Senior Site Manager

Position: Senior Site Manager

Status: Full-Time, Exempt

Organization Background:

Founded in 1992, After-School All-Stars (ASAS) is a national non-profit organization which provides free, daily afterschool programs to nearly 75,000 children in need on over 350 school sites in 19 chapters across the U.S. Our goals for our All Stars is to be healthy and active, to graduate high school, to find a job that they love and to give back to their communities. We achieve this by identifying and fueling our students’ individual passions, tying their interests to tailored academic support, enrichment and health and fitness programming.

The Ohio chapter of ASAS was founded in 2000 in Columbus and expanded to serve two additional cities in 2012. Currently ASAS Ohio offers programming to students in Columbus and Toledo with a separate office in Cleveland run by the ASAS Cleveland team.

Our model:

ASAS provides programs and transformative opportunities that help students develop the skills, knowledge, and habits needed to succeed in life, school, and their future career. We deliver comprehensive programs to our students for three hours a day Monday-Friday in four primary focus areas: Academics, Health & Fitness, Social-Emotional Learning, and Enrichment.

During our first programming hour, students transition from the school day to the after-school program by enjoying a warm meal and engaging in active play activities. This less structured time ensures students have devoted screen-free time as well as unstructured play time which has been shown to support the development of social emotional skills, in particular communication and collaboration skills.

After meal time students rotate between 4 blocks:

  • Block A: Homework support and self directed sensory boxes
  • Block B: LitART–ASAS Ohio’s chosen literacy intervention program.
  • Block C: iReady Tech Time or Cultural Studies–iReady is a comprehensive assessment and instructional program students use during the school day. The academic based cultural studies class focuses on current events and the telling of stories of people from all walks of life as well as allowing our own students a space to share their stories.
  • Block D: Daily rotation between enrichment, social-emotional learning, or health and fitness activities.

Senior Site Manager Job Overview:

The Senior Site Manager (SSM) should embody ASAS’s core values: accountable, collaborative, transparent, proactive, and entrepreneurial and will demonstrate the ability to lead, coach, and train program staff to accomplish established objectives. This position requires flexibility to travel locally, excellent relationship-building and collaboration skills, superb organizational skills and attention to detail, the ability to juggle multiple projects and tasks simultaneously, and a commitment to the mission of ASAS. This position is required to attend after school programs and events, including occasional weekends and evenings.

The SSM executes program systems and logistics under the direction of the Program Manager and with the support of the Education Coordinator and Program Leaders. The SSM oversees the daily coordination of the after-school program at their assigned site, including coordinating daily upkeep of the attendance database system, overseeing personnel/program staff, engaging families, and maintaining site-based relationships with administrators and teachers.

Program Leaders are the frontline staff that instruct daily programs, oversee classroom management, and implement engaging lesson plans. The Education Coordinators work alongside the SSM to select appropriate curricula, develop new curricula, and improve existing curricula for ASAS Ohio to more strategically meet student needs.

Specific Responsibilities:

  • Work collaboratively with the Program Manager to ensure the logistics of programming at designated site run smoothly
  • Develop schedules that incorporate student interests, required curricula, and timeframes, and ensure their accurate implementation.
  • Provide day-to-day oversight of programs and after-school staff
  • Implement the partner food program and collect and report all necessary forms and data to partner agency
  • Ensure all safety and compliance requirements are met at assigned site
  • Execute the parent communication plan as designed with the Program Manager
  • Implement the of behavior management system and serve as the main point of contact for all behavior issues that arise during programming
  • Plan and execute family nights and special events such as holiday celebrations, culminating events, field trips, program culture celebrations
  • Prepare and submit requests for site supplies and make purchases upon approval
  • Manage data collection and organization for attendance, evaluations, and student voice and choice
  • Manage a team of Program Leaders by working with the Education Coordinator to provide feedback and techniques to improve student engagement and behavior management
  • With the support of the Program Manager and Education Coordinator, assist in the planning and executing of monthly all-staff trainings
  • Manage the site “store”
  • Seek in-kind contributions for programming, including but not limited to family nights and celebrations
  • During program hours serve as the point of contact with all providers and community partners
  • Manage the program dismissal process
  • In coordination with the Program Manager, develop and execute a student recruitment and retention plan
  • In coordination with the Special Projects Manager, support the development of a virtual learning platform
  • In coordination with the Special Projects Manager, plan opportunities for engaging students and families outside of traditional programming hours
  • Attend CampUs (a week-long overnight summer camp) where you will stay overnight and implement the curriculum, manage student behavior, and supervise staff over approximately 6 days with tentative work hours from 7:00am to 11:00pm

Competencies

  • Student focused: ability to relate to and work well with diverse children and youth; striving for high participant satisfaction; going out of our way to be meet the needs of our students
  • Initiative: taking ownership of our work; doing what is needed without being asked; following through; commitment to one’s own learning, skill building and professionalism on the job
  • Inclusion: Values all people for their unique talents; takes an active role in promoting practices based on inclusion and cultural competence
  • Coachability: being receptive to feedback; willing to learn; embracing continuous improvement
  • People management: setting clear expectations; reviewing progress; providing feedback and guidance; holding people accountable
  • Data driven: Ability to gather and review program data for timely program improvement
  • Flexibility: ability to adapt to changing circumstances; navigates ambiguity appropriately; adapts well to new situations, obstacles, and opportunities

Supervisory Responsibilities

The Senior Site Manager is responsible for managing a team of Program Leaders and interns at their assigned site.

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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear. The employee occasionally is required to use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Travel Required

Travel is primarily local during the business day. There may be some travel to other ASAS Ohio offices in the state on a quarterly basis.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

This job operates in a child care environment but is based in an office. The position will interact with children in classrooms, regularly. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines, along with moving sports and recreational equipment. The noise level in the work environment is moderate.

Required Education, Experience and/or Certification Requirements:

  • Some college coursework is required
  • One or more years’ experience working in a leadership or supervisory capacity in an afterschool, day camp or community youth outreach setting is preferred
  • Experience working with under-served populations, preferably under-served youth within public school systems
  • Strong understanding of how children and youth develop, and the factors that influence child development
  • Ability to work under high-pressure, fast-paced and sometimes high-stress environment
  • Ability to respond to critical incidents and emergency situations with swift and mindful action
  • Experience working with underserved populations, preferably underserved youth within public school systems
  • Within in 3 months:
  • CPR
  • First Aid
  • Suspected Child Abuse- Mandated Report Training
  • Communicable Disease Training

Preferred Education and Experience:

  • Coursework in education, social or human services, child development, or related field is desirable
  • Superior organizational, time management, and multi-tasking skills
  • Pride in self, work, and organization with tasks performed at a high level of accuracy
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills: the ability to effectively liaise with and motivate a variety of people in a multicultural entrepreneurial environment
  • Flexible and able to adapt to changing position demands
  • Ability to maintain a flexible schedule, including working some evenings and weekends as needed
  • Fluency in Spanish or Somali is highly desirable

Salary and Benefits:

The salary for this position is commensurate with qualifications and experience of the individual candidate. ASAS offers competitive benefits including, but not limited to 18 Vacation days, health, dental, vision, and 401K plans.

How to apply:

To apply, please visit https://after-school-all-stars-ohio.prismhr-hire.com/job/210464/senior-site-manager. 

We actively encourage diverse candidates to apply. ASAS Ohio provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, national origin, genetic information, or veteran status.