Out of School Time Site Director - Baltimore City

Ymca Of Central Maryland, Inc.; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Ymca Of Central Maryland, Inc. seeks an OST Site Director to lead a grant-funded after-school program serving students across elementary to high school settings. You will build a strong team, manage resources, and foster a safe, engaging learning environment aligned with Y core values.

The role emphasizes partnerships with schools and families, tracking outcomes, and producing regular reports. You will oversee budgeting, staffing, outreach, and marketing while ensuring program and grant

Qualifications

• Experience leading after-school, education, youth-development, or community-based programs.
• Ability to hire, coach, supervise staff and develop teams.
• Experience tracking outcomes and preparing data narratives and reports.
• Strong relationship-building with schools, families, staff, and community partners.

Responsibilities

• Implement and oversee a high-quality, grant-aligned after-school program.
• Recruit, hire, train, supervise, and develop program staff.
• Review time and attendance and support performance management.
• Build strong relationships with school leaders and partners.
• Monitor hours, expenses, and resources to stay within grant budget.
• Track participation, progress, and outcomes.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports.
• Develop and maintain partnerships to strengthen the program.
• Lead staff meetings and engage with partners.
• Create outreach and marketing materials; maintain social media presence.
• Support school-year and summer programming when offered.
• Model YMCA values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

Data reporting

Partnership development

Communication

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Time management

Youth development

Job description

How This Role Contributes to the Y’s Mission

As an OST Site Director, you will lead a grant-funded, outcomes-driven after-school program that helps young people learn, grow, and thrive. Serving elementary, middle, or high school students in a public school or community setting, you will create an engaging and supportive environment where youth can build skills, confidence, and meaningful connections.

You will bring the program to life by developing a strong team, managing resources responsibly, building community partnerships, and measuring progress toward program goals. Through your leadership, you will expand opportunities for youth while advancing the Y’s mission and core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.

This Work Is Right for You If You Have:

• A passion for youth development and creating high-quality learning experiences.

• Experience leading an after-school, education, youth-development, or community-based program.

• Strong leadership skills and experience hiring, coaching, and supervising staff.

• The ability to manage budgets, monitor spending, and maintain accurate records.

• Experience tracking outcomes and preparing clear data and narrative reports.

• Strong relationship-building skills with schools, families, staff, and community partners.

• Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.

• The ability to manage multiple priorities while meeting program and grant deadlines.

• Creativity and enthusiasm for promoting programs through outreach, marketing, and social media.

Essential Functions

• Implement and oversee a high-quality, developmentally appropriate out-of-school-time program aligned with grant requirements and youth needs.

• Recruit, hire, train, supervise, evaluate, and support program associates.

• Review and approve associate time and attendance and participate in performance management when needed.

• Build a positive, collaborative relationship with school leadership while meeting program expectations.

• Monitor staffing hours, program expenses, and resources to remain within the approved grant budget.

• Track program participation, progress, and outcomes.

• Prepare accurate weekly, monthly, and quarterly data and narrative reports.

• Develop and maintain partnerships that strengthen and sustain the program.

• Lead effective staff meetings and actively contribute to school, partner, and organizational meetings.

• Develop outreach and marketing materials and maintain an appropriate social media presence for the program.

• Support school-year programming and summer programming when offered.

• Model the Y’s core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.

• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.