Youth Development Director

YMCA Of South Hampton Roads•Virginia Beach, VA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Meet the minimum qualifications for “Program Director” as defined by the VA Department of Social Services Division of Licensing, which include: Staff shall be in good character and reputation.
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.
Meets a minimum age of 21 years or older.
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.

Nice To Haves

YMCA Team Leader Certification preferred

Responsibilities

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.
Provides day to day management of program operations and staff.
Hires, trains, supervises and evaluates program staff.
Ensures assigned programs meet or exceed state licensing requirements.
Ensures assigned programs meet or exceed program quality standards.
Creates opportunities for members to form small communities and build meaningful relationships.
Provides strong leadership and support for attaining goals and objectives of the Association Strategic Plan.
Expands current Youth Development offerings with high quality programming in accordance with the Association operating guidelines.
Recruits and trains program volunteers.
Participates in association cabinet meetings and training.
Works collaboratively and in partnership with the association child care leaders to deliver on assigned responsibilities.
Participates in a successful annual support campaign. Active leadership required in staff giving and membership involvement.
Maintains current CPR/AED/O2/First Aid and MAT certifications.
Attends trainings as required, including YMCA New Staff Orientation, blood borne pathogens and child abuse prevention training.
Attends mandatory staff meetings.
Follows the Code of Conduct established by the YMCA of South Hampton Roads.
Enthusiastic, positive, and motivating to children and peers.
Communicates the YMCA mission and objectives to the community.
Incorporates the five character values of the YMCA: Caring, Honesty, Respect, Responsibility and Faith and promote the YMCA Mission.
All other duties as assigned.