Assistant Program Director

Acacia Network, the leading Latino integrated care nonprofit in the nation, offers the community, from children to seniors, a pathway to behavioral and primary healthcare, housing, and empowerment. We are visionary leaders transforming the triple aim of high quality, great experience at a lower cost. Acacia champions a collaborative environment to deliver vital health, housing and community building services, work we have been doing since 1969. By hiring talented individuals like you, we've been able to expand quickly, with offices in Albany, Buffalo, Syracuse, Orlando, Tennessee, Maryland and Puerto Rico.

The general responsibilities of the Assistant Program Director are to assist the Program Director
with the overall planning, coordination, supervision and implementation of projects and
departmental activities serving youth in school based program. Ability to supervise, assist in
monitoring staff. Understanding the scope and design of youth development and School time
programming in academic based program.

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Serves in an advisory capacity to the Program/Department Director
• Assists with the planning, directing, supervising, and coordination of diverse and

comprehensive planning, evaluation and research activities.

• Assists with the preparation and monitoring of a diverse operations budget and applies and

observes appropriate fiscal controls; interprets and applies appropriate laws, codes, rules
and policies.

• Assists with directing and conducting complex analyses of organizational and

administrative problems.

• Assists with recommending and implementing effective courses of action.
• Assists with planning and managing the use of automated systems to meet the

requirements of internal and external projects and operations

• Assists with the management of research and evaluation projects requested by managers

or directed by the Director.

• Assists with the coordination and overall supervision of the office's long-range, strategic

planning process; and assists with planning, directing, supervising, and coordinating
diverse and comprehensive policy analyses and development activities.

• Assists in the selection, delegation, and evaluation of support staff.
• Performs all other related duties.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelors (preferred) or Associates degree.
• 3-4 years of job-related youth development experience with demonstrated competence of

leadership and supervision.

• General Knowledge of DYCD, DOE services and System management (Recommended)
• Skills with design, scheduling, programming with degree of conceptualization and

creativity

• Strategic planning.
• Monitoring and Supervision
• Mastery skill in communicating in critical situations, both orally and in writing
• Ability to demonstrate budget preparation and control.
• Ability to administer programs.
• Skills in managing personnel through subordinate professional, management, or

supervisory staff.