Associate Executive Director - Youth Development (Region 1)

The Associate Executive Director (AED) of Youth Development provides strategic and operational leadership for all youth-focused programs and services across the association. This role ensures high-quality, equitable, and impactful experiences for children, teens, and families while advancing the YMCA's mission of youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. The AED serves as a key member of the executive leadership team, translating strategy into execution, developing talent, strengthening systems, and building strong community partnerships.

PAY RANGE: $105,000 - $115,000 / SALARY

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Oversee the day to day youth development operations, including coaching staff, risk management, member relations, volunteers, etc..
• Responsible for membership growth, quality programs, ensuring we are in compliance
• Provide and grow high quality, innovative programming which meets the needs of our participants and the community and attracts donors.
• Actively assist with the annual campaign; programming, administrative tasks, etc.
• Responsible for Program Directors and Coordinators in developing and controlling budgets and is responsible for maintaining budget goals; quality programming, scheduling, etc.
• Provides training programs for new and current personnel and carries primary responsibility for all departmental staff development.
• Responsible for coordinating and implementing strategies for program growth, engagement and retention.
• Coordinate program volunteer strategies, with a focus on recruiting, onboarding, and supporting teen volunteers.
• Manage substitute staffing vendors, serving as the primary contact for setup, requests, auditing, and personnel-related issues.
• Oversee third-party 1:1 aide support vendors for Youth Development programs, including contract management, training, program alignment, inclusion fidelity, and performance evaluation.
• Serve as the regional ADP Recruitment Manager, ensuring timely applicant follow-up, candidate rerouting across branches, and compliance with recruitment and hiring standards.
• Ensure the safety of youth and vulnerable adults by implementing abuse risk management practices, including employee and volunteer screening, ongoing training and supervision, clear communication of boundaries and policies, prompt and confidential response to concerns or violations, adherence to mandated reporting requirements, and communication of abuse risk information as appropriate to leadership and the Board.
• Acts as the Executive Director in the Director's absence, especially with regard to approval of expenses, emergency decisions and issues which require immediate attention.
• Other duties and responsibilities