After-School Program Director

Position: After-school Director

Position Status: Part-time 4 hrs a day, Mon - Fri

Position Schedule: Monday - Friday,

Seasonal, Part-time (20 hours per week; End of Aug - Mid Jun)

Position Summary: The Student Ministries After-school Program (ASP) is a outreach ministry of Allegheny Center Alliance Church and will predominantly function as a safe “drop-in” program for middle/high school students.

The ASP Director is primarily responsible for the overall execution of the vision of the ASP program as communicated by the SM Director/Pastor. The ASP Director will develop, monitor, and adjust an overall programming schedule, be the main relationship builder and liaison to external STEAM program providers, ensure all administrative record keeping and reporting, required by the Department of Human Services (DHS) is accurately and timely completed and remitted, and act as primary ASP staff/volunteer supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Assist in overseeing the daily functions of the Middle/High School After School Program.
• Provide training to ASP staff and volunteers.
• Build relationships with organizations to participate in the ASP Program.
• Create and maintain rotating schedule/activities for Afterschool.
• Constantly evaluate staff and volunteer performance.
• Facilitate daily huddles with staff and volunteers
• Assist in scheduling field trips and field trip schedules.
• Assist staff and volunteers in the classroom where/when needed.
• Monitor classrooms to make sure each room is running smoothly.
• Address parent issues, counselor issues, and student issues.
• Collect and maintain daily attendance.
• Work with ACAC staff on safety and security for ASP program.
  
  
  

Competencies

• Adaptability - Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work tasks or the work environment; adjusting effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
• Building Customer Loyalty - Effectively meeting customer needs; building productive customer relationships; taking responsibility for customer satisfaction and loyalty.
• Building Strategic Working Relationships - Developing and using collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.
• Communication - Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
• Customer Focus - Making customers and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; developing and sustaining productive customer relationships.
• Establishes Strategic Direction – Securing information and identifying key issues and relationships to achieving a long-range goal or vision.
• Facilitating Change - Encouraging others to seek opportunities for different and innovative approaches to addressing problems and opportunities; facilitating the implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace.
• Planning and Organizing - Establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
  
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Administration skills
• Conflict resolutions skills.
• Handle confidential situations and maintain confidentiality.
• Have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
• Have financial integrity.
• Model spiritual leadership and lifestyle consistent with the beliefs of ACAC.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Well organized
• Able to self-manage
• Conflict resolution
• A servant of God and lover of people.
• A love for urban middle and high school-age students.
• Ability to maintain healthy relationships with co-workers.
• Creative.
• Ability to plan and organize.
• Good communication skills.
  
  
  

Physical Requirements

• To be able to lift, bend, use a step ladder.