Youth Development Director Job Chesapeake area,Virginia USA,Education / Teaching

Position Summary

Under the direction of the Executive Director, the Youth Development Director is responsible for providing Cause-Driven leadership to before and after school care, summer camp, School's Out camp, and teen programs. The Youth Development Director also assumes a leadership role in the annual support campaign. Day-to-day operations include staff supervision, fiscal control, program development, program area facility management/maintenance, marketing, and volunteer management.

The Youth Development Director is also responsible for hiring, training and supervising and leading their staff team in superior levels of member service and engagement in accordance with the Association operating standards.

Essential Functions

Division of Duties:

90% supervision and management of assigned licensed child care programs
10% leadership to Annual Giving and other association/department initiatives

Priorities:

Provides supervision and management to licensed child care programs, including Before and After School, Summer Camp, School’s Out Camp, and teen programs.
Ensures all program operations are consistent with association procedures, including emergency, insurance, accident, purchasing, personnel, accounting, and other administrative systems
Serves as the Program Director for assigned programs

Responsibilities

Program Management and Operations

Provides day to day management of program operations and staff

Hires, trains, supervises and evaluates program staff

Ensures assigned programs meet or exceed state licensing requirements

Ensures assigned programs meet or exceed program quality standards

Program Development and Membership Engagement

Creates opportunities for members to form small communities and build meaningful relationships

Provides strong leadership and support for attaining goals and objectives of the Association Strategic Plan

Expands current Youth Development offerings with high quality programming in accordance with the Association operating guidelines

Team Performance Towards Organizational Goals

Recruits and trains program volunteers

Participates in association cabinet meetings and training

Works collaboratively and in partnership with the association child care leaders to deliver on assigned responsibilities

Fundraising

Participates in a successful annual support campaign; active leadership required in staff giving and membership involvement

Professional Development

Maintains current CPR/AED/O2/First Aid and MAT certifications

Attends trainings as required, including YMCA New Staff Orientation, blood borne pathogens and child abuse prevention training

Attends mandatory staff meetings

Follows the Code of Conduct established by the YMCA of South Hampton Roads

Enthusiastic, positive, and motivating to children and peers

Communicates the YMCA mission and objectives to the community

Incorporates the five character values of the YMCA:
Caring, Honesty, Respect, Responsibility and Faith and promotes the YMCA Mission

All other duties as assigned

Requirements

Leadership

Competencies:

Functional Expertise
Communication & Influence
Developing Self & Others

Qualifications: The Youth Development Director will meet the qualifications set forth by the YMCA of South Hampton Roads and the Virginia Department of Education, Division of Child Care Health and Safety. Minimum qualifications include:

Meet the minimum qualifications for “Program Director” as defined by the VA Department of Social Services Division of Licensing, which include:
Staff shall be in good character and reputation
Capable of carrying out assigned responsibilities; capable of accepting training and supervision; capable of communicating with emergency personnel; and capable of communicating effectively both orally and in writing as applicable to the job responsibility.
Meets a minimum age of 21 years or older
A minimum of 48 credit hours from a college or university of which 12 credit hours are in child-related courses, plus 1 year of programmatic experience.
Proficient computer skills with ability to learn new software programs. Current CPR/First Aid/O2/MAT certified preferred or must receive within 60 days of hire.

YMCA Multi Team Leader Certification preferred.

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