Job Description

Our client is seeking an Area Manager to join their Youth Mental Health Academy (YMHA) team. The Area Manager will be responsible for general oversight and management of the YMHA which is being developed and operated through a contract from the State of California, initially for a three-year period beginning in 2023.

The Youth Mental Health Academy is a unique, exciting, multifaceted program with the goal of identifying under-represented minority and disadvantaged high school students and helping them realize their potential to join the workforce with careers in mental health science and practice. High school-aged participants in the Youth Mental Health Academy will be provided a range of workshops, immersive mentoring, and networking opportunities. To succeed at this goal will require creativity, imagination, and energy to build novel opportunities and services in California, with the possibility of a very broad impact on and transforming child and adolescent mental health. In addition, this position provides the opportunity to engage with a broad range of clinicians, policymakers, researchers, and community leaders.

The Area Manager will participate in the day-to-day management and coordination of their sites. They will have responsibility for outreach, communications with staff, parents and students, and the day-to-day operations to ensure the success of the YMHA in their city. This includes planning, operations, and compliance with organizational policies. Within this role, the Area Manager will participate and contribute to the work of multidisciplinary teams, including clinicians, media and communications specialists, researchers, and community organizers.

Reporting to the Associate Program Director, this is an exempt, full-time position based in the Bay Area in Northern California. This is a remote position, with travel during the 5-week summer program.

Responsibilities

• Ensure needs of site personnel are met and communicated to the Associate Program Director.
• Daily check-ins with staff at each site and program staff to ensure the efficient operations of the program.
• Be in direct contact with parents, students, teachers and other program staff and report urgent matters consistently.
• Coordinate breaks and lunch program schedules.
• Provide on-site support during the summer program and ensure site needs and supplies are met.
• Travel to YMHA sites in the Oakland area is required to oversee operations.
• Ensure all organizational policies and procedures are being followed and staff are compliant with program requirements and goals.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of operations, or project management experience.
• A bachelors degree in a relevant discipline required, masters degree preferred.
• Prior experience with community-focused and/or educational initiatives preferred.
• Exceptional interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, along with strong collaboration abilities.
• Demonstrated management and organizationalskills.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment and able to adjust workload based upon changing priorities.
• Able to share in morale building and group support to achieve goals and objectives.
• Basic understanding of financial and organizational management.

Special Considerations

The anticipated salary range for this position is $70,258-$87,822 annually.

The salary range for the position is posted. Factors such as candidate’s work experience, education/training, job-related skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations affect the salary offered within this range. In addition, this salary may be subject to a geographic adjustment (according to a specific city and state and depending on the role), if an authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting.

Our client is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment based on race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sex stereotype, gender identity/gender expression/transgender (including whether or not you are transitioning or have transitioned) and sexual orientation; national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver’s license issued to persons unable to prove their presence in the United States is authorized under federal law [Vehicle Code section 12801.9]); ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information/characteristics, marital status/registered domestic partner status, age (40 and over), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation.