Full-Time Program Director at Cornerstone - Brooklyn, NY

Job Details

Job Location:

Cornerstone Community Center - Brooklyn, NY 11214

Position Type:
Full Time

Salary Range: $65,000.00 - $75,000.00 Salary Cornerstone Director

Founded in 1981, NIA Community Services Network is a nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing issues that impact youth, families, and seniors. NIA’s mission, to strengthen and empower children, families, and communities through comprehensive programming and vital human services, is evidenced each day through services that directly support and enrich the lives of children and families we serve at more than 50 program sites located across many of New York City's most diverse and underserved neighborhoods through after-school programs, summer day camps, cultural arts opportunities, youth and family counseling services, parent workshops, community assistance, referral services, senior support programs, and community events.

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Cornerstone Programs, funded by the NYC Dept. of Youth and Community Development (DYCD), are located in NYCHA community centers throughout New York City and provide academic and recreational opportunities for children, teens, and adults. NIA is seeking a Cornerstone Director to manage a community center located in Coney Island, Brooklyn. The center offers services every weekday from 10:00am to 10:00pm, Saturdays from 10:00am to 5:00pm.

The center operates on school holidays and is open for extended hours in the summer from 8:00am through 11:00pm, 7 days a week.

The Cornerstone Director is the lead on-site supervisor of the Cornerstone program, responsible for managing day-to-day operations of the site, including staff supervision, facility management, scheduling and programming, administrative tasks, and stakeholder relationships. The position of Cornerstone Director is a critical, visible position requiring exceptional leadership, strong management experience, and a successful track record of working with government contracts and nonprofit organizations providing social services.

The Director should be highly flexible in dealing with the challenges of program management and working to meet the needs of the community with compassion and innovation. The Director should have experience with community-based services for youth, children, and/or families.

The Director should have proven ability to manage staff professionally and interact with the community using a strengths-based approach. They must be a hands-on strategic thinker, a planner and problem solver. Excellent communication skills are critical. The Director must be comfortable communicating with participants from the community, and equally comfortable in communicating with staff, organization leadership, funders, and community officials.

• Effectively manage on-site staff, including assistant directors, community liaison, direct-service Group Leaders and Instructors, security team, and building maintenance team.
• Assist with recruitment and hiring efforts, staff training, provide ongoing performance feedback; refer staff for professional development as needed.
• Develop educational and recreational summer and school year programming in accordance with funder, licensor, and NIA guidelines and contractual obligations.
• Responsible for participation recruitment and retention.
• Oversee the completion of all requirements related to the operation of on-site youth after-school program, evening and weekend services, special events, on-site food pantry, and community partnerships.
• Oversee and monitor DYCD Cornerstone database to ensure program is accurately reporting daily attendance and schedule, maintaining required rate of participation, and meeting funder targets.
• Oversee and monitor all administrative tasks, reporting, ordering, inventory, and operations of on-site food pantry.
• Conduct regular program assessments and feedback surveys to ensure program services adequately address community needs.
• Professionally represent NIA on site and cultivate relationships with community partners, co-locators, and sub-contractors; serve as the primary liaison between NIA and all partners.
• Maintain a professional approach and demeanor; ensure staff…