Program Director - Beacon
Program Director - Beacon
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$ 75000 - 78000
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Program Director Beacon
Location: IS 265 Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts
101 Park Avenue Brooklyn NY 11205
Reports to: Division Director
Hours: Full Time Evening Hours as aligned with Program Operation Hours: M F 2:00pm 10:00pm
Salary: $75000 $78000
Program Summary
Founded in 1866 Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) empowers children and families to reach their full potential strengthen families and foster selfsufficiency in adults. With programs in 25 locations BCS serves more than 12000 individuals a year.
The Beacon Program is a dynamic schoolbased community center in North Brooklyn servicing youth aged 11 and up*. This program helps young people acquire the skills they need to graduate from high school succeed in their chosen career and give back to the community. Typical activities include tutoring and reading help career exploration and financial literacy workshops cooking classes and organized sports as well as arts initiatives like music dance photography and drama. The High School Education Support program is an additional contract focused around offering career college and academic support with an internship component with a Family Development Coach specifically for this program.
*As a community center Beacon also offers services for adults.
Position Summary
The position of Beacon Director is a critical visible position requiring exceptional leadership strong management experience and a successful track record of working with government contracts and nonprofit organizations providing social services. The Director should be highly flexible in dealing with the challenges of developing new programs and working to meet the needs of the community. The Director should have experience with communitybased services for youth children and families including working with participants in school based programs.
The Director should have proven ability to manage a professional staff and interact with the community. S/he must be a handson strategic thinker a planner and problem solver prepared to lead and direct staff through change and program development. Excellent communication skills are critical. The Director must be comfortable communicating with the people who receive services and their families and equally comfortable in training staff presenting before elected officials public agency administrators and members of the community.
Responsibilities:
Reports to Director of BCS Education and Youth Development Division;
Supervision and coverage for direct reports: Assistant Director Group Leaders Activity Specialists; Outreach Coordinator; Education Support Family Development Coach
Provide onsite coverage for staff when needed;
Oversee the daytoday activities/events of the center;
Develop educational and recreational summer and school year programming in accordance with DYCD and DOH/SACC guidelines; Ensure programs are effective and designed to achieve measurable goals in line with BCS mission and DYCD contractual obligations;
Direct contact and reporting to DYCD Program Manager oversight responsibility of DYCD Site/Audit visits and attendance at DYCD Director meetings;
Oversee and monitor DYCD database to ensure program is meeting contract compliance reporting enrollment numbers and rates of participation including pulling weekly ROP/ADA and enrollment reports to review in supervision with program staff and Deputy Director;
Engage and monitor all colocator and subcontractor relationships for Beacon site;
Plan implement and support all recruitment enrollment retention and referral efforts of Beacon participants to ensure contractual requirements are met;
Coordinate and attend all advisory board meetings; Coordinate and ensure compliance with all Youth Council meetings
Maintain inventory of supplies and equipment ensuring budget mandates are followed
Recruitment hiring training scheduling performance evaluations and payroll for all Beacon program staff;
Experience with effective management of crisis intervention handling mental health and medical issues with participants and working with people with histories of trauma.
Develop and implement staff professional development workshops responsive to youth and community needs.
Participate in cross agency working groups and committees to achieve agency goals; attend training seminars division staff meetings and community meetings as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Masters Social Work (MSW) or equivalent Masters Degree preferred; Bachelors Degree in Education or other relevant field with strong management experience 5 years or more) required
Must be eligible for SACC certification
Proficient in typing; responding to emails and phone calls
Computer skills: Microsoft Office; Google Docs; Spreadsheets; and Calendar Development
Excellent leadership communication supervisory and teambuilding skills including the ability to motivate align staff efforts to changing priorities and approaches set goals delegate responsibilities and manage staff performance so as to ensure effective service delivery in accordance with organizational goals and program contracts.
Must undergo preemployment screenings such as the Criminal Background Check required by OCFS/DOH
BCS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
