Director of Youth & Family Programs

Director of Youth & Family Programs

Warminster, PA | Full Time, Salary | $55,000 - $60,000

 

Do you love connecting with people and sharing your passion with others? 

We are looking for our Director of Youth & Family Programs! We spend our days positively impacting the community around us. As our Director of Youth & Family Programs, you will develop important skills such as communication, leadership and responsibility that will serve you for a lifetime!  

 

Some rewards for joining our team: 

• Free YMCA membership - access to all branches! 
• Flexible work schedule
• Sweet discounts on child care and summer camp programs
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurances
• Generous Paid Time Off + 6 paid holidays throughout the year
• Planning for your future? Ask us how we do it at the Y- it's awesome!
• Supplemental insurance benefits

 

What is needed for this job as our Director of Youth & Family Programs:

• 21+ years of age
• Degree in Education, Sports Management or a related field is preferred
• 2+ years supervisory experience
• 2+ years experience working within a child care/camp/sports environment
• 2+ years experience as a program instructor in a recognized youth development or camp program  
• 1+ years experience with administrative experience in programming
• Attend Full Listen First Training within the first 6 months of employment
• Certified Lifeguard or become Shallow Water Lifeguard certified within 90 days of hire (training can be provided)

 

The responsibilities we will trust you with as our Director of Youth & Family Programs:

• Provide strategic ideas to improve youth development programming
• Foster a climate of high member engagement and satisfaction
• Uphold member service and risk management practices across locations
• Ensure sustainability of programs while maintaining proper expenses
• Provide clear expectations of program content, services offered and policies and procedures to ensure a high quality programming
• Work with the marketing team to ensure occupancy is maximized and the brand is captured
• Demonstrate program and service innovation based on data and trends
• Ensure that facilities are appropriate for high quality service delivery
• Be in ratio as needed to ensure classes and programs run as scheduled
• Recruits, trains, and supervises all staff including lifeguards, swim instructors, NinjaZone Instructors, etc. This includes: holding regular staff meetings, ongoing coaching, completion of performance appraisals and position objectives and complete payroll
• Engages with the membership team in any/all topics related to class scheduling, student progress, customer service and employee performance and training
• Supports Special Events and other interdepartmental needs as necessary
• Attends organizational and departmental meetings as required

 

NinjaZone Responsibilities:

• Leadership of all youth/adult sports programs, including program creation and management (meeting enrollment metrics), scheduling of staff, curriculum, off site programming, fiscal management and special events
• Provide leadership and supervision to NinjaZone, including staff supervision, staff training, program implementation, parent communication, program evaluation, etc.
• Develop and implement program growth strategies

 

Aquatics Responsibilities:

• Performs in lockstep with the Aquatics 4KEYC and all related positions, ex: Director of Private Lessons, Senior Director of Group Exercise, etc. 
• Actively participates in the Aquatics 4KeyC team to help develop and implement strategies to advance the Aquatics department across the association
• Responds quickly and effectively to accidents and incidents. Accurately prepares and submits Accident and Incident Reports in a timely manner
• Directs and oversees the implementation of the Emergency Action Plan (EAP) and all