Family Services Director

The YMCA of South Florida•Weston, FL

About The Position

The Family Services Director is responsible for developing, administering and supervising all facets of Day Camps, Holiday and Schools Out Programming, Afterschool Program, Teens, Family Programming, and Enrichment Programming to meet and / or exceed family center goals. This includes developing and monitoring the annual budgets of these programs and departments to ensure fiscal compliance. In addition, this position is responsible for the following duties: Essential Functions / Job Duties: Recruit, train, supervise, and evaluate program volunteers and staff as they relate to program activities. Develop, manage, and evaluate department budgets to meet and / or exceed family center revenue and enrollment goals. Conduct seasonal programmatic quality evaluations of all YMCA programs. Build and maintain professional relationships with local public and private schools and other collaborative agencies and professional service organizations. Implement reviews and revise all aspects of program relative to quality, character development and satisfaction from sign-up and enrollment to assessment of program delivery. Manage delivery of related programs to exceed YMCA standards and program objectives to include Character Building whenever possible. Serves as a member of the Family Center Senior Leadership Team by providing leadership and support for annual fund raising campaign, and volunteer committees as assigned. Meet all assigned program enrollment and quality benchmarks by marketing and promoting Ensure all youth and family programming supports HEPA (Healthy Eating and Physical Activities) guidelines. Ensure that Risk Management, and emergency procedures are followed. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Sociology, and Child Development or related field preferred.
Minimum of three years of experience with summer camps, teens, program administration.
Experience working with budgets, developing a budget, fiscal management of programs, and fund raising.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, sound fiscal management practices, strong organizational abilities and problem solving strategies.
Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to interact with individuals at all levels.
Demonstrated leadership through experiences in supervision, community collaboration and innovation.
Ability to adequately observe program activities, enforce safety regulations and apply appropriate policies and procedures.
Visual and auditory ability to respond to critical incidents and the physical ability to act swiftly in an emergency.
Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word and Excel.
Current state approved First Aid / CPR certified.
Must have transportation in order to travel within County.

Nice To Haves

YMCA management experience desirable.
Bilingual, English and Spanish, a plus.
Has a passion and enjoys working with children.
Ability to stay calm during stressful situations.
Strong communication skills.
High level of patience.
Has the creativity and flexibility to make every day a positive experience for participants.
Strong leadership skills.

Responsibilities

Recruit, train, supervise, and evaluate program volunteers and staff as they relate to program activities.
Develop, manage, and evaluate department budgets to meet and / or exceed family center revenue and enrollment goals.
Conduct seasonal programmatic quality evaluations of all YMCA programs.
Build and maintain professional relationships with local public and private schools and other collaborative agencies and professional service organizations.
Implement reviews and revise all aspects of program relative to quality, character development and satisfaction from sign-up and enrollment to assessment of program delivery.
Manage delivery of related programs to exceed YMCA standards and program objectives to include Character Building whenever possible.
Serves as a member of the Family Center Senior Leadership Team by providing leadership and support for annual fund raising campaign, and volunteer committees as assigned.
Meet all assigned program enrollment and quality benchmarks by marketing and promoting
Ensure all youth and family programming supports HEPA (Healthy Eating and Physical Activities) guidelines.
Ensure that Risk Management, and emergency procedures are followed.
Other duties as assigned.