Senior Director of Programs

Description

Title: Senior Program Director

Reports to: VP of Program Compliance & Data Governance

Job Classification: Full Time/Salaried

The Senior Director of Programs provides strategic and operational leadership for FLITE Center’s comprehensive continuum of programs and services supporting youth transitioning from foster care to independent adulthood. The position provides senior-level oversight of Housing, Health & Wellness, Keys to Independence, and other assigned youth programs for Broward and Palm Beach counties; ensuring services are integrated, youth-centered, trauma-informed, compliant, fiscally responsible, and focused on measurable outcomes.

The Senior Director is responsible for strengthening coordination among housing stability, physical and behavioral wellness, independent living, employment, education, transportation, resource navigation, and other supportive services. The position ensures youth have access to coordinated resources that address the barriers affecting their ability to achieve stability and long-term self-sufficiency.

Working closely with executive leadership, Finance, Data/Compliance, Development, Community Engagement, and program leadership, the Senior Director ensures programs achieve established outcomes, meet grant and contractual requirements, maintain appropriate documentation and data quality, and continuously improve the quality and effectiveness of services.

• Provide strategic and operational oversight of FLITE Center’s Housing, Health & Wellness, Keys to Independence, and other assigned youth programs.
• Establish annual program goals, priorities, performance measures, and implementation plans aligned with FLITE Center’s strategic objectives.
• Ensure programs operate in accordance with organizational policies, funding requirements, contractual obligations, and established standards of service.
• Promote an integrated service-delivery model that connects youth across programs Identify service gaps, emerging youth needs, operational challenges, and opportunities for program expansion or improvement.
• Develop and implement standardized program procedures and accountability measures.
• Provide executive leadership with regular updates regarding program performance, staffing, compliance, funding, risks, and youth outcomes.

• Provide senior-level leadership and oversight of FLITE Center’s housing programs and housing-related supportive services.
• Oversee housing initiatives that may include Emergency Landing Spaces, Shared Living, affordable housing/tax-credit programs, housing navigation, rental assistance, and other supportive housing services.
• Monitor housing placement, occupancy, utilization, retention, exits, and housing stability outcomes.
• Ensure youth receiving housing services are connected to employment, education, wellness, financial capability, life skills, and other resources necessary to maintain long-term stability.
• Ensure housing programs comply with applicable grant, contractual, affordable housing, HUD, LIHTC, state, local, and other requirements, as applicable.
• Strengthen partnerships with housing authorities, landlords, property managers, affordable housing developers, and community organizations.
• Ensure appropriate procedures are maintained for housing eligibility, intake, placement, documentation, inspections, recertification, incidents, and program exits.
• Monitor housing risks and barriers and implement strategies designed to prevent youth homelessness and housing instability.

• Provide leadership and oversight of FLITE Center’s Health & Wellness programs and initiatives, ensuring youth have access to appropriate physical,…