POSITION: Club Director
PROGRAM: Boys & Girls Club of the Minneapolis American Indian Center
SALARY: $58,000-$68,000 DOQ/Full-time/Exempt
BENEFITS: Medical and dental insurance; life insurance; 401(k) retirement match up to 5% of annual salary; PTO and holidays.

Overview

The Club Director is responsible for overseeing the overall day-to-day operations of the Boys & Girls Club of the Minneapolis American Indian Center (BGC), while simultaneously leading the team in refining the new programmatic structure and strategic direction of the Club. The BGC serves youth, ages 5-18, and offers a combination of structured programs and choice time, meal service, youth transports, and a Best Buy Teen Tech Center.

Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Evaluation

• Collaborate with BGC team to plan, develop, implement and evaluate overall Club programs, services, activities, and events; ensuring an optimal Club experience that is aligned with organizational and funding goals, objectives, and outcomes.
• Continuing progress towards refining administrative and operational systems.
• Implement annual continuous quality improvement process.
• Increase the youth impact capacity of the Club by developing and maintaining reciprocal internal and external programmatic partnerships.

Resource Management:

• Hire, train, supervise and provide performance management for all Club staff.
• Provide ongoing professional development opportunities for staff, ensuring staff have a working knowledge of the best practices in youth development, trauma informed practice and risk management.
• Foster a positive team culture and ensure adherence to MAIC policies and procedures.
• Manage schedules and approve employee timecards for payroll processing.
• Plan and facilitate weekly individual and monthly team meetings.
• Recruit, onboard, and support program interns and volunteers.
• Develop annual budgets, authorize expenditures, and code transactions according to budget.

Safety and Facility Management:

• Ensure compliance with MAIC and BGCA Native Services’ safety standards.
• Ensure Club space and vans are safe, clean and organized.
• Communicate all facility and van maintenance and repair needs to Manager of Operations.

Administrative Functions:

• Complete and submit reports, financial records, and member statistics in a timely manner.
• Conduct routine inventory of equipment and supplies.
• Attend scheduled MAIC all staff, funder, partnership and other meetings as necessary.
• Plan and facilitate weekly individual staff check-in and monthly staff meetings.
• Refine and support youth and parent Club orientation process.
• Develop and revise Club policies and procedures as needed.

Community Relations:

• Develop and implement a robust annual Club marketing, recruitment and retention plan.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with guardians, community leaders, schools, and other stakeholders.
• Raise the visibility of the Club and cross-pollinate with relevant organizations by representing the Club at community events and meetings, as well as serving on appropriate committees.
• Liaise with guardians and service providers expeditiously to address critical behavioral and safety incidents, as well as any other concerns.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Occasionally fill frontline staffing gaps, which may require acting as substitute van driver, program facilitator, etc.
• Staff special events hosted by the Club, plus any large community events co-hosted by all MAIC programs and staff.
• Participate in professional development opportunities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Four-year degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent experience.
• Five+ years of program leadership experience.
• Knowledge of the Minneapolis American Indian community.
• Knowledge of the challenges and protective factors relevant to American Indian youth.
• Knowledge of best practices in youth development.
• Proven effectiveness in personnel management, including the ability to recruit, train, supervise and motivate staff.
• Ability to exercise sound judgement and effectively manage conflict and crisis.
• Working knowledge of budget preparation, management and control.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Must possess a visionary and innovative mindset.
• Must be highly organized and able to balance short-term and long-term goals and workplans.
• Must have a valid driver’s license, good driving record and be insurable at time of hire.
• Must pass pre-employment background screening.

Other Important Information:

• Reports to Executive Director/CEO.
• This is an onsite role, except when fieldwork is necessary for filling staffing gaps, advocacy and community relations.
• The average work week is Monday through Friday, with a combination of daytime and evening hours, and occasional weekends. Schedule varies from summer to schoolyear.
• DISCLAIMER: This position description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of this role. It is not designed to contain, nor to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all relevant duties, responsibilities, qualifications and objectives required of this position.