YMCA Of Southern Nevada
About The YMCA
Established locally in 1944, the YMCA of Southern Nevada is one of the region’s longest-serving and most-respected nonprofit organizations. We are committed to helping people of all ages, abilities, backgrounds, and income levels - ensuring everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential with dignity and that no one is turned away due to the inability to pay. From childcare to senior programs; sports to education; fitness centers to chronic disease management; and swim lessons to feeding the hungry, the Y is truly for all in its cause of holistically strengthening the foundations of this community.
Position Summary Under the direction of the Branch Executive Director, the Youth Development Director develops, organizes, implements and oversees high quality YMCA childcare programs in accordance with the purposes and policies of the Association. This individual is responsible for program expansion, supervising staff, and day to day operations at the branch level.
Essential Functions
Program Leadership & Oversight: Manages, directs, and coordinates all Youth & Family programs at the branch level, ensuring alignment with YMCA mission, strategic priorities, and community needs.
Program Quality & Continuous Improvement: Conducts program quality assessments, identifies strengths and areas for improvement, determines corrective actions, and establishes measurable goals in direct response. Serves as a key decision-maker regarding programs to start, stop, sustain, or enhance at the branch level.
Program Development & Growth: Designs, launches, and expands programs, activities, and revenue streams in accordance with strategic and operating plans. Determines the scope, structure, timing, location, and delivery model of new and existing programming.
Staff Leadership & Talent Development: Recruits, hires, trains, schedules, supervises, and evaluates seasonal and part-time staff. Develops staff through coaching, performance management, and professional development. Implements strategies to motivate staff, nurture high performers, and lead departmental succession planning.
Budget & Financial Management: Develops, manages, and controls departmental budgets. Ensures programs operate within approved budgets, program fees are accurately collected, and administrative financial duties are completed, including budget tracking, purchase orders, payroll review, and forecasting.
Compliance, Risk Management & Safety: Ensures compliance with all state, local, and YMCA regulations related to program operations, equipment, and facilities. Upholds YMCA program standards and ensures safety and emergency procedures are consistently followed. Plans and facilitates audits and drills, leads audit debriefs, coaches staff on corrective actions, and maintains up-to-date policies and procedures.
Policy & Systems Implementation: Updates, communicates, and implements policy, procedural, and system changes to strengthen program safety, quality, consistency, and operational efficiency.
Community & Partnership Development: Builds and maintains strong relationships with community partners, schools, families, and stakeholders. Assesses opportunities for new partnerships and provides strategic recommendations to the Branch Executive Director.
Administrative & Documentation Management: Maintains accurate program records, staff files, and departmental documentation, ensuring all certifications, licenses, and compliance records are current. Meets deadlines, manages correspondence professionally, and completes administrative responsibilities as required.
Camp & Seasonal Program Leadership: Plans, organizes, and oversees branch-level summer camp and seasonal programs, including seasonal hiring, onboarding, staff training, and program delivery.
Behavior Management & Family Engagement: Serves as the primary point of contact for parent and child de‑escalation conversations and behavior intervention, utilizing trauma‑informed and developmentally appropriate behavior management strategies. Resolves concerns calmly, professionally, and effectively.
Industry Knowledge & Strategic Input: Maintains current knowledge of youth development best practices and industry trends. Evaluates Youth Development business practices and provides data‑informed feedback and recommendations for continuous improvement to the Branch Executive Director.
Training & Certification Leadership: Serves as a certified American Red Cross CPRO (CPR, First Aid, AED) Instructor, responsible for facilitating required safety trainings, supporting staff certification compliance, and modeling YMCA safety standards.
Operational Support & Schedule Flexibility: Performs other duties as assigned, including stepping in to support frontline programs as needed. Maintains a flexible schedule with the ability to work early mornings, evenings, weekends, and special events as required.
Abuse Risk Management Functions
Follows employees and volunteers screening requirements and use screening instruments to screen for abuse risk.
Provides employees and volunteers with on‑going supervision and training related to abuse risk.
Provides employees and volunteers with regular feedback regarding their boundaries with youth.
Requires employees and volunteers to adhere to policies and procedures related to abuse. Respond quickly to policy and procedure violations using the organization’s progressive disciplinary procedures.
Responds seriously and confidentially to reports of suspicious and inappropriate behaviors.
