Senior Vice President of Youth Development

We are looking for an executive leader at YMCA of Central Ohio to advance youth programs and shape the future for kids and families.

Job Description

The Senior Vice President of Youth Development oversees operations, fiscal management, strategy, community partner relationships, strategic growth and program development for all licensed early learning, preschool, Head Start, before and after school care, teen and day camp programming for the association.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Education or related field and at least 5 years of experience managing multiple licensed early learning and/or school age programs; and/or extensive training in the areas of program development/management and fiscal management or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• YMCA Organizational Leader certification preferred; if not certified, should obtain certification. For certification requirements, visit: https://yexchange.org/LeadershipDevelopmentApproach/Pages/Organizational-Leader-Certification.aspx
• Ability to direct total operations through supervision of staff, development and monitoring of branch budget, marketing and public relations, and program development.
• Advanced computer literacy in email, word processing/program (Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.) and internet navigation.
• Passionate belief in the Y’s cause of nurturing the potential of all youth, supporting healthy living for all people and finding ways to help and support our neighbors.
• Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community.
• Proven track record of developing authentic relationships with others.
• Ability to foster a collaborative team approach to solving challenging situations.
  

Essential Functions

• Thinks, communicates and behaves as a cause-driven leader and role model for other staff and members when it comes to desired staff behaviors; promotes youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility in all job-related functions.
• Manages the youth development team’s operational procedures, implementation of strategic initiatives and goals, and completion of projects that impact all youth development programs, including program development and expansion.
• Oversees the operation of all licensed child care programs to ensure licensing compliance, impact, quality, viability, as well as fiscal health and sustainability.
• Oversees the fiscal management, development, monitoring, reporting and analysis of annual and grant-funded program budgets for Early Learning, Head Start, Preschool, Day Camp, Teen, and Before/After School programs, including enrollment performance, PFCC revenue, data reporting, and ongoing adjustments to ensure program quality and viability.
• Coordinates efforts with the Operations and Advancement teams to obtain and implement grants from foundations or public entities to fund programs. This includes establishing roles and responsibilities to ensure all tasks are complete and deadlines are met for each grant, i.e. writing proposals, data collection and reporting.
• Develops and fosters strong relationships with school districts, other community-based organizations, corporations and governmental agencies in order to collaborate on youth related initiatives and contracts, as assigned.
• Facilitates the development of an annual plan and goals for all programs which includes detailed plans for quality improvements where necessary, prioritization of new initiatives, and plans for overall association program events (training, orientation, marketing campaigns, data collection, etc.).
• Works with the People & Culture and Marketing teams to develop and implement recruitment and promotional strategies.
• Maintains positive, professional relationships and cooperates with children, families, partners, school/host staff, administrators, community and YMCA staff.
• Serves as lead for the association in advocacy and public policy work related to child care locally, statewide and nationally.
• Maintains confidentiality in regards to staff and family information. Follow mandated reporting requirements. Communicates to all staff the organization’s commitment to protecting their youth from abuse.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse groups and viewpoints from all social and economic segments of the organization and community. A commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism is expected from our staff.