CEO

YMCA
Salary
$75,000.00
$90,000.00
Resumes Accepted Until
Resume Contact
[email protected]
The YMCA is seeking an innovative, strategic and community-minded individual to serve as its next CEO.
Job Description

Provides executive leadership to the YMCA and, in partnership with the Board of Directors, is responsible for its strategic direction and success. Leads the organization in achieving its mission, including overseeing its financial stability, community and philanthropic relations, staffing, development, and operations, under the policies, directives and guidelines established by the Board of Directors.

Learn more - CEO Search Packet 

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Qualifications
  • Accredited 4-year college degree and or equivalent work experience.
  • Must demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills and personal values consistent with the YMCA mission.
  • Minimum three years prior experience in a senior management role with YMCA or related experience at a comparable organization with direct supervision of multiple levels of staff and employees.
  • Fiscally sound business management approach with a proven track record of budgetary and fiscal management, $750,000 or more annually.
  • Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community. 
  • Have leadership competencies in the identified key areas.
  • Ability to learn quickly.
  • Ability to work with integrity, discretion, and a professional approach.
  • Prefer knowledge of, and previous experience with, diverse populations (language, culture, race, physical ability, sexual orientation, etc.).
  • Ability to complete all required trainings and maintain these certifications as current as outlined by regulations or requirements.
  • Living in or relocating to the YMCA’s service area is required.
Essential Functions

1.    Partners with the governing board to set the organization’s policies, goals, and strategic direction. Implements its policies, plans and directives, and reports on matters affecting the welfare of the association. 

2.    Provides leadership in securing needed resources for current operations, capital improvement, community development and long-range financial stability. Oversee the long-range development of the association's resources. Ensures fundraising activities and strategies are sufficient to support the Y’s charitable needs.

3.    Initiates and fosters relationships with all constituents through a systematic cultivation plan designed to increase support of the Y. Maximizes community partnerships, engages volunteers, and cultivates and solicits top donors and community leaders. Interprets the purpose and programs of the Association.

4.    Directs the development of the strategic plan and assures the accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives.

5.    Intentionally uses change as a strategy to expand options and opportunities and better leverage Y resources and capabilities. Oversee YMCA operations and programs and works with the board and staff to anticipate and address community needs. Fosters a climate of innovation to develop member-focused programs. Spearheads the development, communication and implementation of effective strategies and processes.

6.    Creates successful change by aligning structures, systems, and processes that are linked to the change. Directs the staff to carry out initiatives, assignments and programs under the approved strategic plan and annual budget. Ensures a positive workplace culture and an effective staff organization.

7.    Communicates and collaborates with government, schools, other non-profits, corporations 
and other organizations in the community. Interprets the work of the YMCA to the community and ensures its cause, vision, values, and goals are understood. Executes strategic alliances with other Ys, community organizations, and global partners to benefit the community (e.g., state alliances, health care facilities, schools).

8.    Develops and maintains excellent relationships within the community and the Association, as well as within the state, regional, national, and international YMCA movements.

9.    Recommends annual budget for board approval. Ensures prudent fiscal management, reporting and controls. Oversees financial operations.

10. Lead the organization’s efforts in performing preventive maintenance on facilities and equipment. Be responsible for the upkeep and improvement of the Y’s facilities. Determine future facility and equipment needs and be responsible for ensuring that our facilities are compliant with all safety, applicable codes and regulations. 

Cause-Driven Leadership Competencies

Key Leadership competencies a person should bring to this position:

  • Change Leadership
  • Collaboration
  • Philanthropy
  • Volunteerism
Required Certifications

PROTECTING YOUTH & VULNERABLE POPULATIONS

Overarching Goal:  Through their training, best practice, monitoring. supervision, vigilance, and reporting maintain an environment and culture where all are safe from harmful actions of others physically, psychologically and behavioral.

Employees and volunteers who do not directly supervise consumers will:

• Adhere to policies related to boundaries with consumers.

• Attend required abuse risk management training.

• Report suspicious and inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.

• Follow mandated abuse reporting requirements.

• Adhere to job specific abuse risk management responsibilities.

Supervisors and administrators will:

• Follow employees and volunteers screening requirements and use screening instruments to screen for abuse risk.

• Provide employees and volunteers with on-going supervision and training related to abuse risk.

• Provide employees and volunteers with regular feedback regarding their boundaries with consumers.

• Require employees and volunteers to adhere to policies and procedures related to abuse risk.

• Respond quickly to policy and procedure violations using the organization’s progressive disciplinary procedures.

• Respond seriously and confidentially to reports of suspicious and inappropriate behaviors.

• Follow mandated reporting requirements.

• Communicate to all employees and volunteers the organization’s commitment to protect their consumers from abuse.

Additional for CEO and Exec Leadership Positions

• Report essential abuse risk management information to the board of directors.

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

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 regularly required to use a computer for extended periods of time and be able to communicate using a computer and phone/smart device.
  • The employee frequently is required to sit and reach and must be able to move around the work environment.
  • May require physical effort while reaching with hands and arms, stooping, kneeling, crouching, standing, walking, balancing, bending, leaning, kneeling, walking, and climbing.
  • The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.  
  • Visual and auditory ability to respond to critical situations ability to act swiftly in an emergency. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust.
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. 

SAFETY & COMPLIANCE

Child Abuse Policies & Prevention: The YMCA enforces policies to prevent child abuse. Allegations or suspicions are taken seriously and reported to authorities. Procedures include unscheduled visits, open doors for parents, and a code of conduct for staff. We screen carefully to prevent abusers from being hired and provide child abuse prevention training to staff. Employees who fail to support these policies will be subject to discipline, up to termination.

Background Check:  A background check, including criminal, work, and reference checks, is required at hire and may be repeated during employment. Negative reports or false information will result in immediate termination.

Alert & Focused: Use of illegal drugs, alcohol, medications, and lack of sleep can impact alertness. Employees involved in work-related injuries may be required to submit to drug and alcohol screening. Suspicious behaviors may also be subject to screening. Positive results will result in termination.