YD Broward, Program Coordinator, Adaptive Sports

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Position Summary:
The Program Coordinator has a primary impact in the overall success and effectiveness of the City of Pembroke Pines Special Population’s Summer Camp goals and objectives as it pertains to their grant with the Children’s Services Counsel (CSC). The individual in this position is responsible for overall operational management required to ensure a successful outcome and deliverables of the program.

Essential Functions / Job Duties:
• Acts as a consultant to the City of Pembroke Pines Summer Camp staff.
• Reviews CSC Tool to understand program requirements needed each summer.
• Assists in registration of participants and maintains participant files.
• Develops and maintains regular communication and relationships with City of Pembroke Pines Summer Camp supervisor.
• Actively participates in daily operations and offers solutions and ideas to fulfil the requirements and deliverables of the grant.
• Implements established Program Quality Standards and participates in the development of these standards.
• Supervises Part Time Site Supervisor on a daily basis.
• Obtains, develops, and maintains community relationships with the City of Pembroke Pines representatives, municipalities, and community agencies providing services related to the Youth Development and the YMCA.
• Ensures compliance with all agencies, including YMCA, City of Pembroke Pines, and Children Services Counsel.
• Develops and monitors program progress with the Senior Program Director, Associate Executive Director and/or the Executive Director.
• Attends all required departmental meetings and trainings.
• Assists with curriculum development and implementation. Ensures all grant outcomes are met.
• Gathers and submits monthly documents to the billing team before monthly deadline.
• Ensures that all grant compliance measures are maintained.
• Ensures that grant outcome data is collected with fidelity and reported by the deadlines provided.
• Any additional responsibilities established by Supervisor.

YMCA COMPETENCIES (i.e. Leader, Team Leader, Multi-Team / Branch Leader):
Mission Advancement: Reinforces the Y’s values within the organization and the community. Effectively communicates the benefits and impact of the YMCA’s efforts for all stakeholders. Implements effective systems to develop volunteers at program and fundraising leadership levels.
Collaboration: Develops strategies to ensure staff and volunteers reflect the community. Builds and nurtures strategic relationships to enhance support for the YMCA. Communicates for influence to attain buy-in and support of goals. Provides tools and resources for the development of others.
Operational Effectiveness: Integrates multiple thinking processes to make decisions. Involves members and community in the development of programs and activities. Ensures execution of plans. Institutes sound accounting procedures and financial controls. Assigns clear Accountability and ensures continuous improvement.
Personal Growth: Fosters a learning environment embracing diverse abilities and approaches. Creates a sense of urgency and positive tension to support change. Anticipates challenges that can sidetrack or derail growth and personal learning. 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, Skills and Abilities / Position Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Sociology, and Child Development or related field preferred.
• Minimum two years of experience managing youth development programs and three years of experience working directly with youth in organized out-of-school-time settings.
• Experience working with budgets, developing a budget, fiscal management of programs, and fund raising.
• YMCA management experience desirable.
• Florida Directors Credential preferred or must obtain Director's Credential within 18 months of employment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Sound fiscal management practices, strong organizational abilities and problem solving strategies.
• Demonstrated leadership through experiences in supervision, community collaboration and innovation.
• Ability to observe program activities, enforce safety regulations and apply appropriate policies and procedures.
• Visual and auditory ability to respond to critical incidents and the physical ability to act swiftly in an emergency.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word and Excel.
• Bilingual, English and Spanish preferred.
Position Profile
• Outgoing personality enjoys speaking to people.
• Innate desire to provide excellent customer service.

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.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works with outside whether conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.
• Indoor and outdoor facilities (e.g. childcare and recreational sites); exposure to heat, cold, work on slippery or uneven surfaces.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
• The employee is required to drive for meetings, trainings, and other work related duties.

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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.
• Being in good physical health with full range of body motion, including manual and finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination.
• Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
• Occasionally requires working under stressful conditions or working irregular hours.
• May be required to lift up to 30 pounds with or without assistance.
• Generally, the job requires 10% sitting, 20% walking, and 70% standing.
• Intermittent physical activity including walking, standing, sitting, lifting, and supporting participants.
• Incumbent may be exposed to virus, disease and infection from program participants.
• Incumbent may be required to work at multiple locations, as needed.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed, as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

Employment at the YMCA is at-will. It is purely voluntary, based upon the consent of both the Association and the staff member. No expressed or implied contractual rights should be inferred from this job description.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to submit to and satisfactorily clear a thorough Level II fingerprinting background screening.

As a Drug-Free Workplace, all new hires must successfully complete a drug test. Please note Medical Marijuana cards do not exempt you from successfully passing your drug test.

The YMCA of South Florida is committed to the policy of Equal Opportunity prohibiting discrimination in the workplace because of race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, political affiliation, age or disability.

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