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YMCA Lowell Assistant School Age Director in Lowell, Massachusetts
POSITION SUMMARY:\ This position supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit, charitable organization committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. The Program Director at Greater Lowell Family YMCA oversees the development and operations of their assigned department, such as health and wellness, aquatics, camp, school age, preschool, facilities, youth, membership and/or other programs and designs practices, processes, and procedures for strong program and project management.\ ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:\ - Ensures programs and services meet community needs to include supervising existing program activities, establishing new program activities, and expanding the program within the community as needed. Assists in the marketing and distribution of program information.\ - Recruits and hires diverse staff and volunteer teams across multiple dimensions of diversity. Onboards and develops them for success.\ - Models relationship-building skills in all interactions. Develops and maintains collaborative relationships with community organizations. Maintains regular, clear, and concise communication within area of responsibility.\ - Manages the program, including developing and monitoring the program budget to meet fiscal objectives; compiling program statistics to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of and participation in program; securing and scheduling the needed facilities; and creating and scheduling the classes, activities, or events.\ - Participates as a member of the YMCA Branch Leadership Team and participates in YMCA organization projects and events.\ - Read and sign all policies related to identifying, discriminating, and reporting child abuse. Report any instance of child abuse. Attend Child Abuse Prevention training annually.\ - Assume all other responsibilities as deemed necessary or assigned.\ 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.\ - The employee needs sufficient strength, agility, and mobility to perform essential functions and to supervise program activities in a wide variety of indoor and outdoor locations.\ - 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.\ - The employee frequently is required to sit, reach, and must be able to move around the work environment.\ - The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.\ - Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust.\ - The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.\ Qualifications:\ - Bachelors degree in related field or equivalent experience\ - YMCA Team Leader certification preferred.\ - One to two years of related experience preferred.\ - Minimum age of 21 years old\ - Within 30 days of hire, completion of CPR, First Aid, AED, 51A and Redwood Trainings\ - Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community.