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Site Director Job Description/Profile

Young Women’s Freedom CenterSite Director is social movement-oriented, fast-paced, strategic and has the skills to manage people utilizing YWFC’s leadership development model, to drive results, and to bring an existing organizational vision to life. The Director is a seasoned nonprofit leader who thrives when designing and running programs to achieve organizational goals, and who also has the organizing and strategic instincts to understand how to build and leverage people power and drive movement-building work at scale. The Site Director is a Director-level role and is a member of YWFC organizational leadership team. The Site Director reports directly to the Co-Executive Directors. Together, along with the YWFC Leadership team, we  will help shape YWFC present and future-contributing to strategic decision making to help to advance YWFC's internal and external growth in alignment with our mission, vision, values and Theory of Change.

Programmatic Oversight and Impact (35%)

• Innovate new approaches to program delivery, identify emerging programmatic needs, and deploy resources as needed to support program growth.
• Design evaluation materials and/or processes to ensure successful organizing program delivery and outcomes; lead a team to evaluate and respond to challenges as programs continue to be implemented in new areas.
• Lead the strategic coordination of the team towards a collectively built strategy for programmatic excellence and growth
• Supervise all Site programs with a lens on the  site’s participation in the larger movement
• Manage programs that require youth to move in leadership and partnership with the site
• Manage staff members and leaders who mentor youth and ensure the YWFC model is active in those relationships
• Learn, track, and oversee the execution of and reporting on grant obligations
• Ensure the site is fully & properly staffed
• Engage in political strategy across sites and in 
• Maintain critical strategic partnerships (e.g. – funders, Juvenile/ Adult Probation, and other critical partnerships for the site)
• Oversee the implementation of all new programs, pilot programs, existing programs, initiatives, and participation in key commissions, committees, etc. ensuring proper staffing, strategic alignment, etc.
• Participate in organizational-wide programmatic, strategic and annual planning and maintain oversight of progress on site-based goals and deliverables.

Operations/Facilities Management (10%)

• Implement and oversee site calendar to ensure multi-level metrics are being met and  partnerships are being cultivated and regularly maintained
• Ensure day-to-day operations, site safety, ordering, cleaning, and administration of keys, supplies, etc.
• Inform site policies and procedures and review annually for necessary changes
• Maintain Organizational Google Drive and oversee training for staff on using the Drive 
• Collaborate with Operations Manager on identifying key facilities issues and managing logistics of facilities repair/documentation of facilities incidents
• Maintain relationships with landlords and tenants/foster relationships with staff 
• Manage and Coordinate monthly supply orders and equipment maintenance of staff

Staff Development/ Leadership (25%)

• Provide oversight & leadership for all organizing programs, including team leadership development & training, ongoing program evaluation, ensuring program resources, identifying and responding to challenges and opportunities, and overseeing complex logistical plans for growth of on the ground programming.
• Supervise site employees’ understanding and execution of administrative elements of the work to assure effectiveness and efficiencies
• Hiring, onboarding, performance management, employee engagement, employee development, and training
• Ensure individual employee work-plans with regular team check-ins against metrics
• Communicate expectations and grant metrics to staff and meet regularly ensure results
• Help program staff develop calendar-based work plans and assist them in realizing them
• Provide clarity on HR policies and document all HR related concerns to ensure we're in legal compliance with Staff Handbook and additional org procedures and protocols
• Develop staff to reach their full potential as leaders through the use of a readiness assessment, the individual staff leadership development plans, evaluations, and work plans
• Maintain YWFC Culture at the site level, including the implementation of site-based practices at the site to promote team building and staff are celebrated (staff retention), ensure wellness of staff, investment in staff development, building a site that works together

General Leadership (30%)

• Participate in multi-site team meetings and provide expertise on wins, progress, challenges, partnerships, city culture, sea-changes, trends that impact FIP/ Systems involved people, women, and YWFC participatory leadership model in 
• Annual site planning, staff work planning, hiring and onboarding, managing and overseeing budget, oversee site-based grant reporting and management of grant deliverables, coordinating with Development Director on grant writing, ensuring compliance of data documentation, management of data on organizational and local data management systems.
• Collaborate with other Directors to identify and develop new programmatic opportunities and needs.
• Represent YWFC in  advocacy, organizing, and strategic partnership development
• Be willing and able to ask hard questions in community settings to advocate for FIP/ systems involved people
• Aware of and responsive to  street politics, organizing politics, and Black and Latinx politics
• Support staff understanding of where the  site fits in the larger movement 
• Work in partnership with fellow Site Directors on larger movement building 
• Strong command of intersectionality between liberation politics in multiple communities
• Work under the direction of the Executive Director and as a member of the YWFC Leadership team to collaborate, support org-wide initiatives, ensure local work is a part of a larger coordinated strategy
• Represent YWFC with funders, at public-facing events, etc. as requested by the Executive Director

Knowledge and Skills: 

• Demonstrated experience scaling up programs to significantly expand reach
• Meaningful experience supervising multiple full time staff, including managing managers, and with a preference for experience supporting colleagues with direct experience of incarceration
• Ability to coach, mentor and teach skills to someone else, as well as recognize and build the leadership of others
• Ability to give feedback and receive feedback, as needed
• Impeccable attention to detail and effective writing, editing, and verbal communication skills
• The person must be comfortable, mature and professional in interacting with diverse community partners, custody staff, students and colleagues with diverse heritage and backgrounds.
• Ability to interact effectively with program participants, staff colleagues, board members, volunteers, public figures, and community leaders;
• Strong organizational skills, ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office, Google Suite, CRM, email, and general computer/ internet use.
• Willingness and ability to grow professionally, be accountable, and to expand skills and adapt to evolving organization environments and constantly changing circumstances
• Ability to maintain strong and appropriate boundaries with personal identifying information when interacting with program participants or community or program partners
• Track record as a collaborative leader who excels in managing multiple projects, and is comfortable working in a fast-paced and non-traditional work environment.
• Advanced problem-solving skills; tactfully address and resolve questions/concerns
• Commitment to the beliefs and values of Young Women’s Freedom Center with a demonstrated passion for progressive politics, specifically in youth justice, gender justice, race justice and ending the incarceration of girls and trans youth of all genders.