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An exciting opportunity to join the team of a progressive YMCA located in vibrant Somerset County, New Jersey. The YMCA is one of the nation’s leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. With a 150-year-old history, Greater Somerset County YMCA (GSCY) is a pillar of the community and has seven locations across three counties, which collectively serve upwards of 30,000 individuals. GSCY has 100 full-time and 950 part-time employees along with operating revenues to $22+ million.

The Y empowers everyone—no matter who they are or where they are from. To fulfill our purpose of strengthening community for all, GSCY is committed to being an inclusive organization and leveraging our collective impact to address social inequities. To learn more about GSCY, visit our website: http://gscymca.org

POSITION SUMMARY:

Under the direction of the Senior Program Director, the Youth Program Director is responsible for managing activities associated with our School Age Child Care (before/after school), Summer Camp, Youth Sports Programs, and Youth Enrichment Programs. This includes the administration of these programs to ensure that they create opportunities for youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility at the Somerset hills YMCA.

*This job is fully on-site without opportunities for remote work.

Youth Development & Program Oversight

• Oversee and manage adaptive programming, teen programming, performing arts, birthday parties, and youth & family engagement events.
• Support development of new programs and community engagement initiatives aligned with YMCA mission and Core Values.
• Collaborate with staff and volunteers to ensure safe, inclusive, and high-quality programming for all participants.

• Oversee specialty, enrichment, and travel camps, including planning, staffing, scheduling, and daily operations.
• Support staff hiring, training, and supervision for assigned camp programs.
• Assist with curriculum development, activity planning, field trips, and special events.
• Ensure proper documentation, attendance tracking, and incident reporting.

• Provide operational and administrative support to existing SACC (School Aged Child Care) sites, including licensing support and compliance needs.
• Assist the Sr. Program Director with SACC expansion efforts and onboarding of new sites as needed.
• Support staffing, scheduling, and program quality initiatives across SACC programs.

• Assist with hiring, training, onboarding, and professional development of program staff.
• Serve as a resource to staff by offering guidance, feedback, and problem-solving support.
• Foster a positive, inclusive, and mission-driven team culture.
• Support program registration, communication with families, and participant enrollment processes.
• Assist with budget monitoring and resource management for assigned programs.
• Respond to family questions and concerns in a timely and professional manner.
• Promote programs through YMCA communication channels including website, social media, and program guides.
• Participate in fundraising efforts, special events, trainings, and YMCA-wide initiatives.
• Comply with all Greater Somerset County YMCA policies and procedures.
• Model and promote YMCA Core Values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

1. High School Diploma or equivalent required
2. Bachelors degree in relevant field preferred or equivalent experience
3. Two to Three years related experience as a coordinator or supervisor required.
4. Working knowledge of the State of NJ Department of Children and Families Office of Licensing preferred.
5. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
6. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software.

YMCA COMPETENCIES (Team Leader):

Mission Advancement: Models and teaches the Ys values. Ensures a high level of service with a commitment to changing lives. Provides volunteers with orientation, training, development, and recognition. Cultivates relationships to support fund-raising.

Collaboration: Champions inclusion activities, strategies, and initiatives. Builds relationships to create small communities. Empathetically listens and communicates for understanding when negotiating and dealing with conflict. Effectively tailors' communications to the appropriate audience. Provides staff with feedback, coaching, guidance and support.

Operational Effectiveness: Provides others with frameworks for making decisions. Conducts prototypes to support the launching of programs and activities. Develops plans and manages best practices through engagement of team. Effectively creates and manages budgets. Holds staff accountable for high-quality results using a formal process to measure progress.

Personal Growth: Shares new insights. Facilitates change, models adaptability and an awareness of the impact of change. Utilizes non-threatening methods to address sensitive issues and inappropriate behavior or performance. Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills required to perform well; uses best practices and demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and skills in technology.

WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Sufficient strength, agility and mobility to perform essential functions of position and to supervise program activities.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use a computer for extended periods of time and be able to communicate using a computer and phone/smart device.
• The employee frequently is required to sit and reach and must be able to move around the work environment.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, with occasional noise levels associated with working with school-aged children.
• This position is fully in-person without remote work opportunities.

Benefits of working full-time at GSC YMCA include:

• FREE family membership to Greater Somerset County YMCA, including full access to all of our branch facilities including Bridgewater YMCA, Hillsborough YMCA, Princeton YMCA, Somerset Hills YMCA, and Somerville YMCA.
• FREE nationwide membership with access to over 2,500 YMCA locations across the country
• Discounted program fees
• Paid sick leave and short-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Generous 12% retirement contribution to the YMCA Retirement Fund after eligibility period (no employee contribution required)
• Medical and dental insurance with prescription coverage
• Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account for medical and/or dependent care
• 100% contribution towards life insurance and long-term disability
• Optional additional life insurance and dependent life insurance available at low rates
• 403(b) Smart Savings Plan
• Generous paid time off policy
• 7 paid holidays

Greater Somerset County YMCA is a drug free work environment. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information who share our values of Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility.