Program Director (Middle School)

Job Title: Program Director Employment Type: Year-round, Full-Time Exempt Annual Salary: $123,600 - $129,780 Location: Presidio Middle School, San Francisco Job Title: Program Director Employment Type: Year-round, Full-Time Exempt Annual Salary: $123,600 - 129,780 Location: Presidio Middle School, San Francisco Job Title: Program Director Employment Type: Year-round, Full-Time Exempt Annual Salary: $123,600 - 129,780 Location: Presidio Middle School, San Francisco JOB SUMMARY: As the Presidio Beacon Program Director, this individual holds responsibility for leading Presidio Middle School’s Beacon Program, which operates through a community school model. This holistic approach integrates academic instruction with comprehensive services and resources tailored to meet the needs of students, families, and the surrounding community. The Director oversees all aspects of the Beacon’s programs, including After-School and morning care, Wellness, Restorative Practices, Family Engagement, and Summer Camps, while ensuring a strong culture of student engagement, belonging, accountability, and safety across all program spaces. This role also entails managing staffing and ensuring strategic alignment with the mission, vision, and values of The Richmond Neighborhood Center (TRNC). Close collaboration with school administrators, faculty, social workers, counseling teams, SFUSD, DCYF, and SF Beacon Initiative partners, Beacon staff, and Neighborhood Center leadership is essential to identifying and addressing the evolving needs of Presidio Middle School students. The Director serves as a key partner to the school community, helping to foster safe, supportive, and youth-centered environments that promote positive student outcomes and strong school-day to after-school alignment. Effective staff supervision, communication, and partnership management are central to delivering high-quality programming and responsive support for youth and families. In partnership with the CFO and organizational leadership, budgets are developed to support sustainable program structures aligned with SFUSD expectations and student outcome goals. The Director’s vision for programmatic excellence drives continuous improvement, with a steadfast commitment to student- and family-centered practices, particularly prioritizing the needs of students identifying as BIPOC, ELL, and/or having special needs. This position requires a leader who can balance collaboration, accountability, and relationship-building while working in partnership with school administrators and community stakeholders. The Director maintains a clear understanding of the organization’s mission, standards, and target populations to ensure quality, consistency, and meaningful impact across all areas of programming. ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIP Reports To: Chief Strategy Officer Supervises: Program Managers, Family Engagement Team, and Coaches at Presidio Middle School RESPONSIBILITIES PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION (40%) Develops a vision for the program (aligned to organizational mission and values and participant needs), understands the current state of the program, and creates a path forward. Serves as the gatekeeper for creating new programs, sunsetting outdated ones, and tabling requests with a strategic plan in mind. Serves as the key collaborator on projects between the organization and the school, including consistent communication with the Principal and Counseling Department. Supports school administrators and site partners on identifying and meeting needs of policies, projects, and school stakeholders. Works with program managers to ensure Beacon programming meets DCYF’s (San Francisco’s Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families) and ExCEL’s (San Francisco Unified School Districts’ After-School Program) requirements in regards to attendance, data reporting, registration, and daily operations. Works with program managers to ensure programming is being implemented and evaluated as planned, including but not limited to DCYF & ExCEL surveys, ExCEL Quality Action Plan and Youth Program Quality Assessment tool. Assists Program Manager to coordinate the Family Engagement Team by supporting and assisting with meetings, scheduling workshops, and attending family nights. Manages partnerships with local organizations including but not limited to Richmond Area Multi-Services, Richmond District YMCA, and Japanese Community Youth Council, by writing or editing Service Agreements, negotiating budgets, and paying or invoicing in a timely manner. Substitutes for program managers or direct service as needed in supervising transitions, activities, or in classrooms. STAFF SUPERVISION (15%) Provides employment life cycle (hiring, training, supervising, evaluating, and disciplining) for Program Managers and various direct reports. Sets and implements a clear vision for staff and manager training grounded in best practices, including youth development, incident response and reporting, mandated reporting requirements, restorative practices, de-escalation, safety protocols, and partnership expectations with SFUSD and school communities. Provides proactive leadership and responsive support to emergent program, staffing, and student needs, ensuring timely communication, sound decision-making, and appropriate follow-through in partnership with school administration and TRNC leadership. Provides written performance appraisals on an annual basis, with regular coaching, feedback, and professional development conversations occurring throughout the year to support staff growth and accountability. Ensures that all employee paperwork, compliance documentation, and reporting requirements are completed accurately and in a timely manner. Produces all HR (personnel) documents and reviews and approves bi-monthly timesheets in Human Resource Software, accurately, legibly and timely. FISCAL AND BUDGET MANAGEMENT (15%) Tightly aligns program goals and funding in the budget creation and modification process with Chief Financial Officer Works with the Executive Director to create the vision for the program budgets and the greater organization wide budget. Serves as The Richmond Neighborhood Center’s key contact for ExCEL and DCYF contracts for this site. Understands and adheres to grant funding guidelines. Closely collaborates and communicates with Program Managers and the CFO on key issues such as spending timelines, over-budgeted costs, and reassignment of funds. Monitors and controls expenditures through funds request procedures with staff. EXTERNAL RELATIONS (15%) Represents The Richmond Neighborhood Center in a wide range of venues relevant to youth development, student success, and community partnership efforts, including but not limited to meetings with Board of Supervisors officials, SFUSD administrators, ExCEL, DCYF, community-based organizations, and other citywide networks, as identified by the supervisor. Participates in regular meetings and collaborative spaces with school administration, counseling and wellness teams, SFUSD partners, and community stakeholders focused on student engagement, student safety, student outcomes, coordinated support strategies, and the sharing of best practices. Serves as a visible and trusted representative of TRNC both within and beyond Presidio Middle School, acting as a steward of the organization’s mission, values, reputation, and relationships throughout the broader community. Builds and maintains collaborative partnerships with school-day staff, families, community partners, and external stakeholders through consistent communication, responsiveness, and relationship-centered leadership. Conducts outreach to potential community partners in collaboration with organizational leadership to strengthen resources, opportunities, and support available to students and families. Participates in or