Senior Director of Community Impact

Join us to lead programs grow staff and engage the community to drive impact in youth development healthy living and social responsibility.

Job Description

Serves as a member of the Executive Leadership Team and provides strategic leadership to advancing the YMCA’s mission through program design, development, and implementation. This is the lead position dedicated to ensuring exceptional staff team development and creating an atmosphere of outstanding and measurable community impact through programs and services designed for youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or a related field equivalent.
• YMCA Multi-Team Leader certification preferred
• Three or more years of experience with program leadership or development, supervision of teams, budget management and project management.
• CPR, First Aid and AED certifications required within 30 days of hire.
• Ability and current license to drive with record that meets YMCA standards.
• Ability to perform duties using latest technology, including, but not limited to Microsoft Office Suite, social media, online database software.
• Ability to respond to safety and emergency situations.
  
  

Essential Functions

• Develops and directs high-quality member engagement strategies and programs that support our Y’s strategic plan. Establishes plans for the growth and continuous improvement of programs and services, in harmony with overall YMCA objectives and capacity, identifying opportunities to maximize utilization of our spaces.
• Along with CEO and Finance team, provides leadership to the budgeting process so that resources are devoted to top priorities and strategic objectives. Ensures operating budgets meet or exceed targets. Recommends adjustments to the budget to ensure a balanced operation and submits timely, relevant reports on current operations.
• Direct reports include Aquatics Director, Gymnastics Director, Tennis/Pickleball Lead Staff, Youth Sports, Wellness Leads, and other Lead-level and higher staff hired to do the work of exceptional facility member engagement.
• Recruits, hires, trains, and provides ongoing support to diverse staff and volunteer teams. Reviews and evaluates staff performance. Develops strategies to motivate staff and achieve organizational goals. Guides others on how to strengthen knowledge, skills, and competencies that improve organizational performance.
• Works closely with Director of Community Engagement and marketing staff to effectively communicate community benefit and the Y’s impact for all stakeholders (e.g., staff, donors, volunteers, members, community leaders); develops positive working and collaborative relationships with other organizations, businesses, and governmental entities.
• Engages as an active member of the Upper Midwest State Alliance Peer Communit(ies) as appropriate.
  
  

Cause-Driven Leadership Competencies

Candidates for this particular role will be expected to demonstrate strength and willingness to continually improve in the following areas:

Communication and Influence

• Uses effective and persuasive communication skills to represent the Y as a thought leader in the community.
• Proactively communicates during critical and important situations, such as crisis or disaster situations.
• Gets things done through others by effectively reading and interpreting the culture, decisions, networks, and politics in the organization.
  
  

Change Leadership

• Initiates changes to improve the Y, meet community needs, and maximize impact.
• Creates a sense of urgency to support change initiatives.
• Manages implementation of change by understanding and addressing the impact of change on cultures, systems, and people.
• Aligns time and resources to allow new approaches to catch on, evolve, and thrive.
• Plans for resistance as part of the change process and develops strategies to help adapt and accept change initiatives.
  
  

Program/ Project Management

• Designs practices, processes, and procedures for strong project management (e.g., project charter, risk mitigation).
• Organizes people and activities for efficiency and effectiveness.
• Measures progress against strategic goals and ensures continuous improvement.
• Continually evaluates progress, impact, and outcomes; makes process improvements and adjustments as needed.
  
  

Fiscal Management

• Manages the budgeting process so that resources are devoted to top priorities and strategic objectives.
• Institutes sound accounting procedures, investment policies, and financial controls.
• Uses data to analyze financial trends and forecast future financial progress for the organization
  
  

Required Certifications

• Bachelor's degree or a related field equivalent.
• YMCA Multi-Team Leader certification preferred