Executive Director, Housing and Homeless Services

at  YMCA of Greater Seattle

JOB SUMMARY

The Executive Director, Housing and Homeless Services (HHS), provides vision and leadership of one of the programmatic divisions of Y Social Impact Center. This position will report to the Vice President, Y Social Impact Center (YSIC), work collaboratively with the Senior Executive, Operations, and other leaders on the YSIC Senior Leadership Team, and work closely with the division’s Leadership Team to set the division’s programmatic vision, philosophy, and approach to meet our mission of interrupting trauma and providing a pathway for all people, especially young people, to reach their full potential. The Executive Director will be responsible for developing and monitoring contracts and budgets, and ensuring contract compliance and staff performance meets and/or exceeds expectations.
This position is with the Y Social Impact Center, the social services division of the YMCA of Greater Seattle (YGS), serving around 5,000 youth, young adults, and families every year in communities across King County, Pierce County, and various counties across WA. Through our programs we aim to strengthen young people’s ability to develop to their fullest potential through four strategies: reducing risk factors; navigating systems towards successful life transition; establishing stability, safety and wellness in times of crisis; and building competencies and social capital. The Social Impact Center’s programs include homelessness prevention, housing, behavioral health, crisis response, foster care licensing, violence prevention, and employment. Since many of the young people we serve have been involved in the foster care, criminal justice, behavioral health, and/or homelessness systems, we truly value relatable lived experience of our staff and those applying for our positions as an asset.

ADDITIONAL PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Life experience with poverty, child welfare, homelessness, behavioral health, or youth violence and a desire to use that experience to improve the lives of others.
• Master’s degree related to non-profit leadership (public administration, social work, business or related field).
• Trained in performance excellence standards, including Project Management Professional, Pathways to Excellence or Lean.
• Ability to speak any language in addition to English.
  This job description may be changed at any time, at YMCA of Greater Seattle’s discretion.

• Recruit, hire, train, evaluate, and supervise program directors who oversee multiple contracts, ensuring budgetary and programmatic compliance. Provide development and leadership.
• Establish new program activities and expand program(s) within the community in accordance with the Association and Y Social Impact Center (YSIC) strategic plans.
• Advise the YSIC Vice President and YSIC Senior Leadership Team on key decisions related to the housing and homeless services programs of the organization in alignment with the strategic plan, agency vision, mission, and values.
• Prepare and manage an annual budget of 10M+, which includes grant, donor and community partner funding.
• Evaluate, monitor, and prepare monthly financial actuals and projections.
• Seek new strategic opportunities to stabilize and grow the division’s programs, including researching new grant opportunities and building relationships with funders and partners.
• Lead the integration of youth voice into programming, including feedback on existing programs and guidance in establishing new programs.
• Compile program statistics and provide data and reports as required. Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of and participation in program(s).
• Provide leadership and guidance to senior staff in developing sound operating plans while maintaining compliance with policies, laws, and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with community organizations, schools and agencies related to family support programs.
• Develop, produce, and distribute program information necessary to promote programs, in accordance with Association and YSIC marketing plans.
• Ensure that safety procedures are followed and that all programs are compliant with YMCA, contract, accreditation, and all relevant regulations and other applicable standards.
• Ensure high quality programs through innovative program development evaluations and ongoing training of staff.
• Other duties as assigned