PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

Job Details

Job Location: Skagit Valley Family YMCA Mount Vernon Hoag Road - Mount Vernon, WA

Salary Range: $24.00 - $28.00 Hourly

Description

POSITION SUMMARY: The Professional Development Coordinator directly supports staff members' initial training and ongoing learning within the Social Impact division of the Skagit Valley Family YMCA, which ensures housing, prevention, and support services for young people ages 12-24. This role additionally supports association-wide efforts to prevent child abuse and neglect through training and engagement of all Skagit Y staff who support children. The Professional Development Coordinator maintains certifications which enable in-house training support on topics such as crisis de-escalation, motivational interviewing, and other foundational content per Social Impact service contracts. This role delivers and/or coordinates content for a calendar published on a monthly, quarterly, and annual cadence and made available to all staff.

OUR CULTURE: Our mission and core values are brought to life by our culture. In the Y, we strive to live our cause of strengthening communities with purpose and intentionality every day. We are welcoming: we are open to all. We are a place where you can belong and become. We are genuine: we value you and embrace your individuality. We are hopeful: we believe in you and your potential to become a catalyst in the world. We are nurturing: we support you in your journey to develop your full potential. We are determined: above all else, we are on a relentless quest to make our community stronger beginning with you.

Essential Functions

• Works with program leadership to ensure minimum required onboarding and training routines for frontline staff and volunteers in Social Impact programs.
• Consults and advises programs on policy design and best practices for service delivery.
• Sets a regular schedule of learning opportunities for the benefit of all Social Impact staff and volunteers based on licensing and contractual requirements.
• Communicates upcoming and newly scheduled training and learning opportunities to staff.
• Provides regular Mandated Reporter/Child Abuse & Neglect, Trauma-informed Care, De-escalation, Harm Reduction and other applicable topics for the benefit of staff and volunteers. May also coordinate external trainers for these same topics.
• Maintains active certifications in topics relevant to youth homelessness and support services when possible as an in-house trainer on topics relevant to Social Impact programs.
• Engages in functional zero work led by the Skagit Y to consult or directly administer improvements to professional development of frontline staff.
• Develops materials and training content, including facilitator guides and Train-the-Trainer sessions, when topics are developed in-house. Will partner with the Advancement Team on development of materials.
• Educate, motivate and provide feedback to staff and volunteers as applicable.
• Engages in legislative advocacy efforts annually as applicable.
• Holds positive relationships with partners across governmental, educational system, nonprofit, community-based, and other institutional settings.
• Positively represents Social Impact programs and the Skagit Y across coalitions, task forces, and other associated groups and gatherings across the community.
  
  

TEAM LEADER CORE COMPETENCIES

• Models and teaches the Y's values.
• Ensures a high level of service with a commitment to improving lives.
• Provides volunteers with orientation, training, development and recognition.
• Cultivates relationships to support fundraising.
• Champions inclusion activities, strategies and initiatives.
• Builds relationships to create small communities.
• Empathetically listens and communicates for understanding when negotiating and dealing with conflict.
• Effectively tailors communications to the appropriate audience.
• Provides staff with feedback, coaching, guidance and support.
• Provides others with frameworks for making decisions.
• Conducts prototypes to support the launching of programs and activities.
• Develops plans and manages best practices through engagement of team.
• Effectively creates and manages budgets.
• Holds staff accountable for high-quality results using a formal process to measure progress.
• Shares new insights.
• Facilitates change; models adaptability and an awareness of the impact of change.
• Utilizes non-threatening methods to address sensitive issues and inappropriate behavior or performance. Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills required to perform well; uses best practices and demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and skills in technology.
  
  

Qualifications

Qualifications & Benefits

• Master's degree (preferred) in social services or related field and minimum of two years' experience working directly with adolescents OR a bachelor's degree in social services or related field from an accredited school and additional experience working with adolescents.
• Five years of successful full-time experience in a relevant field.
• Relevant experience, training and demonstrated skills in each area that they will be managing or supervising.
• Strong skills in leadership, communication, collaboration, crisis management and behavior management.
• Ability to effectively and rapidly respond to safety and emergency situations.
• Supervisory abilities that promote effective staff performance and foster collaboration.
• Knowledge of OR willingness to quickly learn group care licensing (WAC guidelines) and legal requirements. Familiarity OR willingness to quickly gain familiarity with the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF), and other public entities.
• Tuberculosis test by Mantoux method (required before beginning work).
• CPR/FA/AED and Blood Borne Pathogens training certification (within 30 days of employment or first scheduled training available through the Skagit Valley Family YMCA).
• Current Food Handler's Card (within 30 days of employment).
• Abuse Prevention and Mandatory Reporting training required within 30 days of hire.
• Maintain minimum of 24 hours of additional training per year.
  
  

Benefits From Day 1

• Free YMCA household membership
  
  

Your Other Benefits Will Be (waiting Period Applies)

• 8 paid federal holidays a year (full-time benefited employees to be eligible)
• Paid Sick & Vacation Day (accrual begins from day-1, eligible to use after 90-days)
• 2 paid personal days & 1 paid birthday per year
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance (full-time benefited employees to be eligible)
• 403 (b) Retirement Employer Match (after 2 years with 1,000 hours)
• Life insurance, and more! (full-time benefited employees to be eligible)
• Additional bilingual, premium pay of $0.50 for those who are fluent bilingual Spanish, Triqui, Mixtec, Russian and Ukrainian speakers. Ability to write or translate written materials is not required to receive this premium.