Position

Program Director

FLSA-Classification

Exempt, Full-time

Salary Range

$80,000

Reports to

Assistant Executive Director, Adult Programs

Location

Mill Brook Community Center

Program/Department

Jobs Plus

Date

April 2025

Summary

East Side House (ESH), founded in 1891, is a 501(c) (3) organization that has served the South Bronx since 1963. The organization is dedicated to the community and focused on providing resources and opportunities. East Side House has identified that education is the foundation for economic improvement and through its youth education and technology programs it teaches skills to allow its students and clients to become more self-sufficient and independent. As a community resource the organization also provides services to families and a growing senior population. In 2020 the organization began food distribution as an additional way to provide economic support to the community we serve.

Job Summary:

Jobs-Plus is a proven, place-based employment program designed to increase the earnings and employment of working-age residents in designated public housing developments or a cluster of developments. Jobs-Plus - Mill Brook Houses, is operated by East Side House Settlement and based in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx. It offers workforce development, financial empowerment services and community building programming to over 3000 residents. With a recent 3-year contract renewal, Jobs-Plus is looking to expand on the services provided to residents since 2013. This expansion will include heightened focus on training and education as well as career advancement services.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Yes

Duties/Responsibilities:

Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide program leadership, hire staff, and assess team; be responsible for performance outcomes, program development, and community engagement; manage the budget; liaise with HRA and its agency partners.
• Develop effective infrastructure and oversee department operations and procedures while ensuring compliance of contractual performance standards.
• Promote high quality performance management and a culture of excellence with a focus on key evidence-based practices, career readiness, workforce development and placement benchmarks.  
• Hire staff and manage staff performance through supervision, goals setting, coaching, observations and feedback, annual performance appraisals and training. 
• Develop opportunities to provide and receive feedback from staff, colleagues, business partners, and external stakeholders.  
• Meet regularly with the deputy director of the department to communicate department strengths, enhancements, adjustments, challenges, concerns that can affect productivity and effectiveness.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to respond to government and foundation requests for proposals, applications, renewals, reporting, events, and opportunities that increase revenue and sustainability as well as advocacy efforts relative to workforce development policy issues.<