Associate Executive Director, Child & Family Services

Ymca Of Central Maryland, Inc.; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Ymca Of Central Maryland, Inc. in Baltimore County, MD seeks an Associate Executive Director of Child & Family Services to lead Head Start and Early Head Start programs, guiding a large family-services team to deliver compassionate, coordinated, and responsive support.

This role requires strong leadership, data-driven decision making, and the ability to build trusted partnerships with families, schools, and community agencies while ensuring compliance with Head Start standards and fostering a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in social work, human services, family studies, education, social sciences, or a related field.
• At least five years of progressively responsible experience in family services, case management, social services, education, or community-based programming.
• At least three years of leadership experience supervising managers or multi-layered teams.
• Demonstrated experience connecting families with resources and coordinating services across agencies.
• Strong relationship-building, communication, project-management, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience analyzing program data and using findings to guide decisions.
• Head Start or Early Head Start experience preferred.
• Knowledge of child development and family-centered practices.
• Ability to travel among program and community-partner locations.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required background clearances, training, and certifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop Family Services Directors and the broader family-services team.
• Oversee case management, family goal-setting, referrals, parent engagement, and access to community resources.
• Ensure families receive individualized, culturally responsive support based on their needs and strengths.
• Oversee eligibility, recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance processes.
• Monitor enrollment, attendance, family engagement, referrals, and program outcomes.
• Use data to identify service gaps, investigate root causes, and lead improvement strategies.
• Build partnerships with schools, community organizations, service providers, and government agencies.
• Coordinate disability, mental-health, and transition services with families, specialists, and community partners.
• Lead program initiatives and projects from development through implementation and evaluation.
• Ensure compliance with Head Start standards and applicable organizational, local, state, and federal requirements.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential records and reporting.
• Support program budgets, monitoring reviews, audits, and corrective-action plans.
• Represent the Y in community collaborations and provide hands-on support at program locations as needed.

Skills

Leadership experience

Relationship-building

Communication

Project management

Problem-solving

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Ymca Of Central Maryland, Inc. in Baltimore County, MD seeks an Associate Executive Director of Child & Family Services to lead Head Start and Early Head Start programs, guiding a large family-services team to deliver compassionate, coordinated, and responsive support.

This role requires strong leadership, data-driven decision making, and the ability to build trusted partnerships with families, schools, and community agencies while ensuring compliance with Head Start standards and fostering a