Schools as Community Hubs – Hub Director

Position Title:  Schools as Community Hubs – Hub Director

Branch:  Wayman Palmer YMCA

Supervisor:  Center Executive

Additional Supports: Additional daily support and supervision provided by the school principal. Ongoing training and support is facilitated and provided by United Way of Greater Toledo (“UWGT”) and Toledo Public Schools (“TPS”).

Position Type:  Full Time

Salary Range:  $40,000 – $44,000

 

Be a difference maker, with the YMCA of Greater Toledo. We are a Cause Driven community of collaborative, bold, fun, dedicated individuals, whose passion is the many people we guide, teach, and protect every day. As leaders in the health and wellness field, we’re making a strong, lasting, positive impact on our community. Here, you’ll find a dynamic environment and culture that is open, friendly, welcoming, and collaborative. Are you ready to be an inspiring, innovative force that prepares people for success? Their future begins now. And so does yours.

 

Regardless of your role with us, you’ll find so many things to love when you become part of our team. There’s our fun, challenging work environment. There’s the awesome team and supportive organization. You’ll find that everyone in the YMCA of Greater Toledo has the same goal: to prepare people for success and inspire them to be lifelong learners. Flexible, Creative, Fun, nurturing, positive…we’re not just saying it. You’ll find these things being demonstrated here, every day.

 

Position Summary:

The Hub Director is responsible for the implementation, integration, alignment and coordination of the Schools as Community Hubs strategy at the site level: Riverside Community Hub.

 

The Hub Director leads the coordination of the majority of activities, programs and supplemental services implemented at the school site, which may include before, during, after school and weekend activities throughout the academic year and during the summer.  As such, this position often requires hours outside the traditional work day.

 

Skills and Qualifications:

Candidates should possess a 4-year college degree in a related field (e.g. social work, education, community health, youth development, recreation, etc.) and at least 3-5 years of related experience in youth development, community development, or family service.

 

This position requires excellent organizational and management skills including training, evaluation, data management, computer skills, written and oral communication, and experience in fund/resource development. Current First Aid and CPR certification is a benefit.

 

Strong interpersonal skills are necessary, including networking, grassroots community organizing, teambuilding, and collaborative leadership. Experience in working with a wide range of professions, backgrounds, and both paid staff and volunteers is desirable. Must have proven skills in relating to youth, parents, school staff, educators, and community at large. Must have an understanding of, and experience with, multi-cultural populations, as well as a strong understanding of families in poverty and working from a cultural competency and asset based model.

 

Understanding and working knowledge of public schools and community assets and organizations within the Riverside Community Hub’s neighborhood and Greater Toledo is desired. Ability to be flexible including flexibility of work schedule is expected.

 

Primary Activities:

  1. Coordinate with the Hub Principal weekly to plan and move the Hub strategy forward. Communicate and share schedule regularly.
  2. Recruit and convene a school-based hub leadership and governance team (Hub Team) monthly during the school year and once during the summer. This team serves as a coordinating body that is co-led by the Principal and Hub Director, and may comprise administrators, teachers, support services staff, partners, parents, UWGT volunteers and others to identify needs, set priorities and coordinate the Schools as Community Hubs
  3. Utilize and implement all tools, processes, and resources provided by UWGT, TPS, and YMCA for the growth and development of the Hub strategy.
  4. Facilitate communication and broker relationships with existing and potential partners, key stakeholders, and volunteers that lead to programming, services, and opportunities that are responsive to identified assets and needs.
  5. Coordinate a menu of needs-driven, high-quality programs and services in adherence with the Schools as Community Hubs model (community engagement process and assets/needs assessments), including: health and well-being, family and community engagement, and academic success.
  6. Lead site-level partnership meetings of Hub partners monthly to ensure ongoing synergistic, coordinated and integrated programming working seamlessly with the school staff.
  7. Develop, maintain, and update agreements for all partners and programs annually, including outcome measurements against shared goals.
  8. Serve as key information contact for non-school day schedule; coordinate and communicate full calendar of activities; act as key community contact person for school and their assigned school staff in a shared calendar.
  9. Manage standardized tools and processes for Hub strategy to capture program partners’ enrollment, attendance, schedule, and identified alignment within Hub priorities.
  • Provide coordination of programming during and beyond the school day for students, families and the community during extended daily hours and year long.
  • Conduct bi-annual comprehensive assets and needs assessment in coordination with all Hubs utilizing the standardized community discovery tools. The assessment engages multiple stakeholders of the school and neighborhood, and fosters a wide-ranging understanding of the school and neighborhood’s opportunities and risks.
  • Participate in capacity-building activities, including: district-wide and site-level trainings, consultations, meetings, and events across schools.
  • Participate in neighborhood based meetings and events as an individual connected with the Schools as Community Hubs strategy through the YMCA, Riverside Hub, TPS and UWGT.
  • Participate in monthly Hub Director meetings, ongoing training, and technical assistance activities coordinated by UWGT, TPS and the YMCA.
  • Participate in district and individual school grant-seeking and other fund development activities, including: planning and development of application processes, grant-writing, and training and/or technical assistance in outcome measurement reporting.
  • Support the research/evaluation of the Schools as Community Hubs strategy by supervising and coordinating the collection of data and preparing and providing timely submission of reports and information to the YMCA, UWGT, and TPS.

 

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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and distance vision. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

 

Why Work At The Y?

  1. Future employers respect the Y

When future employers see the Y on your resume, they think of an organization with global ties that has been around for more than 100 years. We have a reputation for hiring good people who do great things.

  1. Every day is something new

Whenever you work or wherever you work, every day is a new adventure. One moment you’ll be helping kids with homework and the next you’ll be leading a big art project or games outside.

  1. Free Y membership

When you work for the Y, we offer you all the perks of being a Y member including access to all branches and discounts on classes, child care, and camp.

  1. The job is designed with your schedule in mind

Part-time and full-time positions are available, making jobs at the Y ideal for anyone!

  1. The best coworkers ever

Everyone that works at the Y shares a passion for making their communities a better place, especially for kids. Don’t be surprised if you leave your Y with great professional experience and new friends.

 

Along with competitive pay, the YMCA of Greater Toledo offers exceptional benefits which include the following:

  • Complimentary YMCA membership for all employees. Full time employees will receive a complimentary YMCA membership for their entire family.
  • A rewarding career with professional growth and advancement opportunities
  • A challenging and fun work environment with creative and talented individuals.
  • Full time employees are eligible to receive quality health insurance (medical, dental and vision) with affordable premiums.
  • Full time employees also receive (at no cost to them) Long Term Disability and Life Insurance coverage.
  • All employees are eligible to participate in the YMCA’s excellent retirement fund.

 

The YMCA is a drug free workplace and is committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity prohibiting discrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, disability or veteran status.

 

Minority applicants encouraged to apply.

 

If interested, please send resume electronically by February 4, 2022 to Debbie Frison at [email protected]