Director of Youth Development

Lansing YMCA; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Piedmont Family YMCA seeks a Director of Youth Development to lead all youth programs, including Summer Camp and After School, across multiple sites. You will oversee five full-time Multi-Site Directors and part-time staff, ensuring high-quality, compliant program delivery and staff development.

The role requires strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills, with a focus on recruiting, training, and developing volunteers.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience overseeing youth programs or licensed child care.
• Experience recruiting, training, and developing volunteers and staff.
• Strong organizational and analytical project-management capabilities.
• Demonstrated communication skills, oral and written.

Responsibilities

• Manage all Youth Development programs including summer camp and after-school.
• Direct a team of five full-time Multi-Site Directors and part-time staff.
• Ensure best-in-class execution of youth-serving programs.
• Recruit, hire, and train volunteers and staff.

Skills

Team leadership

Organizational skills

Project management

Communication skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Virginia childcare regulations knowledge

YMCA Team Leader certification

Job description

Reporting to the Association Director of Youth Development, the Director of Youth Development manages all Youth Development programs of the Piedmont Family YMCA. The primary programs for the department include:

• Summer Camp (Youth & Teen)
• After School
• Out-of-School Camps (Winter Break, Spring Break, Teacher Workdays)

They will lead a team of five (5) full-time Multi-Site Directors and part-time afterschool/camp counselors, to ensure the best-in-class execution of all youth-serving programs.

The anticipated work schedule for this position is 8:30AM - 5:30PM with some evenings and weekends as dictated by programming.

• At least 21 years old.
• Bachelor's degree in related field preferred.
• YMCA Team Leader certification preferred.
• Meet qualifications of a Program Director as detailed in Regulations for Licensed Childcare in Virginia.
• Three to five years experience in delivery of licensed child care and/or camp programming.
• Demonstrated experience in recruiting, hiring, training, and development of volunteers and staff.
• Demonstrate initiative, effectively prioritize, and possess strong organizational, analytical and project management skills.
• Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong computer efficiency with intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office skills.
• Requires a positive attitude, high level of initiative and professionalism, and enjoy working in and creating a strong team environment.
• Maintain high level of discretion and confidentiality in all areas.
• Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community.
• High ethical standards and possess strong personal and professional integrity.

WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use a computer for extended periods of time and be able to communicate using a computer and phone/smart device.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is often required to: climb stairs, bend, stoop, kneel, twist, reach with hands, sit, stand for an extended period of time, climb ladders, walk, shovel snow, plow snow, lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, have finger dexterity, grasp, perform repetitive motions, talk, hear and have visual acuity.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.