Child Care Site Coordinator - Before and After School (Highland Elementary)

Ymc; Marysville (WA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free family YMCA membership

Education Advance: Up to $2,000 per yr

Paid training while you train

Deeply discounted programs for staff

Job summary

YMCA in Marysville, WA is seeking a Before & After School Site Coordinator to lead and oversee a licensed child care program for school-age children. You will supervise staff, create a safe and engaging environment, and build strong relationships with families and school partners.

The role requires 2+ years in licensed school-age care, DCYF-qualified education, and a willingness to work a year-round, full-time schedule with shifts before/after school and some full-day coverage.

Qualifications

• Two or more years working in licensed School-Age Care program.
• Meet educational and experience qualifications established by the DCYF.
• Have a high school diploma or equivalent; complete college credits as specified; provide documentation of certifications and training.

Responsibilities

• Lead the daily operations of a licensed before and after-school program.
• Coordinate with the Program Director to develop, prepare, and implement engaging activities.
• Supervise and coach a team of youth development staff.
• Foster a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for every child.
• Build positive relationships with families, school staff, and community partners.
• Ensure compliance with state/local regulations and YMCA standards.
• Maintain program materials, equipment, and facilities; keep required records.
• Complete administrative tasks including scheduling, planning, and documentation.
• Support nearby Y school-age care sites as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Team leadership

Staff coaching

Child supervision

Program development

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

30 college credits in any 100-level or above

18 additional college credits within five years

Job description

• Base Pay $23.63 - $26.87 / Hour
• Job Category Child Care, Before and After School
• Relocation Expense Covered No
• Employee Type Non-Exempt Full Time
• Required Degree High school
• Manage Others Yes

Contact information

• Phone [phone]
• Email [e-mail]

Location

Before and after school at Highland Elementary School

Availability

Monday-Friday; must be available for shifts between 6:15 am - 9:30 am and 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm.

Make Every Day Matter

At the Y, we believe every child deserves a safe place to belong, caring adults who believe in them, and opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. As the nation's leading nonprofit dedicated to strengthening communities, we bring people together to build healthy, connected, and resilient communities.

If you're passionate about youth development, enjoy leading others, and want a career where your work truly matters, we'd love to have you join the Y team.

What you will do at the Y:

As a Before & After School Site Coordinator, you will lead and oversee the daily operation of a high-quality licensed school-age child care program. You'll lead and support a team of staff, create a safe and engaging environment for children, and build positive relationships with families and school partners.

During the school year, you'll work in our before and after-school programs. During the summer, you'll serve in a leadership role at one of our YMCA day camps.

Work Schedule

This is an in-person, full-time, year-round position working directly with children, Monday-Friday .

Site Coordinators typically work a combination of:

• Morning program hours before school
• Administrative hours during the school day
• Afternoon program hours after school
• On non-school days and summer breaks: Full Day program hours, 8-hour shift.

Most Site Coordinators work 35- 40 hours per week, with a mix of leadership, administrative, and direct program in-ratio responsibilities.

Why Work at T he Y?

• Make a difference in the lives of children and families.
• Lead a fun and supportive team.
• Receive ongoing training and professional development.
• Grow your career with the YMCA.
• Be part of an organization that is committed to helping every child and family thrive.

• Lead the daily operations of a licensed before and after-school program.
• Coordinate with the Program Director to develop, prepare, and implement engaging, age-appropriate activities that promote learning, belonging, and healthy development.
• Supervision of all children and related program area activities.
• Supervise, coach, and support a team of youth development staff.
• Foster a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for every child.
• Build positive relationships with families, school staff, and community partners.
• Ensure compliance with state and local regulations in addition to YMCA standards and procedures.
• Maintain materials, equipment, and program facility.
• Maintain required program records.
• Complete administrative responsibilities including scheduling, planning, communication, and documentation.
• Support nearby Y school-age care sites as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Two or more years working in licensed School-Age Care program, with children in a developmentally appropriate group setting. Preferred, YMCA experience.
• Meet educational and experience qualifications established by the DCYF (Dept of Children, Youth and Families)
  • Have a high school diploma or equivalent;
  • Complete thirty college credits in any one hundred-level or above college coursework or equivalent;

