What are the responsibilities and job description for the Club Director position at Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area?
Brief Description
The Club Director conducts and manages overall daily operations of the designated Clubhouse in addition to special weekend and evening events. The primary focus is on the programs, service delivery, supervision and training of staff, facilities management, budget management, community relations and membership administration for the specified Club. Supervises program staff. Ensures a safe environment for all at all times.
Requirements
MINIMIUM QUALIFICATIONS:
KEY ROLES (Essential Job Responsibilities):
The Club Director conducts and manages overall daily operations of the designated Clubhouse in addition to special weekend and evening events. The primary focus is on the programs, service delivery, supervision and training of staff, facilities management, budget management, community relations and membership administration for the specified Club. Supervises program staff. Ensures a safe environment for all at all times.
Requirements
MINIMIUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, Associate’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or no degree and a minimum of 4 years relevant experience
- Must pass background check, reference check, and drug test
- Must be able to work and interact professionally
- Valid Drivers License is required
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Education, Social Work, Social Services, or related field and a minimum of 2 years of direct experience
- May be required to drive a shuttle bus; valid state driver’s license may be required.?
- Spanish speaking preferred
- Exemplary written and spoken communication skills
- Demonstrates dependability, accountability, and cooperation
- Preferred ability to stand for long periods of time
- Preferred ability to work in various weather conditions—hot, cold, rainy, etc
- Preferred ability to meet physical demands of working with youth
- Preferred ability to move equipment up to 25 pounds
- Preferred ability to endure periodically noisy environments (in the context of working with youth)
- Preferred ability to have adequate vision and hearing to ensure the safety of Club youth
KEY ROLES (Essential Job Responsibilities):
- Provides quality Club programming by creating, implementing, promoting, and managing content that supports our core program areas and outcomes
- Prepares for community engagements such as rentals, tours, meeting spaces, etc.
- Serve as a meeting space for community and BGCAA events
- Ensures quality improvement by monitoring and evaluating program achievement against target goals, recommending modifications that respond to member needs and interests
- Communicates BGCAA’s vision, mission and core values to staff, members, businesses, and greater community
- Ensures a productive and safe work environment for staff and members
- Ensures membership and program participation expectations are met
- Utilizes technology provided for quality programming & reporting
- Collaborates with Club staff and members to receive/provide information, discuss issues, explain guidelines/instruction
- Collaborates with community partners, local schools and volunteers for a variety of events/activities
- Works with youth individually or in groups to facilitate programming
- Provides feedback to Club youth using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage, motivate, or build confidence in students
- Ensures that BGCAA rules and policies are implemented
- Maintains a professional and role-model persona
- Maintains staff by recruiting and training employees
- Maintains a safe, legal, and clean work environment
- Maintains a Club environment that is consistently ready and available for partner and guest tours
- Develops personal and staff growth opportunities by participating and providing professional development opportunities
- Accomplishes staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; developing, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, procedures, and productivity standards
- Provide proper record keeping and reporting including activities and events conducted, breakdown of daily participation figures, notable achievements and any problems/issues
- Submit all reports in a timely and professional manner
- Create and share HomeClub activities to support local events
- Manage controllable expenses with approved budget
- Assure effective administrative functions are in place
- Ensure marketing communications requirements are submitted in a timely manner (i.e. stories, videos, pictures)
- Provide the Marketing Department with Stories and Pictures of Events Regularly
- Collaborate with the Marketing and HR Department for assistance with promoting Club events and opportunities
- Communicate with families on a regular basis; including monthly newsletters
- Host monthly Family Engagement opportunities while also supporting HomeClubs’ feeder schools
- Develops and maintains positive and professional contact with external community groups (i.e. churches, greater community, etc.), school administration, members’ parents and others
- Meet goal membership and average daily attendance numbers of 200 Club Kids each day
- Increase visibility of Club development activities and maintain good public relations within the Club and the community
- Participates in Youth Program Quality (YPQ) assessments as prescribed
- Conducts youth needs and interests survey as prescribed
- Participates in the National Youth Outcome Initiative survey as prescribed
- Completes a campus needs assessment as prescribed
- Completes the Impact Assessment as prescribed
- Fulfils grant requirements, if any
- Participates in the creation, implementation, maintenance, and management of the budget
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
- Attends and conducts staff meetings and training sessions as required
- Will be required to drive a shuttle bus for Club transportation, if needed for field trips
- Performs other duties as assigned
