Executive Director of Youth Development - Ft. Bend Community

YMCA of Greater Houston; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement plan (403B)

Free YMCA membership

Generous PTO

Job summary

The YMCA of Greater Houston seeks an Executive Director of Youth Development to oversee afterschool and day camp programs across Fort Bend and Greater Houston, ensuring safe, inclusive environments and high-quality curricula.

This role leads staff, drives strategic planning, and cultivates partnerships with schools, ISDs, families, and community organizations while supporting the Y’s mission.

Travel and long hours are possible as the leader fosters program excellence and organizational growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in human services or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Six or more years of management experience in youth development or nonprofit setting.
• Ability to direct operations, staff development, budgeting, marketing, and program development.
• Experience engaging volunteers and community partners.
• Knowledge of licensing standards and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic implementation and daily operations of high-quality out-of-school-time programs.
• Oversee hiring, training, supervision, and accountability of program staff.
• Direct financial development activities and seek new funding sources.
• Develop and monitor the center budget to meet targets.
• Build and maintain relationships with families, schools, ISDs, and community partners.
• Ensure safety and maintenance of facilities and equipment.
• Represent the YMCA at local and national conferences.
• Ensure curricula meet licensing standards and drive program quality.

Skills

Leadership

Staff supervision

Budget management

Fundraising & development

Program evaluation

Community partnerships

Volunteer management

Strategic planning

Communication

Compliance & licensing

Education

Bachelor's degree in human services, social services, business or equivalent

Tools

UKG Ready

Job description

Position Summary

The YMCA of Greater Houston Executive Director of Youth Development supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. This position oversees high-quality YMCA afterschool and day camp programs throughout the Greater Houston area, serving primarily the Fort Bend community. The Executive Director of Youth Development will ensure a safe and positive atmosphere that welcomes and respects all individuals while inspiring youth to discover their passions. This position will enthusiastically represent the Y by displaying a positive attitude and maintaining a high level of energy and commitment to quality in all aspects of the role.

The Executive Director of Youth Development builds and maintains strong relationships with families, community partners, schools, and YMCA centers through proactive and effective communication. They will ensure program curricula meet licensing and regulatory standards while continuously improving program quality through evaluation, assessment, and strategic planning. The position will serve primarily in the Fort Bend community, supporting the YMCA's mission and expanding its impact on youth and families throughout the area.

Essential Functions

• Leadership: Lead the strategic implementation and daily operations of high quality out of school time programs, which support the association mission, vision, goals, and strategic initiatives for youth development programs.
• Supervision: Oversees the hiring, training, supervision and overall accountability of program staff. May directly lead Senior Directors and Program Directors.
• Financial Development: Directs all financial development activities and seeks new funding sources to support out of school time programming.
• Fiscal Management: Develops, manages, and monitors the overall operating budget to meet and/or exceed budget targets.
• Market Growth & Analysis: Conduct department program analysis on assigned sites to include pricing structure, growth opportunities, funding opportunities and other needs. Expands program within the community in accordance with strategic and operating plans.
• Strategic Partnerships: Develops positive relationships and promotes the YMCA in the local community and develops positive working relationships with ISD's, area businesses, licensing agencies, community funders and governmental entities.
• Center Engagement: Assist in the promotion and integration with other YMCA departments to ensure the productive, effective and efficient operation of the center.
• Relationship Building: Develops and maintains relationships with center leadership, state child care licensing agency, school and district administration, parent groups and other organizations and agencies related to assigned programs. Resolves escalated inquiries, issues, and complaints by internal YMCA departments/centers, parents, schools, and community agencies in a timely manner.
• Annual Campaign: Leads annual staff campaign to meet department goals.
• Represents the YMCA of Greater Houston at local and national conferences related to out of school time programming.
• Ensures the safety and maintenance of Y owned and operated facilities, grounds, and equipment utilized for out of school programming.
• Directs all marketing and communication efforts to position the Y as the leader in youth development and a high quality program provider
• Serves as a member of the leadership round table, support the overall objectives of the Y.
• Coordinates all volunteer opportunities to further advance the Y mission and add greater value to our programs.
• Provides association-wide leadership to assigned specialty areas.
• Reports suspicious and inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.
• Follows mandated abuse and incident reporting requirements.
• Meet timelines and deadlines related to supporting systems and employee compliance. Examples include but are not limited to UKG Ready for review and approval of time sheets.
• Other duties as assigned.

YMCA Competencies (Multi-Team or Center Leader)

Mission Advancement: Reinforces the Y's values within the organization and the community. Effectively communicates the benefits and impact of the YMCA's efforts for all stakeholders. Implements effective systems to develop volunteers at program, fundraising, and policy leadership levels. Secures resources and support for all philanthropic endeavors.

Collaboration: Develops strategies to ensure staff and volunteers reflect the community. Builds and nurtures strategic relationships to enhance support for the YMCA. Serves as a community leader building collaborations based on trust and credibility to advance YMCA mission and goals. Communicates for influence to attain buy-in and support of goals. Provides tools and resources for the development of others.

Operational Effectiveness: Integrates multiple thinking processes to make decisions. Involves members and community in the development of programs and activities. Ensures execution of plans. Institutes sound accounting procedures, investment policies and financial controls. Assigns clear accountability and ensures continuous improvement.

Personal Growth: Fosters a learning environment embracing diverse abilities and approaches. Creates a sense of urgency and positive tension to support change. Anticipates challenges that can sidetrack or derail growth and personal learning. 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.

Qualifications

• 1. Bachelor's degree in human services, social services, business or equivalent.
• 2. Six or more years of management experience, preferably in a YMCA or other not-for-profit agency.
• 3. Ability to direct total operations through volunteer development, supervision of staff, development and monitoring of center budget, marketing and public relations, and program development.
• 4. Experience in management and development of volunteer involvement; ability to recruit top community leaders to support our out of school efforts.
• 5. Prefer knowledge of, and previous experience with, diverse populations
• 6. Ability to establish and maintain collaborations with community organizations.
• 7. YMCA Multi-Team or Center Leader certification preferred.
• 8. CPR and First Aid certifications as well as YMCA Compliance training required.
• 9. Fulfillment of state/licensing specific hiring standards and completion of YMCA program specific certifications.

Supervisory Responsibility

Supervisory responsibilities required.

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. Sufficient strength, agility, and mobility to perform essential functions of the position and to supervise program activities. Ability to lift up to 50 pounds. Possess adequate vision and hearing to safely monitor sports programming. Ability to perform all tasks demanded from employees inclusive of but not limited to sitting and standing for long periods of time, able to work in both indoor and outdoor weather conditions for extended periods of time and an ability to perform computer work for lengthy hours of operation.

Language Skills

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, policies and procedures, correspondence, and emails. Ability to write simple correspondence, reports, and policies and procedures for program areas. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to resolve routine problems. Ability to maintain confidentiality. Ability to be sensitive and alert to the needs, feelings, and safety of others.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time exempt position. This position frequently requires long hours and weekend work.

Travel

Travel is 50%-75%, primarily locally to assigned centers within the business unit in the Greater Houston area during the business day. Some out of area and overnight travel may be expected.

Full Time Employee Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation
• Generous and flexible PTO
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Long-term disability, basic life insurance and other voluntary benefits
• 403(B) retirement plan
• Free YMCA membership

The YMCA of Greater Houston provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.