Job Title: Program Manager

Location: Scottsdale, AZ

Reports to: Executive Director

FLSA Status: Full Time, Exempte

Girls on the Run serving Maricopa & Pinal Counties is dedicated to creating a world where every girl knows and activates her limitless potential and is free to boldly pursue her dreams. We inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. In the last 20 years we have served more than 18,000 local girls, and just this spring more than 1,500 girls participated in our programming at more than 100 sites across the Valley. To learn more about our program and impact, visit: https://www.gotrmc.org/ 

At Girls on the Run we believe that all girls and communities should have access to our programs. We strive to eliminate barriers to participation, to continue creating programming that engages all communities, to be intentional about staff and volunteer diversity and to promote a culture of inclusion across the organization.

Position Profile

The Girls on the Run serving Maricopa & Pinal Counties Program Manager is responsible for ensuring high-quality implementation of Girls on the Run programs at elementary schools, middle schools, partner organizations and community sites in Maricopa & Pinal Counties. Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Program Outreach and Site Management

• Implement the Girls on the Run strategic program plan and achieve program goals with respect to number of girls served, number of site locations and demographic requirements
• Develop effective marketing strategies that result in increasing the number of participating sites and girls each season
• Work with community leaders, districts, schools and other organizations to maximize the success of Girls on the Run programming
• Support the needs of new and existing sites, conducting site visits to ensure quality program implementation
• Enforce current site policies and procedures, implementing improvements as needed

Coach Management and Training

• Develop effective coach recruitment and retention strategies that result in qualified volunteers that mirror the demographics of our community and girls served
• Recruit and train coaches to ensure program fidelity and quality
• Manage all aspects of coach training, including logistics and facilitation
• Enforce current coaching policies and procedures, implementing improvements as needed
• Support coach volunteers and design appreciation initiatives

Program Management

• Manage administrative pieces of program implementation including program supply inventory, registration information, program evaluations and applications in Pinwheel
• Develop and track program budget with Executive Director
• Manage participant financial assistance policies and procedures
• Communicate with sites, coaches and families

Organizational Support

• Play a key role at the end-of-season 5K and Limitless Potential Brunch events
• Attend community events on behalf of the organization to raise awareness of the organization or in support of a community partnership
• Support organizational fundraising and outreach initiatives

Looking for the following experience:

• Working within teams
• Volunteer management
• Taking initiative
• Bravery and creativity in decision making
• Adapting to unforeseen challenges
• Passion for collaboration and bringing people together
• Quality customer service
• Living the Girls on the Run mission and values

Required Qualifications

• Passion for the Girls on the Run mission
• Outstanding communication skills in multiple environments and with a range of audiences
• Ability to multitask and prioritize
• Effective problem solver
• Flexible team-player with a sense of humor

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in youth development, public health, education, nonprofit or social work
• Connections to the local community
• Training and facilitation experience

Program lessons typically occur in the afternoon immediately upon school dismissal making availability on afternoons during the spring season critical. Most work takes places Monday – Friday at the Girls on the Run office, but some weekends and evenings for offsite events or meetings are required. These may include but are not limited to: coach trainings, info nights, committee meetings, outreach events, the Girls on the Run 5K and Limitless Potential Brunch.

Our team is passionate about supporting each other. We celebrate each other’s successes and are quick to lend our help and share our knowledge. We work collaboratively and believe wholeheartedly in the work that we do. In this position, you can expect a work culture that trusts and empowers you to work autonomously with the support of the team when you need it, that appreciates you for who you are as a person not just an employee and that promotes a healthy work-life balance.

Compensation and benefits:

This is a full-time exempt position offering a salary of $50,000 - $55,000, health insurance, a generous PTO plan, professional development opportunities and a flexible and supportive work environment that embraces the Girls on the Run Core Values.