OR

• Have completed at least twelve college credits in any one hundred-level or above college coursework or equivalent AND complete an additional eighteen college credits in any one hundred-level or above coursework or equivalent within five years of employment
• Provide documentation of all certification and training requirements established by the DCYF, including position prerequisites, current negative TB test, fully vaccinated for MMR/other required vaccinations, and portable background check
• Experience planning, organizing, and implementing high quality developmentally appropriate programming
• Experience working with individuals, families and communities of diverse backgrounds and abilities
• Fluency in second language desired

Our Commitment to Inclusion

The Y is made up of people of all ages and from every walk of life, working side by side to strengthen communities. Together we work to ensure that everyone, regardless of ability, age, cultural background, ethnicity, faith, gender, gender identity, ideology, income, national origin, race or sexual orientation, has the opportunity to reach their full potential with dignity. Our core values are caring, honesty, respect and responsibility—they guide everything we do.

We look forward to having you on our YMCA team!

Summary

What you’ll get from working at The Y:

• FREE family YMCA membership
• Education Advance: Up to $2,000 per year*
• FREEtraining offered for all positions & get paid while you train for your job!
• 100% off specific programs and services for Full Time staff (and their dependents) that include:
  • Before and After School Care*, Day Camps, 1 session of Overnight Camp, Family Camps, Group Swim Lessons, Youth Sports, and Youth Leadership programs.
• Free Employee Assistance Program
• Competitive benefits package for full-time staff including: Medical, dental, life and long term disability insurance
• Paid time off (available after 90 days) and 8 paid holidays
• Retirement paid at 12% annual compensation after 2 years of service (minimum 1,000 hours worked in each year)
• Cheery, dynamic cause-driven work environment, like no other!
• Flexible work schedules and a family-friendly environment.
• Opportunity to grow: When you work at the Y, you will be encouraged to try new things and grow your career. We have a solid reputation for hiring good people who do great things.

*Within IRS limits, discounts that exceed $5,000 are reported as taxable compensation on your paycheck and W-2 for that year.

The full range of the pay for this position is: $23.63 -$ 37.80

Y Culture

• Build relationships with a diverse membership base in culturally responsive ways, connect members with one another and to the YMCA
• Exhibit Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility
• Complete required training and certifications within established guidelines
• Arrive on time ready for shift, clock in/out within timekeeping system

EmbraceTeam Leader Core Competencies

Mission Advancement

• Models and teaches the Y’s values
• Ensures a high level of service with a commitment to improving lives
• Provides volunteers with orientation, training, development, and recognition
• Cultivates relationships to support fundraising
• Champions inclusion activities, strategies, and initiatives
• Builds relationships to create small communities
• Empathetically listens and communicates for understanding when negotiating and dealing with conflict
• Effectively tailors communications to the appropriate audience
• Provides staff with feedback, coaching, guidance and support

Operational Effectiveness

• Provides others with frameworks for making decisions
• Conducts prototypes to support the launching of programs and activities
• Develops plans and manages best practices through engagement of team
• Effectively creates and manages budgets
• Holds staff accountable for high-quality results using a formal process to measure progress

Personal Growth

• Shares new insights
• Facilitates change; models adaptability and an awareness of the impact of change
• Utilizes non-threatening methods to address sensitive issues and inappropriate behavior or performance
• Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills required to perform well; uses best practices and demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and skills in technology

Physical and Mental Demands: The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by employees to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Physical Demands

Lead and participate in a range of activities in indoor/outdoor settings. Sufficient strength, agility and mobility to perform essential functions of position and to safely supervise program activities. Staff may be required to move weights of approximately 50 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to sit, walk and stand; talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands repetitively to handle, feel or operate standard office equipment; reach with hands and arms; and lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Mental Demands

While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; read and interpret data, information and documents; analyze and solve non-routine and complex problems; may use math and mathematical reasoning; observe and interpret situations; learn and apply new information or skills; perform highly detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks; work under intensive deadlines with frequent interruptions; and interact with members, staff, volunteers, and others encountered in the course of work, some of whom may be dissatisfied individuals.

Working Conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Typically interaction with others is busy, constant and occasionally interruptive. Work may be demanding at times. May require ability to work irregular hours. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Job descriptions represent a general outline of job duties, functions and qualifications. They are not intended to be comprehensive in nature. In addition, jobs evolve over time and therefore their description may not reflect the precise nature of the position at a given point in time.