The Davie Family YMCA is looking for a Program Director to lead our licensed Before and After School, Summer Day Camp and family life programs.
Local or regional candidate preferred.
This position reports directly to the Executive Director and is responsible for the management of licensed Before School and After School, licensed Summer Camp as well as family life programing and child watch areas. They will also lead special events and assist with school and branch functions.
Program Directors must exemplify the YMCA values of Caring, Honest, Respect, Responsibility and Faith in all aspects of job performance, and in building and maintaining relationships with school personnel, participants, volunteers and staff. Ideal candidates will have proven success in supervising staff, increasing enrollment, cross promotion of programs, time management skills, and strengthening program quality. This position will also have direct fund-raising responsibilities with the Annual Giving Campaign and will be expected to solicit donations from staff and the community to meet their individual department goals (set by the Executive Director).
Schedule: Must be available Monday- Friday between 7:00 am - 6:00 pm. Hours may vary according to the needs of the program. Must be able to work weekends, evenings, Holidays and/extended hours as necessary.
- Experience with Day Camp or Resident Camp is a requirement for this position.
- (Required) NC Early Childhood Credential or 2 semester hours in Child Dev + 2 semester hours in School-Age programming BSAC. PLUS one of the following:
- Level III on the School Age Early Educator Certification Scale
- BA/BS degree with 3 semester hours in School-Age studies
- 6 semester hours of school age study complete (but no degree)
- 750 hours of licensed school age experience of 900 hours of unlicensed school age Current experience (this is the most common
- CDL license or willingness to obtain immediately is required
- (Preferred) Level II NC Early Childhood Administration Credential or its equivalency and 3 hours in early childhood education or child development; and either 3 years of full-time verifiable early childhood experience in an early childhood center teaching young children; or 3 years of child care administration experience; or a combination AND BSAC training or 750 hours of verifiable experience in a licensed child care program or 1150 hours of verifiable time in an unlicensed school-age care or camp setting
- Preferred current CDL license or willingness to obtain
- 2-5 years YMCA experience preferred.
- Able to work with minimal supervision preferred.
- Strong Computer proficiency; experience with MS Office preferred.
- Strong interpersonal, organization and communication skills are required for this position.
Salary: $35,400.00 - $37,000.00