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Supervisory Program Specialist (CYS) NF-03

United States Army Installation Management Command

Department of the Army

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$60,000 - $65,000

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Job Description

Summary

This job involves overseeing childcare staff and programs at a military child development center for children aged 0-5 or youth in school-age settings, ensuring safe and engaging activities while managing schedules and staff performance.

It's a supervisory role that requires hands-on experience in child care leadership to keep everything running smoothly.

A good fit would be someone with a background in early childhood education who enjoys leading teams and supporting military families.

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or higher with at least 24 semester hours in child development, early childhood education, or related fields (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
  • Experience supervising or leading caregivers in child/youth facility-based programs
  • Experience managing classroom settings in child and youth programs
  • Experience implementing and overseeing structured child and youth program curricula
  • Demonstrated verbal communication skills through training, presentations, meetings with parents/staff, or similar
  • Ability to prepare work schedules, monitor staffing ratios, and ensure child supervision at all times
  • At least 1 year of experience in Child & Youth Services as a Supervisory Program Specialist or Lead Child and Youth Program Assistant (highly preferred)

Full Job Description

This position is located at Clarkmoor Child Development Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA.

Morale Welfare & Recreation (MWR) Child and Youth Services (CYS) Employee Childcare Fee: Available to MWR CYS Regular and FLEX (working a minimum of 15 hours) First Child: 100% childcare fee discount (all CYS employees) Second and Subsequent Child: 25% childcare fee discount (all CYS employees) Resumes must be two pages (or less).

Resumes should clearly demonstrate the applicant's relevant experience, skills, knowledge and abilities as they pertain to this position.

Eligible candidates that apply by Jan 20th may be sent first for consideration. Additional referrals will be sent at management's request.

A qualified candidate must possess the following: (QUAL 1) Successful completion of a bachelor's degree or higher that included or was supplemented by major study (at least 24 semester hours) in the fields appropriate to the position consistent with: Education must have been directly related to the position to be filled (general psychology/sociology courses are not qualifying).

-For positions in Child Development Facilities: The education must have been in child development, early childhood education, home economics (early childhood emphasis), elementary education, special education or other fields appropriate to the position to be filled such as directly related behavioral science.

OR (QUAL 2) A combination of education and experience - courses equivalent to a major in a subject matter field (24 semester hours) appropriate to the position (see above), plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the four-year course of study described above.

In addition to meeting one of the requirements above (QUAL 1 or QUAL 2), all candidates must also possess all of the following: 1.

Experience supervising or leading caregivers within child/youth facility-based programs. 2. Experience managing a classroom setting within child and youth programs. 3.

Experience implementing and overseeing a structured child and youth program curriculum. 4.

Demonstrated verbal communication skills gained through conducting training, delivering presentations, conducting meetings with parents and/or staff, or similar.

Highly qualified candidates will submit resumes reflecting at least 1 year experience with Child & Youth Services as either a Supervisory Program Specialist, or Lead Child and Youth Program Assistant.

Applicants that possess the highly qualified criteria may be sent first for consideration. Additional certificates will be sent at management request. Major Duties:

  • Serves as a CYS Supervisory Program Specialist with responsibility for supervising CYS direct care staff (minimum of 8 ratios of children in a Child Development Center (Ages 0-5) or 6 ratios of children/youth in a School-Age Program or Youth.
  • Prepares work schedules to meet ratio and group size requirements. provides program oversight and accountability. Monitors and analyzes adult/participant ratio sheets to ensure proper staffing to ensure children are supervised at all times.
  • Assists with recruitment and selection of caregiving staff utilizing Army CYS Standard Position Descriptions. Supervises and evaluates employees based on established performance standards as required. Ensures timely submission of personnel actions.
  • Assists directors and training specialist to plan, coordinate, and implement activities and special events that meet the physical, social, emotional and cognitive needs of children and youth.
  • Acts as Assistant Director or Director in their absence up to 20% of the time. May work in additional CYS facilities for the purposes of providing management oversight for evening or weekend openings.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/12/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/13/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: C2SCNAFCY-26-12863995