YPHD Before & Afterschool Site Lead

Title: YPHD Before & Afterschool Site Lead/Team Lead

Location: Inglis Street Elementary School

Program: YPHD

Position Status: Full-Time, Contract; Monday to Friday, 7:30-9:00am and 12:00-5:30pm (until June 30, 2026)

Compensation: $16.00-$17.50 per hour (September to December 2025) and $20.00-$22.00 per hour (January to June 2026)

There is potential inside all of us – we all have it in us to shine.

Every charity exists to help solve a problem – our charity exists to help solve many problems, from childcare shortages, social isolation, mental health issues, access to wellness, and more. Today, our network is spread across 100+ program locations in HRM and the province, meeting the most urgent needs of our communities in mental health supports, accessible childcare, supporting an increasing immigrant population, safe spaces for youth to grow and lead, helping to navigate a precarious labour market, delivering wellness programming for all, and creating community for isolated older adults. 

We give people the tools, encouragement, and safe space to discover their inner strength. When they know someone’s in their corner, with unconditional support, they realize they can do more than they thought possible. It’s your support, expertise, and guidance that helps people ignite their full potential and shape our neighbourhoods into vibrant and healthy communities.  

With us at their side, they can Shine On. 

As part of your total compensation: 

• Receive a complimentary YMCA membership to our Health & Fitness facilities
• Access to Y at Home, where you can participate in fitness programs from your own home
• Discounts on YMCA childcare and camp programs
• 3 weeks vacation entitlement and paid wellness days 
• Comprehensive benefits package and pension 
• Complimentary wellbeing and counselling services

About the role:

From August to December 2025, the Site Lead will serve as the primary point of contact for the site, ensuring daily operations run smoothly, resolving parent and staff concerns, and maintaining safety as the highest priority. The role is responsible for delivering high-quality, inclusive programming aligned with High Five and Y Healthy Child Standards, focusing on physical literacy, cooperative play, and confidence-building for school-aged children (4–12). The Site Lead actively engages in direct program delivery, fostering positive child development and championing physical literacy as a cornerstone to building healthy communities.

Beginning January 2026, the position will automatically transition to Team Lead, with expanded managerial and leadership responsibilities. The Team Lead will oversee staff at the site, ensuring all documentation, standards, requirements, and regulations are met. They will support and guide the team toward success, ensuring operational excellence while continuing to uphold program quality, safety, and inclusion. 

In this role, you will:

• Administration: Responsible for the overall wellbeing and flow of the site. Completing any administrative work, being the focal point of communication on the ground, and ensuring the overall adherence to YMCA standards on site.
• Program Planning: plan and implement before school, and afterschool programming that provides an interactive, well-rounded, and educational experience in keeping with quality standards, child safeguarding requirements, and provincial requirements (i.e. applicable legislation). Includes development of curriculum plan and supporting activities, ensuring experience consistency/routine maintenance, and resource procurement. 
• Program Delivery: Responsible for delivery of hands-on program activity plans for school age youth (ages 4-12) to enhance/provide participants with a safe, inclusive, positive environment. Program facilitation is in keeping with established outcomes/objectives, in addition to YMCA quality and safety requirements, and provincial regulations. Includes: program set-up/take down, preparation of materials and procurement of supplies/equipment; program evaluation and measurements of success.
• Foster positive, collaborative relationships with parents and caregivers in aim of supporting and enhancing child’s learning, development, and ensuring individual needs are met. Through collaboration with the leadership team, ensure a timely, meaningful resolution to parent concerns regarding program delivery. Champion and model Y values and behavior standards in all internal and external interactions.
• Program Administration: Complete program documentation/administrative activities as required supporting efficient program delivery and fulfillment of YMCA program and provincial body legislated requirements.  Includes: completion, maintenance, and reporting of daily/weekly activity plan, pick up/sign out records, participant record maintenance, program/participation statistics, permission slips, and attendance.
• Challenging any onsite issues through efficient communication and appropriate decision making.
• Supervise and mentor program leader/student placements leading by example and offering feedback when necessary.
• Problem-solve any challenges that may occur within placements. Identify and target those placements that can be recruited for future employment.
• Other duties as assigned by the Program Manager.

Education and skills qualifications: 

• Must have own car or reliable access to a means of transportation.
• High School diploma, or equivalent combination of education and experience, with a strong reference.
• 0-2 years of childcare experience with demonstrable evidence of experience linked to the role’s responsibilities 
• Experience working with children
• Demonstrated success in planning/organizing games, sports, arts, crafts, cultural activities, lead field trips, etc.
• Post-secondary education in Early Childhood Education or related field an asset
• Working knowledge of school system and community resources an asset
• Demonstrated cross-cultural communication skills to work with youth, parents, and staff
• Demonstrated ability to meet multiple, competing deadlines and priorities
• Strong attention to detail 
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation/workshop facilitation skills
• Strong interpersonal skills including tact, diplomacy, and ability to establish rapport with clients
• Intermediate Microsoft Office Skills
• Flexibility to work outside of regular work hours on an as-needed basis

To apply:

Please apply online at https://ymcahfx.ca/workwithus/.

Please note that all successful candidates are required to provide:

• Criminal Record Check, Vulnerable Sector Check, and Child Abuse Register Check (less than 6 months old), if 18 years of age or older
• Attend Child Safeguarding Training upon hire
• Valid First Aid and CPR Training

Please note: Background checks are reviewed on an individual basis – offenses, if any, are based on role and Child Safeguarding requirements, and may not eliminate candidates from employment at our YMCA.

At the YMCA, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where every team member feels valued, respected, and empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work. We believe that a variety of perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences enrich our organization, enabling us to better serve our community and achieve our mission. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, racially diverse, 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, gender-diverse people, people with diverse abilities, members of ethnic minorities and faith groups, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

If you require accommodation during the hiring process, please inform us in advance to arrange reasonable and appropriate accommodation.