Branch Executive Director

Location

Columbia, IL 62236

Job Description

The Gateway Region YMCA has an opening for a Cause-Driven leader to provide leadership to two YMCA branches in Monroe and Randolph Counties in Illinois.The Monroe County Y is a full facility YMCA serving Columbia, Waterloo, and surrounding areas just minutes east of St. Louis. The Randolph County YMCA serves the city of Red Bud, Illinois as a program center that operates camps, sports, and wellness programs in the community.This position provides direct oversight of the Monroe County Y and supervises the Senior Program Director that leads the Randolph County Y.This is a great opportunity for a multi-branch leadership experience.

The Gateway Region is a diverse community with wide ranging socio-economic demographics.This Executive Director position is a wonderful opportunity for a motivated, innovative cause-driven leader to join a growing, mission-based association with an exciting vision for the future.

About the Gateway Region YMCA Association

The Gateway Region YMCA has been serving the bi-state region for more than 160 years as one of the leading health and human service organizations in the St. Louis metropolitan area.The Gateway Region Y was formed by a strategic alliance of the YMCA of Southwest Illinois and the YMCA of Greater St Louis in 2014.The Y has 24 traditional branch locations, 5 non-facility branches including Trout Lodge/Camp Lakewood and more than 120 program sites throughout the bi-state region covering St. Louis City, seven Missouri counties, and six counties in southwest Illinois. The Gateway Region Y has a $71 million budget, serves more than 270,000 members and program participants, engages more than 7,000 volunteers and provides safe, reliable child care for nearly 4,600 children.Y facilities provide community gathering and recreational areas, as well as fitness centers, swimming pools, child care facilities, sports programming, student volunteer centers and learning labs for all ages.The association provided more than $5.9 million in direct and indirect financial assistance last year to strengthen our communities.

The Gateway Region Y has an organizationalfocus on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Currently, our Y is embarking on a $70 million Comprehensive Capital Campaign to help us expand and support our strategic plan.Asone of the region’s largest non-profits, theY provides a way for communities to come together and strengthen their foundation. For more information about the Gateway Region YMCA please visitwww.gwrymca.org.

YMCA COMPETENCIES:

Advancing Our Mission & Cause:provide visionary leadership to the organization and to ensure that all resources are mobilized to adapt to new challenges and needs in the community

Building Relationships:connect people to the Y’s cause by developing inclusive relationships, partnerships and collaborations so that Ys can co-create solutions to pressing social needs

Leading Operations:ensure relevance, effectiveness, and sustainability of the organization so that we can continue to fulfill our promise to the community

Developing & Inspiring People:support the holistic development of self and others so that everyone can embrace the Y’s cause, sustain the Y’s culture, and inspire others to take individual and collective action to further our impact

COMPANY BENEFITS:

Along with a highly competitive pay structure, the Gateway Region YMCA provides exceptional benefits which include the following:

• Affordable quality healthcare (medical, dental, and vision)

• Short Term, Long Term Disability and Life Insurance

• 12% Employer funded retirement plan after two years of service with immediate vesting and the ability to add additional earnings from first day of employment

• YMCA membership for employee, spouse, and dependents

• Generous paid time off package

• A challenging and fun work environment with creative, talented, and diverse individuals

Qualifications

Education:Bachelor’s Degree in business, human service, nonprofit management, hospitality, social service, or equivalent

Experience: 5 or more years of management experience in a YMCA or other nonprofit agency and YUSA Organizational Leader Certification preferred

Special skills:

• Excellent interpersonal, oral communication, and writing skills

• Proven experience attracting and engaging policy and program volunteers

• Successfully lead, recruit, and develop full and part time staff

• Maintain and grow charitable fundraising efforts

• Evaluate community needs and develop programs to meet those needs

• Demonstrate innovative thinking, program development, and change capacity

Essential Functions

position supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Under the direction of the District Vice President, the selected candidate oversees the total operation of the Monroe and Randolph County YMCAs, including membership, corporate relationships, marketing, programs, facilities, volunteer and staff development, financial development, community relations and collaborations with community agencies.

Candidates must demonstrate successful experience in project management, staff supervision/training, program development, fiscal management, volunteer development, board development, and fundraising.The candidate must possess excellent written and oral communication skills along with a proven record of accomplishment for staff development, community partnerships, program supervision and fundraising.