Join Our Team as Dir YD Learning Development!

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About Us

At Boys & Girls Clubs of America, we're more than an organization; we're a community dedicated to transforming lives. Our mission is to empower young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens. Our HR Mission is to support the success of our employees and strengthen BGCA, while our HR Vision is to attract, develop, recognize, and retain talent, fostering a people-first culture that empowers growth, diversity, inclusion, and engagement.

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LOCATION: This position is onsite, office-based in Atlanta, GA (hybrid model - 3 days remote / 2 days in office- Tuesday & Wednesday)

The Role:

The Director, Youth Development Learning Development will be responsible for supporting the design and implementation of competency-based trainings and related resources that build capacity in youth development professionals to support whole-child development. This includes the planning and development of trainings and resources related to foundational positive youth development and BGCA-specific programs and initiatives that can be deployed to drive scale and further support the decentralization of training across the Movement.

This role will work within and across departments to support alignment with BGCA priorities and policies, ensure consistency across other schools in Spillett Leadership University (BGCA’s comprehensive training site), and maximize impact.

The Director will also support the field in their professional learning and development by providing consultations to Club staff and supporting Clubs to develop and implement learning strategies and capacity-building approaches to increase their impact and drive youth outcomes.

The role will be critical in supporting BGCA’s program quality priorities in expanding a body of professional learning and development tools that builds the capacity of adults to support the knowledge, skill, and behaviors needed for the successful implementation of national programs, activities and experiences that support overall youth development.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS 

Training Development  

Core Functions: Develop competency-based trainings and supplemental resources for various delivery methods to include in-person and digital delivery.  

• Develops competency-based trainings based on adult learning principles in a range of modalities.  
• Leads and supports the development of content on a range of topics related to positive youth development.  
• Develops supplementary training resources to support greater impact.   
• Facilitate trainings as needed. 

Professional Learning Development 

Core Functions: Develop the standards, processes, systems, and tools for the development of professional learning development resources.   

• Support the design and implementation of a consistent system for development, redevelopment, and refresh of learning development resources.  
• Support the implementation and application of instructional design standards inclusive but not limited to safety, inclusion, and universal language.  
• Partner with teams to integrate training and professional development resources and opportunities into their work to further drive outcomes.  
• Incorporate evaluation findings and emerging best practices in instructional design to strengthen training materials and support youth outcomes.  
• Support the development and release of content on Spillett Leadership University and other BGCA platforms as relevant.  

Portfolio and Project Management  

Core Functions: Develop operational procedures for learning design and development.  

• Establishes and manages funding deliverables for learning design.  
• Develops processes for effectively managing external contractors.  
• Effectively manage projects within portfolio inclusive of deliverables, budget, vendors, partnerships, and internal and external communications.  

Activation 

Core functions: Support the execution strategy to scale NTI across the Movement.  

• Support the implementation, promotion and adoption strategy for NTI to decentralize training across the Movement.  
• Promote NTI at state, regional, and national conferences, and meetings. 

 SKILLS AND TRAITS 

Leadership 

• Demonstrate a strong ability to contribute to cross-functional initiatives as a youth development content expert for Organizational and Executive Development Services, Government Relations, Resource Development, Marketing & Communications, Planning & Measurement, and others. 
• Demonstrate the ability to design and deliver national learning pathways across diverse organizational structures and capacities, demonstrating expertise in change management and continuous quality improvement.   
• Show a strong command of national education and youth development trends, regularly benchmarking the initiatives of peer organizations to ensure that professional development resources are best-in-class for the youth development sector. 
• Demonstrate an exceptional ability to write and oversee the development of relevant professional development tools and resources that drive a high-quality Club experience. 
• Deliver best-in-class services and resources to internal and external customers, guided by the highest standards of innovation and teamwork. 
• Present oneself in a professional manner at all times. 
• Able to present to a range of audiences including corporate executives, governmental officials, department heads, Club executives and staff.   
• Possess outstanding written and verbal communication skills. 

Drives Results  

• Work across internal and external BGCA partners to drive the YD learning strategy 
• Create and communicate compelling strategies, frameworks, tactical objectives and action plans. 
• Exemplify exceptional negotiation skills with an ability to bring others together and reconcile differences.   
• Apply logic and reasoning to identify new solutions or approaches to problems. 
• Drive projects to completion with a high-level execution. 
• Demonstrate a proven ability to take direction and input and to develop effective and engaging deliverables that achieve organizational goals. 

Builds Networks and Collaborations  

• Serve as a subject matter specialist across core teams in the development and integration of YD learning pathways 
• In consultation with internal and external subject matter experts, review/evaluate training content to ensure that it is meeting the intended objectives, and make improvements and revisions, as needed. 
• Build and manage internal and external BGCA partnerships that support the development and implementation of high-quality learning experiences.  
• Develop and manage internal systems for strategic learning, training and growing the learning culture within the BGCA organization movement wide. 
• Demonstrate BGCA mission driven I*CARE values, and integrate these beliefs into our environment and ways of work. 
• Treats others fairly, honestly and consistently. 
• Accepts responsibility for actions and those of team; confronts unethical behavior, engaging HR and senior leadership as appropriate. 

Passion, commitment and knowledge of BGCA and Movement 

• Give compelling testimony to the value of the organization and the work. 
• Show care and concern for youth. 
• Understand the Club Experience. 
• Understand or quickly learns BGCA culture, resources and budgeting/financial processes. 
• Adhere to organizational policies and procedures as described in BGCA’s Employment Handbook, Ethics Policy and elsewhere. 
• Support the overall goals and direction of Boys & Girls Clubs of America and assist with other duties as required that drive youth outcomes. 

SUPERVISION EXERCISED 

• No direct reports. May monitor and coordinate the work of temporary employees and student interns.

What You Bring:

• ​Master’s degree or higher is required. Advanced degrees in youth development, adult education, curriculum design, behavioral or social sciences (i.e. psychology, public health, sociology) focused on conducting and applying research into policies, conceptual frameworks, trainings, programs or best practices, are preferred.  
• ​Experience in program design, instructional design training and implementation and youth advocacy or development and current social issues impacting youth is preferred. 
• ​Minimum three years of experience in program development, design, training and implementation, developing conceptual frameworks, strategic consulting or related discipline is required. 
• ​Weikart Methods, EART, and NTI certification preferred but not required 

​ ABILITIES 

• ​Ability to carry out detailed and complex instructions; ability to interact with coworkers and public by telephone and in person as a member of a team to provide services to customers, both external and internal; ability to perform a variety of duties and to prioritize tasks to meet organizational needs.  Ability to clearly and concisely exchange ideas, facts and/or technical information and guidance in person, by telephone, email, fax or correspondence.  Physical requirements include: sight, hearing, sitting for four + hours a day, standing for one to two + hours a day, stooping; skills essential for successful communications include speaking, writing and reading comprehension.​ 

ENVIRONMENTAL & WORKING CONDITIONS

• Normal internal working environment.  
• Travel estimated at 20% (can be up to 2-4 days or more in a month, including weekends, depending upon scheduling requirements). 
• Individual selected for this position must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and be able to navigate areas of the country by using a map or other direction methods.