Working at the Y, you have the opportunity to strengthen communities and change lives, including your own. No matter what role you take on at the Y, you'll show up each day with the satisfaction of knowing your contributions are helping to empower young people, improve health and well-being, and inspire action in your community. Working side by side with diverse leaders with different backgrounds, perspectives, and strengths, you'll discover new ways to connect with your community, find your purpose, and fuel your passion every day!

Treasure Valley Family YMCA is hiring a Youth Experience and Innovation Director to support programming, training, and environmental upgrades within our Youth Activity Centers, Kid Zones, and Day Camps. In addition, this position will work to solidify partnership and program plans to expand the initiative to serve youth inside and outside the YMCA facilities through housing insecurity programming and food insecurity and nutrition programming.

Responsibilities:

Work with branch Youth Leadership to create curriculum and program development to support academic success and behavior health of drop-in and sign up programing that are consistent with approved Leading Practices.
Supervise staff, including hiring, onboarding, role-modeling, coaching, scheduling, and on-going development.
Collaborate with branch Youth Leadership to supply and enhance youth program areas.
Develop programs for youth in partnership with local food pantries.
Support branch leadership with formal training in developing youth staff across branch facilities.
Create strategies to grow and retain youth in all program areas of the Y.
Create strategies to grow and retain youth program participants in housing and food insecurity initiatives.
Work with other departments to ensure all applicable grant reporting is accurate and complete.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree and/or equivalent experience.
Background in program development preferred.
Background must include strong skills in human relations, budgeting and fiscal management, financial development health and well-being management, and staff and volunteer management.
Must be able to meet YMCA transportation requirements.

Physical Demands:

Continuous: standing in place, sitting and walking, wearing a cloth mask
Frequently: ascending/descending stairs
Occasionally: kneeling, crouching, bending at the waist, twisting, squatting, crawling, balancing, driving
Rarely: lifting up to 50 lbs.

Working at the Y:
Treasure Valley Family YMCA provides a progressive work environment with great benefits for qualifying full-time employees. Benefits include:

12% employer-funded retirement plan after two years of service with immediate vesting and ability to make additional contributions to retirement benefits through 403(b) savings plan.
High quality and affordable benefits including health (75% employer paid for family) and dental insurance (50% employer-paid for family).
Free use of YMCA facilities for immediate family.
Generous paid-time off package, earning at the rate of 24 paid days off per year to start.

Welcoming and Inclusion:
At the Y, we welcome everyone whose behavior adheres to our core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.

We advance our cause by building a stronger and more equitable community where everyone has the opportunity to learn, grow, thrive, and reach their full potential with dignity.

The Y is a force for building bridges among all people-regardless of ability, age, birthplace, cultural background, ethnicity, faith, gender, gender identity, ideology, income, race, or sexual orientation.

The Y is for all.

How to Apply:
External candidates must complete an online application. If you have any questions regarding the position please visit our website at www.ymcatvidaho.org or contact jobs@ymcatvidaho.org. All current YMCA staff must apply through their UKG (Kronos) account, and updated resume and cover letter is recommended. Previous YMCA staff may email their updated resume and cover letter to jobs@ymcatvidaho.org with the name of the job they are applying for in the subject line or apply through their existing UKG (Kronos) account.