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Hartford, CT, CT United States |
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02/19/2026 |
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03/19/2026 |
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Early Care and Education Manager
Early Care and Education Manager
State Program Manager
Recruitment #260204-4799MP-001
Location Hartford, CT
Date Opened 2/14/2026 12:00:00 AM
Salary $98,695 - $134,575/year
Job Type Open to the Public
Close Date 3/2/2026 11:59:00 PM
The State of Connecticut, Office of Early Childhood (OEC) currently accepting applications for an Early Care and Education Manager (State Program Manager) in Hartford, CT.
What We Can Offer You
Visit our new State Employee Benefits Overview page!
Professional growth and development opportunities.
A healthy work/life balance to all employees.
Position Details
Full-time, 40 hours/week
First shift hours, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Monday-Friday
Hybrid work schedule (combination of in office/telework)
Located at 450 Columbus Blvd in Hartford, CT
The Role
This Early Care and Education Manager will be responsible for supervising Early Care Education (ECE) staff, overseeing the ECE Division strategies, goals and data system, as well as working as part of a team to expand and enhance ECE programs funded by the OEC.
Discover the opportunity to:
Work collaboratively with a team to guide the Early Care and Education community.
Engage with state funded providers to offer support and resources.
Participate as a team member in the Early Care and Education Division as part of OEC’s larger goal of improving the equitable access to affordable, high-quality care and education for Connecticut families.
About Us
The OEC is a unique state agency in CT that helps families with young children achieve better life outcomes. As a relatively new state agency, OEC is mandated in its enabling statutes to be data-driven, human-centered, and results-focused. We touch the lives of over 200,000 young children, parents, and caregivers annually through our integrated focus on early care and education programs and safety supports, our home visiting programs, and other critical early childhood services.
By scale of funding, OEC is one of the largest departments of CT state government, deploying and leveraging approximately half a billion dollars each year in service of vulnerable families and communities. CT is a leader in the coordination of early childhood programs throughout the country. Whereas early childhood programming in most states is fragmented across multiple programs families must navigate, only a handful of states have created agencies dedicated to integrating support families with young children require and only CT has a clear data-driven mandate.
New parenthood and early childhood are extremely important moments in a person's life and experiences during this time can have significant and long lasting impacts. OEC acts on the overwhelming evidence that intervention early in life is the most promising way to break the cycle of poverty.
Qualifications & Requirements
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE
Nine (9) years of professional experience.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE
One (1) year of the General Experience must have been in the specific area of assignment.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED
College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
A Master's degree in business administration, public administration or a closely related field may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.
Department of Labor: Two (2) years of experience as an Apprenticeship and Training Program Manager may be substituted for the General and Special Experience.
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