YWCA Tri-County Area is on a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, and promote peace justice, freedom, and dignity for all. YW serves more than 3,000 people annually in Montgomery, Chester, and Berks counties as a leader in advocating for girls, women, and families. YW’s quality programs and services focus on education, designed to build individual, family, and community success: early childhood education; Youth Empowerment and Prevention Programs that include substance use prevention, social/emotional learning, STEM enrichment, and recreation; adult education, English as a Second Language and workforce development; Foster Grandparent Program; eviction prevention; a food pantry and nutritious institutional meals; and holistic wraparound services. Mission-based advocacy efforts raise awareness, offer issue education, and build social capital around women’s empowerment, racial and social justice, and safe and healthy communities. YWCA Tri-County Area is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering competitive salaries and benefit packages.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
YW3CA is seeking a collaborative and motivated Manager to lead and support our team of youth- and family-focused Lead Educators and Educators while also engaging in direct service with youth and young adults. The ideal candidate is an experienced leader with strong interpersonal communication skills who excels at coaching staff, fostering professional growth, ensuring high-quality program delivery while remaining flexible to the evolving grant deliverables and needs. This role balances strong management skills with a hands-on commitment to direct service, modeling best practices in youth engagement and education across multiple segments. The ideal candidate for this role is an individual who has a passion and understanding of best practices in prevention and social emotional learning for youth.
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:
- Work closely with Youth Education & Prevention Lead Educators and Educators to develop programming calendar with compliance and fidelity to grant deliverables.
- Support and assist with research and collaborative writing in relation to new grant opportunities.
- Attune to community challenges and gaps as it informs programming and development of new offerings to bolster YW services and strengthen community support.
- With the support of the YEP Director and working together with YEP Educators – connect, communicate with and secure school/community sites for programming.
- Communicate and build relationships with YW families and caregivers to boost youth program attendance and understanding of overall YW programs and services.
- Oversee, plan and review programs and lesson plans to include YWCA’s mission-focused framework and evidence-based curriculum best practices.
- Guide YEP Educators to work within provided budget to accommodate projects through all programming while providing ultimate oversight and tracking of budgetary spending and needs.
- Ensure compliance with curriculum and lesson plans, as it relates to the performance and effectiveness of programs and team.
- Oversee and manage collection of program pre- and post-assessment data, as well as attendance, reporting requirements, lesson plans and schedules, and grant reports.
- Deliver and facilitate various programs using evidence-based curriculums to inform lesson plans, to children, adults, and families at YW3CA and various community sites.
- Participate in the development of projects that align with the mission of the organization ensuring reinforcement of essential tenants of the agency when possible.
- Support and guide professional development opportunities of YEP Team Educators/Members.
- Provide oversight of programming/staff to ensure cleanliness and safety for all participants.
- Communicate with YEP program participants, families and schools/communities as needed.
- Develop, write, and facilitate social media campaigns that highlight and promote YEP programming.
- Guide and oversee purchasing of materials, curriculum supports, etc., for YEP as needed.
- Planning for and participation in YEP Department and community-focused special events.
- Other duties as assigned within the scope of position expectations.
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