Centre Manager

**Date Posted**:October 29, 2025-
Position Title**:Centre Manager
- **Location**:Bettie Allard YMCA (555 Emerson St, Coquitlam, BC V3J 0N2)
- **Terms**: Full-Time**Permanent
- **Hours**:35 hours per week
- **Shift**:Shifts vary but will weekdays, evenings and weekend per the operational needs
- **Start Date**:As soon as possible
- **Salary**: $85,000 - $90,000 annually
- **Reports To**: Vice President, Health, Fitness and Aquatics
- **Benefits**:

- Extended Health Benefits
- Extensive Employee assistance program
- Training and Professional Development Opportunities
- Reduced childcare rates and priority placement for YMCA Staff
- Be part of a charitable organization that positively impacts the community
- _Some benefits may vary based on region and employment terms_
- **Nature and Scope**
- YMCA BC cares about raising healthy and resilient children, ensuring youth feel confident and supported and helping people feel healthy and connected to others in the community. We believe that everyone deserves to be healthy in spirit, mind and body. Our state-of-the-art centres of community offer a range of health, fitness, and aquatics programs for individuals and families.
** Major Responsibilities**:

- Ensure operational excellence
- Maintain high service standards and satisfaction ratings that are reflected in the achievement of annual membership growth and retention targets. Achieve all quality standards and targets established under YMCA best practices
- Provide direct leadership to departmental supervisors
- Ensure staff have the skills and knowledge required to perform roles in line with expectations of their functions. Support direct reports in the performance management of staff and volunteer teams.
- Ensure the Bettie Allard YMCA meets the strategic plan and operational goals of the Association
- Manage and achieve the targets and goals established in the centre’s operating budgets.
- Operate as a strong team player sharing leadership and accountability under an integrated management and program delivery model.
- Develop and maintain positive relationships and increase involvement of members and community partners including the program /membership relationship with the City of Coquitlam.
- Develop and implement plans to serve and engage the community through discussion, participation and involvement in community groups, committees and partnerships related to the needs of the Vancouver community.
- Establish rapport and maintain effective relationships with staff, volunteers, and members
- **Qualifications**-**_you bring_**:

- Minimum of 4-6 years of leadership experience in management roles, involving responsibility for planning, operations and financial management
- Well-developed interpersonal skills and ability to establish rapport with diverse membership staff, volunteers, community stakeholders and partners
- Access to a vehicle or able to travel within the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley
Excellent written communication and public speaking skills
- Demonstrated experience and sensitivity in dealing with members of different cultures and backgrounds, including visible and invisible dimensions of diversity
- Proven leadership of dedicated, high-performance teams
- Post-secondary academic credentials and an ongoing commitment to professional development
** 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.
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Application Process**-**
- _ ready to make a difference?_
**Application Deadline**:November 8, 2025.
- If short-listed for a position: We will contact, you to move forward to the next step.
- **Note**: Depending on the role, we may be required to prioritize internal applicants. At YMCA BC, we approach each hiring process individually, recognizing that people bring diverse experiences and strengths. If this opportunity speaks to you, we encourage you to apply—even if you don’t meet every listed qualification. Your unique background might be just what we’re looking for. And if this role isn’t the right fit, we hope you’ll continue explori