West District Director, Youth Development YMCA

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The District Director of Youth Development has the responsibility of ensuring effective and efficient business operations. Responsibilities include training and development of assigned child care staff, ensuring quality and compliance of program, promotion and monitoring results against pre-stated performance goals. Overall, the District Director will be fully accountable for maintaining operations at 10-12 child care sites. Responsibilities will include maintaining adequate staffing, full enrollment in programs, maximization of public and private revenues, and maintenance of appropriate physical environments, and active community involvement within their assigned region.

• Supervises all Site Administrators/Coordinators within assigned region.
• Reviews and appraises the effectiveness of directly supervised personnel and makes appropriate training recommendations or staff changes where necessary.
• Continually reviews and evaluates key performances measures regarding service sites, staffing, licensing compliance issues, customer service and fiscal operations to insure for continuous improvements in each area.
• Responsible for staff recruitment, hiring, training, and scheduling. Reviews and evaluates staff performance. Develops strategies to motivate staff and achieve goals.
• Ensures that all third party program standards are being met to the highest quality, including but not limited to SUTQ, Headstart, all YMCA program standards (including HEPA), etc.
• Develops and maintains relationships with school administration, ODJFS, parent groups and other organizations and agencies related to assigned regional programs. Ensures that staff respond to all agency, parent and community inquiries and complaints in a timely manner.
• Initiates and maintains necessary relationships with local schools, community organizations, and other partners to ensure that all YMCA youth development services exceed all licensure and community requirements.
• Implements and leads any needed staff meetings or training for staff in areas of management, effective supervision, licensing & quality, child care program and other related topics.
• Plans and oversees on-going marketing of Licensed Child Care programs to ensure optimum enrollments.
• Ensures YMCA expectations for high quality programming are being met through routine program evaluation and assessment.
• Explores growth opportunities and expands programming within assigned region in accordance with strategic and operating plans.
• Develops strategies to recruit, motivate and professionally develop staff. Reviews and evaluates staff performance. Continually improves recruitment and retention strategies to maintain the best available staff.
• Develops, manages and controls budgets related to all assigned regional child care programming.
• Monitors enrollment and ensures program operates within budget and that program fees are collected.
• Continually improves recruitment and retention strategies to maintain the best available staff.
• Assists in the development of marketing strategies and the creation of program marketing tools.
• Ensures system to obtain public and private revenues and purchased furniture, equipment and supplies is effective and efficient.
• Develops regional program goals annually with input from staff, children and parents and the Child Care team.
• Ability to develop, retain and lead a team of youth development professionals that deliver high quality fiscally child care programs.
• Plans and oversees on-going marketing of Licensed Child Care programs to ensure optimum enrollments.
• Verify that all staff maintains all internal and external required certifications and comply with regulations.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelors degree is required

• Must have a minimum of 5 years’ experience of demonstrated leadership in long-term planning, designing and implementing a successful child care site, and successfully accrediting centers through SUTQ, NAA, and/or NAEYC.

• CPR and First Aid certification and Safety training required within 30 days of hire.
• Must meet Administrator qualifications for ODJFS Licensed programs.
• Must submit all required paperwork for ODJFS…