Child Care Licensing & Provider Growth Specialist - North Carolina

The role

You will recruit new child care providers across North Carolina and coach them from first idea to a licensed, financially healthy business. You will also teach providers how to run their business and keep them compliant with state licensing rules.

What you will do

• Recruit new child care providers.
• Motivate and coach providers through licensing for centers and family child care homes.
• Teach providers how to run a business: enrollment, operations, compliance and finances.
• Translate North Carolina licensing rules (DCDEE) into plain steps and keep providers compliant once open.
• Build playbooks, training and materials to help more providers faster.
• Partner with state agencies and community organizations to expand child care supply where it is needed most.

Required qualifications

• Ability to recruit, motivate and teach.
• Knowledge of how businesses actually run.
• Attention to detail.
• Willingness to travel frequently across the state.
• Ability to build trust with people quickly.

Nice to have

• An MBA or a business-school undergraduate degree.
• Knowledge of how to use AI tools.
• Experience recruiting, coaching or consulting to small business owners or child care providers.
• Familiarity with North Carolina's quality rating and improvement work.
• Knowledge of North Carolina child care licensing, ideally from inside or alongside DCDEE.

Before you apply

• Frequent statewide travel is required.

About the company

Wonderschool recruits and supports people to open licensed child care businesses. Its mission is to close the child care gap in North Carolina.