Southeast Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission

🎨🍎🍎✨ Looking for a job that is equal parts purpose, creativity, and kid-sized fun? ✨🖍️
Join our Head Start team in Opp, AL as a Teacher Assistant and help little learners grow through stories, songs, laughter, and learning! 💙
We’re a mission-driven organization serving children and families in our community with a supportive, collaborative culture where your work truly matters.
🌟 What We Offer:
✅ Superb Benefits
✅ Year-Round Pay
✅ Supportive Team Environment
✅ Meaningful Work Every Day
🎓 Ideal candidates are working toward an Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development.
If you’re ready to inspire young minds and make a difference one small smile at a time we’d love to meet you! 🍎📚✨

🌟📚 We’re Hiring: Alabama First Class Pre-K Teacher (Head Start Program) 📚🌟 (Located in Opp, AL)
💛 Ready to make a real difference in the lives of children and families?
💛 Looking for a career where your work creates lasting change in your community?
Join our Head Start team and be part of something bigger—where every day you help open doors, build confidence, and inspire young learners to succeed!

🎓 What You Bring:
✔ Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education (ECE) or Child Development (CD)
✔ A passion for working with children and serving others
✔ Dependability and a strong team mindset
✔ A commitment to helping communities thrive

🌈 Why You’ll Love It Here:
💼 Competitive salary
🛡 Some of the BEST benefits in the area
🤝 A supportive, team-centered culture
🏫 A stable, well-established organization
🌟 Meaningful work that impacts children where it matters most

🎉 Who We Are
We’re proud of our culture...built on passion, service, and purpose. Our team is dedicated to improving lives in the communities we serve, and we’re looking for someone who shares that commitment.

🚀 Let’s Build Brighter Futures Together!
If you’re a team player who is passionate about children and ready to make a lasting impact, we want to hear from you!
📩 Apply today! (www.searpdc.org/career-opportunities)
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Your driving skills can make a real difference.
We’re looking for a Full-Time Transit Driver, for our Enterprise location, who puts safety first, every mile of the way.
If you’re dependable, committed, and take pride in providing a safe, smooth ride, we want YOU! Plus, you’ll be joining a welcoming, team-oriented environment that values the people who serve our community.
✅ Safe
✅ Reliable
✅ Community-Focused
Sound like you? Apply now!
https://searpdc.org/career-opportunities/

🌟 Head Start Team Spotlight! 🌟
This week, some of our amazing Head Start educators are soaking up the sun and a whole lot of knowledge at the Gulf Coast Early Childhood Summer Symposium! ☀️📚
From engaging workshops to meaningful networking and powerful collaboration, this trip is all about growing stronger for the children and families we serve, and we couldn’t be prouder! 💛
What makes this even more special? ✨
This opportunity was earned by team members with the best attendance during the 2025–2026 school year. 🎉 That dedication and commitment truly pays off!
We love seeing our team invest in their passion, uplift one another, and bring back fresh ideas to our classrooms. Who wouldn’t want to be part of a team that celebrates hard work like this? 🙌

👋 Meet the Board | Scott Farmer

Scott Farmer serves as the Executive Director of the Southeast Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission (SEARP&DC), being appointed to the position in October 2017. SEARP&DC provides community and economic development, early childhood education, public transportation, senior employment services, and other needs for the seven-county Alabama Wiregrass area.

Scott has been with SEARP&DC since 2003, beginning as Regional Planner, and served as Director of Community Development from 2005 until his appointment as Executive Director. During his career at SEARP&DC, Scott has directly provided assistance to regional communities with infrastructure and public facility grants, comprehensive and land use planning, hazard mitigation planning, rural transportation planning, mapping, and redistricting services, and has driven expansion of public transportation services within the region.

In addition to serving on the Main Street Alabama Board of Directors, Scott is currently serving on the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Board of Directors, is in his second term as President of the Alabama Association of Regional Councils (AARC), and is the Governmental Affairs Committee Chair for the Dothan Area Chamber of Commerce. Scott is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).

Scott received a bachelor’s degree with a double major in Regional and Urban Planning and Geography in 2001 and a master’s degree in Geography in 2005, both from The University of Alabama.

When asked why he chooses to serve on the Main Street Alabama Board, Scott stated, “Since Main Street Alabama has incorporated and grown, I have appreciated the guidance and creativity the program has sparked with communities and local businesses by helping them leverage their local resources for positive community change. I am grateful to serve on the Main Street Alabama Board through sharing ideas and experiences with assisting local communities.”

We are grateful to Scott for sharing his expertise and supporting Alabama’s downtowns.

Please join us in celebrating our SEARP&DC staff members with work anniversaries in June! 🎉

Thank you all for your hard work, dedication, and continued commitment to the communities we serve. Your contributions help make a difference every day, and we are grateful to have each of you as part of the SEARP&DC team.

Congratulations and Happy Work Anniversary! 👏🏾

🎉 Happy Birthday to our SEARP&DC staff members celebrating birthdays in June! 🎂

We hope each of you have a wonderful birthday and a great year ahead. Thank you for all you do for SEARP&DC and the communities we serve each day.

Please help us wish all of our June birthdays a very Happy Birthday! 🎈

We are excited to share that we have a new Planner in our Community and Economic Development Department! Please help us welcome Emma Lowe to our team.