Under the general supervision of the Chief Operating Officer (COO), the Executive Director is responsible for establishing and implementing the mission, goals, and values of the YMCA within their community. This involves all aspects of building an outstanding staff (hiring, recruiting, and training); developing and working with an involved volunteer board and establishing the YMCA as an important force for local community development. The Executive Director is also responsible for growing the revenue, improving the operating performance management of their facility and achieving local fund raising objectives.
Areas of Responsibility:
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide support to achieving goals laid out in the Strategic Plan and to fulfilling overall Association wide goals; support Association wide programs.
- Lead fund raising efforts for their branch and ensure achievement of annual goals.
- Establish a dynamic, customer-focused plan to improve the YMCA’s membership retention and acquisition. Implement an ongoing member involvement plan that moves members from a casual to committed relationship with the YMCA and increases the number of members involved as donors and volunteers.
- Provide direction and leadership on the execution of Membership goals and outcomes.
- Provide direct leadership to their branch and strengthen the staff’s capacity to work effectively as a team.
- Ensure that the YMCA has an outstanding, dedicated, and culturally competent staff, with a spirit of camaraderie and passion for the YMCA mission.
- Attract and retain top staff and act as caretaker for the assets of the organization.
- Retain ultimate responsibility for program development. Ensure necessary data collection for outcome-based measurement in YMCA programs.
- With Branch leadership, prepare the annual operating budget for approval by the local and Metropolitan Boards. Administer the budget and exercise necessary controls to ensure that the operation is maintained within the approved budget. In response to financial trends, recommend adjustments in operations to ensure a balanced operation.
- Develop and initiate grant opportunities to augment program offerings. Be pro-active in obtaining federal, state, and private funds to ensure successful implementation of mission programming.
- Actively pursue collaborative relationships with agencies, businesses, schools, and other community service organizations in the Branch service area.
- Responsible for ensuring that all risk management and safety practices are in place and managed.
- Provide leadership for Branch Volunteer Development efforts to include: Board development; committee development and annual support campaign leadership. Attend Branch Board meetings and effectively engage volunteers.
- Endorse one Association Movement.
- Must be active in civic and community groups, be respected as a leader and uphold the highest standards and values exemplified in the YMCA. Identify key issues and challenges facing the community with particular attention to underserved groups which can be addressed within the mission, goals, values, and resources of the YMCA.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree required.
Skills/Experience:
Qualifications/Credentials
- Minimum of 8 or more years overall leadership experience with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in an executive level/senior management position (YMCA or non-profit experience preferred but not required);
- This individual must have a hands-on knowledge of effective operating approaches and be fully versed in managing a volunteer organization with diverse membership and community needs.
- High level competency skills in the following areas are needed – member focused, results driven, problem solving, team focused, and influence.
Managerial and Consultative Skills
- Extensive experience in financial management, community development, membership and program delivery, empowering leadership skills, organization development, strategic planning, facility operations, risk management, managing diversity, and fund raising are integral to this position.
Reasoning Ability
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Certifications and Licenses
- Listen First
- Child Abuse Prevention
- Multi-Team/Branch Leadership Certification
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 stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands; balance, stoop, kneel or crouch; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
Work Environment
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must be able to travel to other branches, within the community and local region. The position has exposure to Blood borne Pathogens and the incumbent will be educated and prepared to do so. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions
Additional Information:
Effect on End Results
The effectiveness of the performance of this position can be evaluated by:
- Completion of objectives relating to Branch and Association goals.
- Sound fiscal operations, including achieving revenue targets, with growth to prior year actuals.
- Strong, committed, active, and community-representative Board structure, supported by an effective committee structure.
- Strong, professional staff team sufficiently equipped and empowered to carry out the programmatic goals of the Association.
- Outstanding, effective community relationships, resulting in successful collaborations and community influence. Effective, well organized Annual Support Campaign.
- Fun, productive and effective work environments.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Aug 22 2017
Active Until:
Sep 22 2017
Hiring Organization:
YMCA of the USA
industry:
Nonprofit