct various assessments, ensure that all aspects adhere to federal requirements, develop programs and supplemental activities in collaboration with child care experts, recruit and hire an efficient workforce, and train staff for professional development... Show more	$31-82

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Technical Assistance
   • Child Development
   • Early Childhood Development
   • Community Partnerships
   • Mental Health
   • Professional Development
   • Pre-K
   • Mathematics

   Responsibilities:

   • Lead program development for an early childhood education initiative.
   • Have assumed both lead and floating positions, ensuring proper implementation of Montessori and safety guidelines in every classroom.
   • Connect administrative leadership with a trainer for the implementation of the ASQ and ASQ-SE.
   • Administer competency assessments and formal CDA observations.
   • Have assumed both lead and floating positions, ensuring proper implementation of Montessori and safety guidelines in every classroom.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your early childhood development manager job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. An early childhood development manager can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, early childhood development managers' average salary in oklahoma is 43% less than in new hampshire.
   • Seniority. Entry-level early childhood development managers 49% less than senior-level early childhood development managers.
   • Certifications. An early childhood development manager with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in an early childhood development manager's salary.

   Average early childhood development manager salary

   $16.44hourly

   $34,197 yearly

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   Entry-level early childhood development manager salary

   $24,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 18, 2025

4. Writing an early childhood development manager job description

   An early childhood development manager job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. To help get you started, here's an example of an early childhood development manager job description:

   Early childhood development manager job description example

   **ROLE SUMMARY**
   
   Biostatisticians play a critical role in the advancement of new medicines at Pfizer. The right candidate will partner with clinicians, clinical pharmacologists, translational medicine, and other scientists to support drug development in Pfizer's Early Clinical Development (ECD) unit. This role will provide statistical support in the early development of new anti-cancer programs. He/she will be involved in study design, clinical protocol development, data analysis, and study outcome reporting, etc. The position will be accountable for the robust planning and execution of oncology clinical development programs.
   
   **ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES**
   
   + Collaborate with various cross-functional scientists in the design, analysis and reporting of early oncology clinical studies (typically through Phase II).
   
   + Author statistical analysis plan for early oncology programs and provide statistical guidance to statistical programming group.
   
   + Participate in scientific teams responsible for determining strategy and delivering results in a timely and high-quality environment.
   
   + Interact withinternal and external experts to assure sound quantitative approaches are applied to collection and analysis of a wide variety of data types.
   
   + Contribute to innovative statistical thinking and methods to help drive the enhanced quantitative drug discovery and development paradigm within Pfizer. Central to this approach is the systematic review of prior information, statistical model building and simulation, utilizing Bayesian methods as appropriate, to design more effective studies.
   
   + Ensure rigorous approaches are taken to ensure good scientific practices are followed: excellent statistical methods utilized and documented in protocols, analysis plans and manuscripts, and designed to meet clear objectives.
   
   + Use statistical expertise to influence both internal and external reports and presentations, with the aim to improve the quality of internal decision making and increase our influence on the external environment.
   
   **QUALIFICATIONS**
   
   + MS in statistics or biostatistics with a minimum of 3 years' pharma experience, or a Ph.D. in statistics or biostatistics
   
   + Excellent statistical knowledge and experience with modelling and simulation in clinical trials and expertise in using Bayesian methods
   
   + Demonstrated competency with the design, implementation, analysis and reporting of clinical trials
   
   + Strong computational skills in R, SAS and other statistical software systems
   
   + Prior experience in oncology clinical trials is a plus
   
   + Good communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with the clinical project team
   
   Relocation support available
   
   Work Location Assignment:Flexible
   
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   Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
   
   **Pfizer requires all U.S. new hires to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to the first date of employment. As required by applicable law, Pfizer will consider requests for Reasonable Accommodations.**
   
   **Sunshine Act**
   
   Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider's name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.
   
   **EEO & Employment Eligibility**
   
   Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.
   
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5. Post your job

   There are various strategies that you can use to find the right early childhood development manager for your business:

   • Consider promoting from within or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to find candidates who meet your education requirements.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your early childhood development manager job on Zippia to find and recruit early childhood development manager candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   During your first interview to recruit early childhood development managers, engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. During the following interview, you'll be able to go into more detail about the company, the position, and the responsibilities.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new early childhood development manager

   Once you've decided on a perfect early childhood development manager candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   It's also good etiquette to follow up with applicants who don't get the job by sending them an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   To prepare for the new early childhood development manager first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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