Follows mandated reporting requirements.
Communicates to all employees and volunteers the organization’s commitment to protect their consumers from abuse.
Reports essential abuse risk management information to their supervisor, executive director, or human resources.
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 genuine:
we value you and embrace your individuality.
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.
We are service driven:
we go above and beyond to keep people coming back and apply a listen‑first and solution‑oriented approach to resolving conflicts.
We are safety focused:
we are proactive in keeping everyone safe and respond promptly to incidents as a team.
Benefits
40 hours/ week
10 Paid holidays
Paid time off
Generous PTO plan that increases with years of service
Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance
Rain – Instant Pay benefits
10% Retirement Contribution* and access to our 403(b) retirement savings account
Free YMCA Family Membership and % program discounts
Join a supportive team and an organization recognized as a Nevada Top Workplace
Make a meaningful impact in your community
Automatic retirement contributions are made to employees 21 years or older after contributing 1,000 hours of service in each of two years.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES Directly supervises part‑time staff in the Youth & Family Department at one branch. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, and retaining employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints, resolving problems and reporting observations to the Branch Executive Director. Demonstrates enthusiasm in all areas of work. Maintains frequent positive communication with staff and works cooperatively with others. Ensures all programs are properly staffed, equipped and well informed. Ensures all assigned staff complete necessary paperwork in a timely manner, monitors their payroll and adheres to human resources responsibilities.
Leadership Competencies
Communication & Influence
Developing Self & Others
Engaging Community
Work Environment & 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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee needs sufficient strength, agility and mobility to perform essential functions and to supervise program activities in a wide variety of indoor and outdoor locations.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use a computer for extended periods of time and be able to communicate using a computer and phone/smart device.
The employee frequently is required to sit and reach, and must be able to move around the work environment.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 2 years of experience in child/youth development related field
Minimum of 2 years of experience in a role with administrative responsibilities
Minimum of 2 year of experience supervising staff with a proven track record of developing rising stars for advancement
Highly skilled in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
Ability to think strategically and use evidence‑based principles to grow programs and drive results
Ability to work collaboratively across levels disciplines
Minimum age of 21
Within 30 days of hire, completion of Child Abuse Prevention, CPR, First Aid, AED, and O2 certifications
Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community.
Seniority Level Director
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function
Other
Industries: Non‑profit Organizations
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Position Summary Under the direction of the Branch Executive Director, the Youth Development Director develops, organizes, implements and oversees high quality YMCA childcare programs in accordance with the purposes and policies of the Association. This individual is responsible for program expansion, supervising staff, and day to day operations at the branch level.
Essential Functions
Program Leadership & Oversight: Manages, directs, and coordinates all Youth & Family programs at the branch level, ensuring alignment with YMCA mission, strategic priorities, and community needs.
Program Quality & Continuous Improvement: Conducts program quality assessments, identifies strengths and areas for improvement, determines corrective actions, and establishes measurable goals in direct response. Serves as a key decision-maker regarding programs to start, stop, sustain, or enhance at the branch level.
Program Development & Growth: Designs, launches, and expands programs, activities, and revenue streams in accordance with strategic and operating plans. Determines the scope, structure, timing, location, and delivery model of new and existing programming.
Staff Leadership & Talent Development: Recruits, hires, trains, schedules, supervises, and evaluates seasonal and part-time staff. Develops staff through coaching, performance management, and professional development. Implements strategies to motivate staff, nurture high performers, and lead departmental succession planning.
Budget & Financial Management: Develops, manages, and controls departmental budgets. Ensures programs operate within approved budgets, program fees are accurately collected, and administrative financial duties are completed, including budget tracking, purchase orders, payroll review, and forecasting.
Compliance, Risk Management & Safety: Ensures compliance with all state, local, and YMCA regulations related to program operations, equipment, and facilities. Upholds YMCA program standards and ensures safety and emergency procedures are consistently followed. Plans and facilitates audits and drills, leads audit debriefs, coaches staff on corrective actions, and maintains up-to-date policies and procedures.
Policy & Systems Implementation: Updates, communicates, and implements policy, procedural, and system changes to strengthen program safety, quality, consistency, and operational efficiency.
Community & Partnership Development: Builds and maintains strong relationships with community partners, schools, families, and stakeholders. Assesses opportunities for new partnerships and provides strategic recommendations to the Branch Executive Director.
