Director of Outreach

Overview

First Tee
- Naples/Collier has been creating experiences that build character to empower kids through a lifetime of new challenges and continuous personal growth since 2007. By seamlessly integrating the game of golf with a life skills curriculum, First Tee
- Naples/Collier creates active learning experiences that build inner strength, self-confidence, and resilience that kids can carry to everything they do. These character education programs are offered at golf courses, schools, and youth centers in the community.

To impact the lives of young people by providing learning facilities and educational programs that promote character development and life enhancing values through the game of golf.

The Director of Outreach reports to the Executive Director and works closely with the Director of Program.

The Director of Outreach Operations supervises all coaches and program volunteers, pertaining to all Outreach programming including the Game Changers Academy, Game Changers programs, and all on-course and community-based programs.

Full time, Exempt

The Director of Outreach will provide leadership, oversight, and direction for all Outreach/Game Changers programming initiatives within Collier County. This role is primarily responsible for strategic program development, staff leadership, community partnerships, and ensuring program effectiveness through data-driven evaluation. The primary purpose is to introduce First Tee and the game of golf to young people in a way that will inspire interest and lead to continued participation through high school graduation, while expanding the reach and impact of programs in underserved communities.

Inspired by a genuine passion for empowering and helping youth succeed in life, he/she will work diligently to promote and expand all the Game Changers programs of First Tee
- Naples/Collier. In collaboration with the executive staff (includes Executive Director, Program Director, HR), the Director of Outreach will lead program design, implementation, evaluation of programs and curriculum, and support the overall strategic and operational plan for the organization.

The Director of Outreach will be a highly visible member of the community, representing First Tee
- Naples/Collier throughout the service area. He/she will embody the First Tee’s strong commitment to its youth and will promote the organization throughout the community.

• Providing leadership, oversight and direction to the Outreach program which includes Game Changers team to fulfill the organization’s mission in Collier County.
• Ensuring program effectiveness through evaluation of quantitative and qualitative program analytics and outcomes.
• Partnering effectively with staff to build upon the success of current Outreach & Game Changers programs and to continually innovate and improve program outcomes for the youth of Collier County.
• Expand the scale of First Tee's programming in high priority and at-risk neighborhoods.
• Leading Game Changers staff and volunteers to ensure adequate staffing across all locations and maintaining high standards of safety and quality.
• Collaborating with the executive staff to ensure strategic goals are on track and to sustain, promote, budget, and grow departmental programs and services.
• Kids on track to apply for scholarship.

• Bachelor’s degree in sports administration, business management, education, recreation, or Non‑profit related fields;
  Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in youth development programming, with at least 3 years in a leadership role managing and supervising a team; preferably of coaches/volunteers in a youth development setting.
• Prior experience in a fast paced, high demand environment. Nonprofit experience preferred. Must understand the importance of deadlines and be able to meet them.
• Deep commitment to the Mission of First Tee – Naples/Collier, which includes:
  Reaching all kids with an emphasis on underserved and underrepresented groups.
• Demonstrate exceptional communication, time management, fiscal management, and managerial…