Do you gain energy from being busy? Do you thrive in a high paced environment? Is building relationships and interacting with new people something that makes you come alive? Do you love seeing the light bulb come on as a child learns something new? Does the predictable same-old-same-old 9-5 desk job have you dreading Monday? In this high performing, fast paced environment, you're meeting new faces and tackling new challenges everyday. No day and no solution looks the same at Sylvan-and you've got to love that to be Director of Family Engagement! If it sounds like something you would love, keep reading...

Sylvan Learning of the Midlands is currently hiring a Director of Family Engagement. Sylvan Learning provides academic tutoring for students from Kindergarten through 12th grade so that students can get ahead or just get caught up. As a franchise group of 6 locations throughout Western Carolina and the Midlands our mission is to see success with every child. The Director of Family Engagement role is to work with the other Directors in the region to put a plan together that achieves success for every child that walks through their doors and ensure the families are engaged. This position is both business, education, customer service and sales wrapped up into one. Still excited? You guessed it, keep on reading...

Skills/Requirements

Can define what your "win" is

Is hungry--and no, we don't mean for pizza!

Multitask like it is going out of style

Kept your first checkbook balanced

Have a memory like Rain Man

Know how to control and manage your own time-Ferris Bueller should not be your role model

Like people-seriously, do we need to say more?

Find kids fun-again, do we need to say more?

Can handle a group text

You're a leader who pulls not pushes

Own your actions -don't blame others-that just isn't nice

Believes in the power of Radical Honesty

Can embrace the phrase-"it always works out"

Loves to learn and sees feedback as an opportunity to grow

Believes education is valuable and important

Know who Simon Sinek is--or at least watched his Ted Talk before deciding whether or not to apply to this position

Hold a bachelor's degree or higher

If you're a force to be reckoned with in the world and you want to hear more about our dream and how it fits with your dream, and if you're excited to be a part of a fast growing and fast paced company, take the leap and submit your application today.  We start you hourly between $15-$16 with training increasing your hourly rate to $17 - $17.50.  During training, you will be asked to travel to other centers in the Upstate during the day within the first 90 days at least one day a week on average.  Additionally, an incentive plan comes with this to continue to grow the center's enrollments and revenue along with continued bumps in pay as you increase your knowledge and experience with Sylvan.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be a complete list of all job responsibilities or skills, knowledge and abilities required.