Administrative & Documentation Management: Maintains accurate program records, staff files, and departmental documentation, ensuring all certifications, licenses, and compliance records are current. Meets deadlines, manages correspondence professionally, and completes administrative responsibilities as required.
Camp & Seasonal Program Leadership: Plans, organizes, and oversees branch-level summer camp and seasonal programs, including seasonal hiring, onboarding, staff training, and program delivery.
Behavior Management & Family Engagement: Serves as the primary point of contact for parent and child de‑escalation conversations and behavior intervention, utilizing trauma‑informed and developmentally appropriate behavior management strategies. Resolves concerns calmly, professionally, and effectively.
Industry Knowledge & Strategic Input: Maintains current knowledge of youth development best practices and industry trends. Evaluates Youth Development business practices and provides data‑informed feedback and recommendations for continuous improvement to the Branch Executive Director.
Training & Certification Leadership: Serves as a certified American Red Cross CPRO (CPR, First Aid, AED) Instructor, responsible for facilitating required safety trainings, supporting staff certification compliance, and modeling YMCA safety standards.
Operational Support & Schedule Flexibility: Performs other duties as assigned, including stepping in to support frontline programs as needed. Maintains a flexible schedule with the ability to work early mornings, evenings, weekends, and special events as required.
Abuse Risk Management Functions
Follows employees and volunteers screening requirements and use screening instruments to screen for abuse risk.
Provides employees and volunteers with on‑going supervision and training related to abuse risk.
Provides employees and volunteers with regular feedback regarding their boundaries with youth.
Requires employees and volunteers to adhere to policies and procedures related to abuse. Respond quickly to policy and procedure violations using the organization’s progressive disciplinary procedures.
Responds seriously and confidentially to reports of suspicious and inappropriate behaviors.
Follows mandated reporting requirements.
Communicates to all employees and volunteers the organization’s commitment to protect their consumers from abuse.
Reports essential abuse risk management information to their supervisor, executive director, or human resources.
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 genuine:
we value you and embrace your individuality.
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.
We are service driven:
we go above and beyond to keep people coming back and apply a listen‑first and solution‑oriented approach to resolving conflicts.
We are safety focused:
we are proactive in keeping everyone safe and respond promptly to incidents as a team.
Benefits
40 hours/ week
10 Paid holidays
Paid time off
Generous PTO plan that increases with years of service
Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance
Rain – Instant Pay benefits
10% Retirement Contribution* and access to our 403(b) retirement savings account
Free YMCA Family Membership and % program discounts
Join a supportive team and an organization recognized as a Nevada Top Workplace
Make a meaningful impact in your community
Automatic retirement contributions are made to employees 21 years or older after contributing 1,000 hours of service in each of two years.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES Directly supervises part‑time staff in the Youth & Family Department at one branch. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, and retaining employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints, resolving problems and reporting observations to the Branch Executive Director. Demonstrates enthusiasm in all areas of work. Maintains frequent positive communication with staff and works cooperatively with others. Ensures all programs are properly staffed, equipped and well informed. Ensures all assigned staff complete necessary paperwork in a timely manner, monitors their payroll and adheres to human resources responsibilities.
Leadership Competencies
Communication & Influence
Developing Self & Others
Engaging Community
Work Environment & 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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee needs sufficient strength, agility and mobility to perform essential functions and to supervise program activities in a wide variety of indoor and outdoor locations.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use a computer for extended periods of time and be able to communicate using a computer and phone/smart device.
The employee frequently is required to sit and reach, and must be able to move around the work environment.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 2 years of experience in child/youth development related field
Minimum of 2 years of experience in a role with administrative responsibilities
Minimum of 2 year of experience supervising staff with a proven track record of developing rising stars for advancement
Highly skilled in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
Ability to think strategically and use evidence‑based principles to grow programs and drive results
Ability to work collaboratively across levels disciplines
Minimum age of 21
Within 30 days of hire, completion of Child Abuse Prevention, CPR, First Aid, AED, and O2 certifications
Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community.
Seniority Level Director
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function
Other
Industries: Non‑profit Organizations
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at YMCA Of Southern Nevada by 2x
Get notified about new Youth Director jobs in
Las Vegas, NV .
Las Vegas, NV $100,000.00-$120,000.00 2 weeks ago
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