** Applications will be received until July 14, 2026. If the position is not filled by then, we may consider applications submitted after the deadline. Interested applicants must apply online by visiting the Denver Public Schools job board at careers.dpsk12.org. **
About this job:
Lead customer service, compliance, and family support operations for the Extended Learning and Community Schools (ELCS) Department by overseeing licensing compliance, program quality, stakeholder engagement, project execution, and team performance. Ensure all licensed school age child care programs and child care centers comply with Colorado Department of Human Services licensing requirements and District policies and procedures, while delivering consistent, effective, and high quality services across all programs and sites.
What DPS Offers You:
- A Culture that values Equity, Accountability, Integrity, Collaboration and Fun with a shared vision that Every Learner Thrives.
- Salary Range. $70,195 to $84,233.
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- In addition to competitive compensation, DPS has other Total Reward offerings such as; time off, health and wellness benefits, and PERA Retirement.
What You'll Do:
- Foster a positive department culture through collaboration, accountability, professionalism, continuous improvement, and exceptional customer service
- Manage onboarding, licensing compliance, child care licenses, business licenses, and licensing databases for all Discovery Link sites, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements
- Develop and maintain systems for tracking child files, staff records, trainings, qualifications, licensing documentation, and compliance activities
- Lead internal licensing inspections, annual site visits, quality assurance processes, and responses to licensing inspection reports in partnership with supervisors and leadership
- Design, facilitate, and coordinate professional development and training opportunities for support staff; represent the department at licensing and quality meetings as needed
- Oversee family support operations, including registration, scheduling, billing, account escalations, and customer service processes, ensuring an efficient and positive family experience
- Lead the development, quality assurance, and implementation of family facing communications across multiple platforms, ensuring accuracy, accessibility, multilingual compliance, and alignment with department standards
- Use data, dashboards, service metrics, survey feedback, and trend analysis to evaluate performance, improve operations, inform decision making, and strengthen program outcomes
- Manage strategic projects and program initiatives by establishing priorities, overseeing work plans, mitigating risks, tracking milestones, and evaluating results for continuous improvement
- Build and maintain strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, supervise and develop team members, and ensure consistent implementation of enrollment, communication, operational, and family engagement strategies across all sites
- Other duties as assigned
What You’ll Need:
- Minimum Bachelor's or relevant work experience
- 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.
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.
About UsDenver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation. DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.
DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth. Learn more at dpsk12.org.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience
- Lead for racial and educational excellence and commitment to equity
- Live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado
- Ability, with or without accommodations, to meet the physical demands of the position
What We Do
The mission of Denver Public Schools is to provide all students the opportunity to achieve the knowledge and skills necessary to become contributing citizens in our diverse society. In DPS, we’re focused on building a system that’s designed to help every student thrive. We’re re-focusing our efforts where they matter most: on creating classrooms that are vibrant centers of learning, where caring teachers are engaging their students in rigorous, culturally responsive experiences in order to lift all students toward a bright horizon. In the last ten years, DPS has experienced unprecedented growth and an expansion of programs. Building on the strong progress we’ve made, we want to continue transforming DPS into a school district grounded in equity. This districtwide focus on equity will be embedded in everything we do, so that we can help break historical patterns and become a school district that is designed to inspire every student to dream big and make their own future. View all of our current career openings here: https://careers.dpsk12.org/
