Youth Development Site Lead - Bauerschlag

About the role

The role involves providing direction for the program and staff, implementing the YMCA school-age enrichment program curriculum, and ensuring a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment for children.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the designated Texas Childcare Licensing Site Director, ensuring compliance with all YMCA Houston and state regulations and standards.
• Oversee the daily operations of the afterschool program, maintaining a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment for all children.
• Maintain the program site and equipment, assisting with the set-up and breakdown of activity centers and cleaning of the program area.
• Ensure the safety and security of all children and staff at the site, conducting regular headcounts and maintaining accurate attendance records.
• Implement positive behavior management techniques, addressing behavioral issues in a calm and constructive manner.
• Conduct regular safety drills and inspections to ensure compliance with licensing requirements and organizational policies.
• Communicate regularly with parents regarding their child’s progress, behavior, and any concerns.
• Develop and implement strategies to promote program growth and increase enrollment, creating and executing retention plans to ensure high levels of participant satisfaction and continuity.
• Evaluate program effectiveness and make adjustments as necessary, planning and implementing lesson/activity plans that include both formal and informal play within the center and outdoors.
• Follow all organizational policies and procedures, including those related to health and safety, child protection, and confidentiality.
• Report any concerns or issues to the Program Director in a timely manner.

Requirements

• At least 21 years of age.
• A high school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• A minimum of 70 clock hours of training in child or youth development, recreational leadership or management.
• A minimum of 1 year experience working with youth at a licensed facility, church, school or equivalent.
• CPR, First Aid, AED certifications and Child Abuse prevention trainings.
• Ability to plan, organize, and implement age-appropriate/developmentally appropriate program activities.
• Previous experience supervising others preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) with demonstrated interest in the welfare of children; prior childcare or baby-sitting experience is preferred.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions.
• Ability to maintain physical condition necessary for adequate physical performance including light to moderate lifting (up to 25 lbs with occasional lifting of up to 50 lbs.); bending, stooping, kneeling, crawling, climbing; standing, walking, pushing, pulling, reaching, balancing, and crouching; use of hands and fingers, handle or feel; reach; speak and hear, use close and distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perceptions, and ability to adjust focus.

Skills

• Collaboration: Creates sustainable relationships within the Y and with other organizations in service to the community.
• Communication & Influence: Listens and expresses self effectively and in a way that engages, inspires, and builds commitment to the Y’s cause.
• Developing Self & Others: Develops self and supports others (e.g., staff, volunteers, members, program participants), both formally and informally, to achieve their highest potential.
• Functional Expertise: Executes superior technical skills for the role.
• Inclusion: Values all people for their unique talents, and takes an active role in promoting practices that support diversity, inclusion, and global work, as well as cultural competence.
• Program/Project Management: Ensures program or project goals are met and intended impact occurs.

Benefits

Details will be provided in advance.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

Before/After School: Part-time, typically Monday-Friday, morning shift 6:30 am – 8:30 am, afternoon shift 2:30 pm – 6:30 pm (start and end time may vary). Program runs concurrently with ISD calendar. May be required to work Saturday's occassionally. Camp: Typically Monday-Friday, 6:30 am – 6:30 pm with a morning, afternoon and evening shift option (start and end time may vary). Camps run concurrently with ISD calendar breaks. Position will default to a Youth Development Counselor during Camp Seasons unless the employee applies for an alternative position. May be required to work Saturday's occassionally.

Must be available to attend and participate in family nights, program activities, staff meetings, and staff trainings.