RCCYC Enrichment & Recreation Manager in Indianapolis, Indiana at Eastern Star Church

OUR MISSION: The ROCK Community Center for Youth & Children (RCCYC) champions the development of healthy, whole, and resilient youth and children in Arlington Woods and beyond. The Center provides safe, accessible, high-quality, holistic programs and support services for K–12 youth and their families, spanning education, recreation, leadership, and enrichment.

YOUR ROLE IN OUR MISSION The Enrichment & Recreation Manager ensures the quality and daily implementation of RCCYC's recreation, health and wellness, arts and creative expression, and experiential-enrichment programming. This role transforms recreational and enrichment time into intentional youth-development experiences. The Manager develops structured opportunities that promote physical wellness, creativity, confidence, teamwork, communication, sportsmanship, healthy relationships, and social-emotional development. The Enrichment & Recreation Manager reports to the Director of Programming and implements the program plans, outcomes, and priorities established for this portfolio while coordinating operational and facility needs through the appropriate RCCYC channels.

Enrichment & Recreation Programming

Develop and implement structured indoor and outdoor recreation for K–12 youth.

? Create age-appropriate recreation schedules, activity rotations, clubs, and enrichment experiences.

? Design activities that intentionally develop teamwork, communication, confidence, sportsmanship, cooperation, and healthy competition.

? Develop structured alternatives for gym, outdoor, and free-activity periods.

? Maintain an activity bank that allows staff to consistently facilitate purposeful programming.

? Coordinate tournaments, recreation clubs, special activities, and experiential opportunities as appropriate.

Health & Wellness

? Develop programming that promotes physical activity and healthy lifestyles.

? Coordinate age-appropriate health and wellness education.

? Integrate social-emotional wellness and healthy relationship development into appropriate enrichment activities.

? Identify qualified wellness, fitness, recreation, and health partners.

? Develop activities that encourage healthy habits, resilience, self-awareness, and positive decision-making.

Arts & Creative Expression

? Develop and coordinate opportunities in visual arts, music, dance, theater, media, creative writing, and other forms of creative expression.

? Identify artists, instructors, vendors, and community partners who can strengthen arts programming.

? Create opportunities for youth to showcase creative work.

? Ensure arts and creative-expression activities are age-appropriate and connected to identified developmental outcomes.

Program Implementation & Supervision

? Implement enrichment and recreation programming in alignment with the annual and seasonal program calendar established by the Director of Programming.

? Develop weekly and monthly activity plans.

? Provide day-to-day direction to assigned Youth Development Specialists, Recreation Staff, Program Instructors, Coaches, and Interns.

? Ensure assigned staff understand activity plans, youth-development expectations, safety requirements, and intended outcomes. ? Maintain appropriate youth-to-staff ratios.

? Coach staff on effective activity facilitation, youth engagement, and behavior management.

? Identify staff-development needs and communicate recommendations to the Director of Programming.

? Escalate formal employee-performance concerns according to established supervisory procedures.

Program Evaluation & Improvement

? Track participation and attendance within enrichment and recreation programming.

? Collect program data required for RCCYC evaluation and applicable grants.

? Monitor progress toward established health, wellness, recreation, arts, and enrichment outcomes.

? Gather youth feedback and assess participant engagement.

? Use program data and observations to recommend improvements.

? Provide timely and accurate information to the Director of Programming for organizational and funder reporting. +

Budget & Resource Stewardship

? Develop recommendations for recreation equipment, arts supplies, enrichment materials, instructors, vendors, and program experiences.

? Monitor assigned program expenditures against approved allocations provided by the Director of Programming.

? Submit program/vendor requests according to established RCCYC procedures.

? Maintain appropriate inventory of recreation and enrichment materials.

? Identify anticipated resource and equipment needs in advance.

? Operate within approved program budgets and spending authority.

Youth Development & Safety

? Ensure assigned staff implement RCCYC youth-protection, inclusion, and behavior-management policies.

? Maintain safe and developmentally appropriate recreational and enrichment environments.

? Inspect program areas and equipment for safety concerns before use.

? Ensure incidents, injuries, and hazards are documented and reported according to RCCYC procedures.

? Maintain appropriate supervision and youth-to-staff ratios.

? Coordinate facility and logistical needs with Operations.

Family & Community Engagement

? Identify community organizations, artists, recreation providers, health organizations, coaches, and enrichment partners.

? Coordinate approved instructors, coaches, vendors, and community partners.

? Support family engagement through showcases, wellness activities, recreation events, and other approved experiences.

? Gather family and youth feedback regarding enrichment interests.

? Communicate partnership opportunities and recommendations to the Director of Programming.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

? Assigned Youth Development Specialists

? Recreation Staff

? Program Instructors

? Coaches

? Interns and volunteers assigned to Enrichment & Recreation, as designated

QUALIFICATIONS: Required

? Bachelor's degree in recreation, youth development, physical education, arts administration, education, social work, or related field.

? 2+ years of experience in youth programming, recreation, enrichment, arts, health/wellness, or related programming.

? Demonstrated experience developing and facilitating structured activities for children or youth.

? Strong group-management and youth-engagement skills.

? Ability to coordinate multiple programs, age groups, schedules, and activities.

? Strong organizational and communication skills.

? Ability to coach and provide direction to frontline staff.

? Ability to work onsite during RCCYC program hours and special programming as required.

Preferred

? Experience in after-school, recreation-center, or community-center programming.

? Experience managing youth recreation or enrichment programming.

? Experience coordinating coaches, artists, instructors, or program vendors.

? Experience with grant-funded programming and outcome reporting.

? Experience developing health/wellness or arts programming.

? Bilingual skills a plus.