Program Director - Middle School P/T

Description

The YWCA of the City of New York (YW-NYC) is on a mission to eliminate racism, empower women and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. We are a social justice organization dedicated to addressing issues that emerge at the intersection of race, class and gender. Founded in 1858, the YW- NYC is the first YW in the United States and part of an international movement of YWs worldwide. We currently serve 1,500 New York City school children by providing leadership and advocacy training for young women through our high school Girls Initiatives and Out-of-School Time (OST) programs for elementary and middle school students in diverse communities in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

The Program Director oversees the implementation of all aspects of a YW-NYC school-based OST program to support positive youth development and outcomes; meet the needs of families and the school community; and further YW-NYC’s mission to eliminate racism and empower women and girls. This position will report directly to the Senior Director of Out-of-School Time.

A successful Program Director will: bring a positive youth development lens to the role; build collaborative relationships with the school principal and staff; use evidence-based practices and data to continuously improve the OST program; ensure compliance with all licensing and funder requirements; hold themselves and others accountable for program results; and demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism.

Furthermore, in the 2025-26 school year, we anticipate programs will start off as a blended learning model, with some in-person and some virtual activities. There is a high possibility of programs transitioning to a complete virtual model during the winter season. Therefore, Program Directors must be able and willing to operate a virtual program. This will include interviewing and onboarding staff via videoconference; actively participating in virtual team meetings; documenting all aspects of the program in shared systems; conducting virtual program observations and providing effective feedback to staff; and implementing staff and student engagement strategies remotely.

Responsibilities Supervision

• Recruit, hire, onboard, train and supervise all program staff
• Ensure staff meet the annual requirement of 15 training hours
• Conduct structured observations of program activities and provide program staff with feedback
• Provide program staff with two evaluations during the school year and one in the summer
• Provide direct performance-based coaching to program staff
• Ensure that staff to student ratios are always met and maintained

Partnership & Relationship Development

• Establish and maintain relationships with school leadership and external partners
• Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders to enhance program quality
• Engage parents in events catered to meet the needs of the school community
• Maintain relationships with funders and other reporting agencies
• Collaborate with school leadership on school wide events
• Maintain a healthy CBO-School relationship through frequent communications and partnership planning meetings
• Represent the YW at trainings, events, caucuses and/or focus groups
• Conduct parent orientations as needed to acclimate and introduce new families to the YW program

Program Development

• Develop and implement school-year and summer OST program(s) located in a public school, utilizing both virtual and in-person facilitation
• With OST Senior Director create and deliver high quality theme-based programming and activities in the areas of Literacy, STEM, SEL and Arts Enrichment
• Oversee the planning and delivery of 3 culminating events in the fiscal year calendar
• Ensure the delivery of activities and lessons are in alignment with the theme
• Ensure that activities meet the DYCD PMT Rubric
• Ensure staff and activities operate in accordance with YW-NYC’s program standards and expectations
• Deliver at least 13 OST Holiday Camp service days each program year
• Conduct consistent recruitment to ensure that enrollment requirements are always maintained

Administration & Compliance

• Comply with all applicable funder requirements and school-age childcare (SACC) regulations, ensuring SACC license is continuously maintained
• Oversee site budget and use of resources, managing spending within approved budget plan; proactively raise budget concerns during program year and tracking orders and monthly spending
• Track program data and provide reports to Associate Director, Senior Director and/or Executive Director as requested
• Participate in regular professional development opportunities, b