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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

The Youth Development Director must understand and be willing to learn the necessary skills required for the successful completion of duties including:

1. Program Management and Operations
2. Provides day to day management of program operations and staff
3. Hires, trains, supervises and evaluates program staff
4. Ensures assigned programs meet or exceed state licensing requirements
5. Ensures assigned programs meet or exceed program quality standards
6. Program Development and Membership Engagement
7. Creates opportunities for members to form small communities and build meaningful relationships
8. Provides strong leadership and support for attaining goals and objectives of the Association Strategic Plan
9. Expands current Youth Development offerings with high quality programming in accordance with the Association operating guidelines
10. Team Performance Towards Organizational Goals
11. Recruits and trains program volunteers
12. Participates in association cabinet meetings and training.
13. Works collaboratively and in partnership with the association child care leaders to deliver on assigned responsibilities.
14. Fundraising
15. Participates in a successful annual support campaign. Active leadership required in staff giving and membership involvement
16. Professional Development
17. Maintains current CPR/AED/O2/First Aid and MAT certifications
18. Attends trainings as required, including YMCA New Staff Orientation, blood borne pathogens and child abuse prevention training
19. Attends mandatory staff meetings
20. Follows the Code of Conduct established by the YMCA of South Hampton Roads
21. Enthusiastic, positive, and motivating to children and peers
22. Communicates the YMCA mission and objectives to the community
23. Incorporates the five character values of the YMCA: Caring, Honesty, Respect, Responsibility and Faith and promote the YMCA Mission
24. All other duties as assigned

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:
  1. Staff shall be in good character and reputation
  2. 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.
  3. Meets a minimum age of 21 years or older
  4. 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

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Will be required to walk, stand, kneel, stoop, push, and lift up to 50 pounds
• While performing duties the employee may occasionally work in the outside weather conditions, and is exposed to wet, cold and /or humid conditions
• Continuous operations requiring attention to detail and multi-tasking
• Will be exposed to cleaning supplies
• Must be able to stand or sit for long periods of time
• Must be physically able to successfully complete required certifications
• During peak program seasons, may be expected to work night and weekend hours to meet program needs

BACKGROUND CHECKS: An offer of employment is contingent upon receipt of satisfactory results to meet minimum requirements of the position. They may include criminal background and reference checks, E-Verify, drug test, driver’s license record, and/or a Child Protective Services Check (CPS).Additional driver’s license check, CPS, criminal background check, alcohol, and/or drug testing may be required to be processed in the future in order to meet and/or maintain the requirements of this position.

ACCOUNTABILITY: Accountable for completion of assigned goals as measured by the number of people served, cause driven measures, service satisfaction scores, operating results, and supervisor evaluation of assigned duties. Continuation of employment is contingent upon receipt of satisfactory results to meet minimum requirements for the position. They may include a background check, drug test, driver’s license record, CPS, and/or criminal background check.