Unit/Branch Director

Manages overall daily operations of the Club unit under the supervision of the Area Director. Responsible for hiring, onboarding, and supervision of unit professional staff with a focus on an outcome-driven Club experience. Responsible for ensuring the success of Club and organizational programs, activities and services that prepare youth for success and that create a club environment that facilitates implementation of the Formula for Impact (FFI) framework and achievement of Youth Development Outcomes. Responsible for the management of but not limited to Program Directors, Americorps volunteers, Work Study staff, and Service Learning ACE(s). Responsible for ensuring a healthy and safe environment, ensuring facilities, equipment, and supplies are managed and maintained.

1. Demonstrates a high degree of initiative, self-direction and creativity.

2. Demonstrates strong organizational and communication skills.

3. Exhibits professionalism.

4. Maintains excellent working relationships with staff, volunteers and the public. 5. Must be able to demonstrate ability to work with people from diverse

racial/cultural/socioeconomic backgrounds.

6. Leadership, budget management, community relations, and organizational compliance. 7. Demonstrated ability in personnel supervision, and the recruitment and retention of key personnel for the unit.

8. Collaboration with staff with facilities management.

9. Ability to recruit, train, supervise, and motivate staff.

10. Ability to deal effectively with members including discipline problems.

11. Working knowledge of budget preparation, control, and management.

12. Demonstrated ability in working with diverse young people, parents and community leaders. 13. Demonstrates a high degree of initiative, self-direction and creativity.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

1. Oversee professional program staff ensuring all responsibilities are met

2. Discipline members by following guidance procedures, while ensuring communications with legal guardians and how to promote better behavior for the club member

3. Attend mandatory staff meetings and training sessions

4. Compile priority outcomes, data such as Average Daily Attendance (ADA)

5. Record information to proper supervisor(s) in a timely manner

6. Participate in strategic planning

7. Establish Unit or Branch programs, activities and services that prepare youth for success and that create a club environment that facilitates implementation Formula for Impact (FFI) framework and achievement of Youth Development Outcomes

8. Ensure a healthy and safe environment, ensuring facilities, equipment and supplies are maintained

9. Developing and maintaining positive Club culture

10. Build positive relationships with youth, volunteers, parents, schools, and community. 11. Assist with preparing information for reporting purposes when necessary.

12. Oversee all recruiting, hiring, training, disciplining and evaluation of the staff and volunteers in your unit.

13. Keeping up to date files on all staff and volunteers to be sure they all have current trainings and certifications.

14. Responsible for securing adequate staffing for the unit.

15. Responsible for meeting all organizational requirements established by the national association and the Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington.

16. Marketing of unit and organizational programs through all media sources. Preparation and distribution to club families and posting of programs, club hours and special events throughout your unit.

17. Developing and overseeing club and community special events at your unit and in collaboration with other units.

18. Serving as an advocate of youth, through public speaking, serving on community groups, etc. 19. Responsible for the ensuring of daily maintenance of your unit’s equipment, facilities and vehicles.

20. Recommending and purchasing of program and maintenance supplies for the unit as budgeted. 21. Report to Operations Director.

22. Assume other duties as assigned.

1. Higher education degree preferred.

2. 3 or more years of work experience in a managerial role in a Boys & Girls Club of similar organization.

3. 5 or more years of youth work experience.

4. Advanced knowledge of some or all of the following: child and adolescent development, behavior management techniques, principles of effective youth development programming.