Manager, Before and After School Care Operations

**Date Posted**: July 16th, 2025

**Position Title**: Manager, Before and After School Care Operations

**Location**: Sprouts Head Office (3368 Carscallen Road, Richmond)

**Term**: Permanent, Full-Time

**Hours**: 35 hours per week

**Shift**: Monday - Friday Regular Business Hours (Hours may vary to meet program needs)

**Start Date**: ASAP

**Salary**: TBD

**Reports To**: Director, Child Care Operations

**Benefits**:

- Competitive vacation and paid sick time
- Generous employer-matched pension plan
- Eligibility for Extended Medical and Dental Benefits
- Training and Professional Development Opportunities
- Extensive Employee assistance program
- Reduced child care rates and priority placement for YMCA Staff
- Be part of a charitable organization that positively impacts the community
- _Some benefits may vary based on employment terms_

**About the position**

The Manager, Before and After School Care Programs, is responsible for the effective operation and leadership of multiple school-age sites across YMCA BC, within Vancouver. This role ensures high-quality programming that supports the well-being, development, and safety of children in our care.

Key responsibilities include overseeing day-to-day operations, mentoring, and supporting program staff, and ensuring compliance with licensing and YMCA quality standards. The Manager plays a critical role in building strong relationships with families, schools, and community partners, while fostering inclusive, engaging environments for children.

Aligned with YMCA BC’s Strategic Plan, priorities for this role include supporting program growth and expansion, staff development and retention, and strengthening connections with key stakeholders in the school-age care sector.

**Major Responsibilities**-**_in this position, you will_**:

- Provide operational leadership and day-to-day oversight of multiple licensed before and after school care programs, ensuring high-quality service delivery, compliance with child care licensing regulation, National YMCA A Place to Connect curriculum delivery, and alignment with YMCA BC's values and strategic priorities.
- Coach, develop, and support 3 to 4 direct reports and approximately 72 front-line staff to deliver high-quality programs that meet Provincial Licensing Regulation and YMCA standards.
- Actively contribute to a cohesive management team, working collaboratively to advance the mission of YMCA BC.
- Demonstrate a strong commitment to achieving Branch and Association goals related to annual operating plans, budgets, fundraising, YMCA initiatives, and special projects, ensuring programs operate at full capacity.

**Qualification**-**_you bring_**:

- Minimum of 5 years’ experience leading teams of staff or volunteers.
- University degree in a related field preferred
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Valid First Aid Certificate required.

**About YMCA BC**:
By igniting belonging and championing health equity, YMCA BC strengthens the foundations of community. With over 3,000 employees and volunteers, YMCA BC serves 150,000 individuals of all ages, backgrounds and abilities across hundreds of service locations, from the Sunshine Coast to Fort St. John.

As a charity, YMCA BC promotes equitable access to healthier outcomes by providing vital programs and services to help address many of our communities' most pressing social issues, including health and wellness, affordable child care and camps, mental health, employment services and community health.

We believe there is potential inside all of us and envision vibrant, healthy and inclusive communities for all.

YMCA BC is firmly committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging (EDIB). By taking an intersectional approach to our programs and services, the YMCA is committed to creating spaces and experiences where everyone feels safe, welcome, and like they belong. Learn more at bc.ymca.ca.

**Application Process**-**_ready to make a difference?_

**Application Deadline**:Until Filled
- If short-listed for a position: We will contact, you to move forward to the next step.

Does this role sound like a great fit, but you don’t meet every requirement? At YMCA BC, we understand that qualifications and experiences vary. If this opportunity interests you, we encourage you to apply—even if your background doesn’t perfectly match every qualification.