Child Care Programs Director

Gateway Region YMCA; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Gateway Region YMCA in the St. Louis area seeks a hands-on Program Director to lead child care and community programs. You will work with the director to determine current needs for the program, ensure policies are followed, and manage budgets and staff across locations.

The role emphasizes program quality, safety, participation tracking, and collaboration with schools and community groups to expand services and impact.

Qualifications

• Planning and coordinating a program and its activities.
• Ensuring policies and procedures are implemented.
• Maintaining budgets and tracking expenditures/transactions.
• Managing communications through media relations, social media, etc.

Responsibilities

• Support planning and coordination of a program and its activities.
• Works with director to determine current needs for program.
• Ensure implementation of policies and procedures.
• Maintain budget and track expenditures/transactions.
• Manage communication through media relations, social media, etc. Schedule and organize meetings/events and maintain agenda.
• Support growth and program development.
• Manages, directs and coordinates the child care programs for assigned location(s).
• Ensures high quality programs and establishes new program activities.
• Expands program within the community in accordance with strategic and operating plans.
• Recruits, hires, trains, develops, schedules and directs personnel and volunteers as needed.
• Reviews and evaluates staff performance.
• Develops strategies to motivate staff and achieve goals.
• Develops, manages and controls budgets related to the position.
• Ensures program operates within budget and that program fees are collected.
• Supports and budgets for healthy eating through coaching, mentoring, and monitoring menu quality.
• Assures compliance with federal, state and local regulations as they relate to program areas, including ADA accommodations where appropriate.
• Ensures that YMCA program standards are met and safety procedures followed.
• Provides for upkeep of assigned program facilities and equipment and ensures the physical environment supports healthy living.
• Develops and maintains relationships with state child care licensing agency, school administration, parent groups and other organizations and agencies related to assigned programs.
• Responds to all agency, parent and community inquiries and complaints in a timely manner.
• Provides staff leadership for annual fund raising campaign and committees as assigned.
• Compiles program statistics.
• Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of and participation in program.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Skills

Program planning

Budget management

Staff leadership

Community outreach

Communication

Policy implementation

Job description

Gateway Region YMCA in the St. Louis area seeks a hands-on Program Director to lead child care and community programs. You will work with the director to determine current needs for the program, ensure policies are followed, and manage budgets and staff across locations.

The role emphasizes program quality, safety, participation tracking, and collaboration with schools and community groups to expand services and impact.