Working at the Y is more than just a job – you’ll find opportunities to reach your potential while making a positive impact in your community.
Join the Y Club Staff Team!
Do you have a talent for working with children? Are you passionate about making a positive impact? If so, it's time to explore the rewarding career opportunities available with Y Child Care.
As a member of our Y Club staff, you'll play a vital role in our before and after school enrichment programs, helping to shape young minds and create a safe, nurturing environment for our community's children.
🧘♀️ Free YMCA membership
🌟 Work that makes a difference
👍 Subsidized child care and program fees
📘 Opportunities for training and advancement
The YMCA believes that a world-class organization driven to strengthen community requires highly trained employees. The Y provides many training and development opportunities for staff to gain the knowledge and skills they need to develop as leaders both inside and outside of the Y.
The Y is the leading nonprofit committed to strengthening community by connecting all people to their potential, purpose and each other.
Working locally, we focus on empowering young people, improving health and well-being, and inspiring action in and across communities. By bringing together people from different backgrounds, perspectives and generations, we ensure that we all have access to the opportunities, relationships and resources necessary to learn, grow and thrive.
When you feel well, you do well—both professionally and personally! Eligible team members at the Y have access to a comprehensive benefits package. We support benefit programs with a generous contribution to each team member’s benefit elections each month.
- Free YMCA membership
- Work that makes a difference
- Subsidized child care and program fees
- Opportunities for training and advancement
- Health and dental insurance for eligible employees
- Funded retirement plan when requirements are met
During your employment, for every full- or part-time new hire that you refer, you can earn a $300 bonus.
Current Y employees can refer candidates for positions at any time during their employment. To receive your referral bonus, first make sure that the person you are referring includes your name on their application under the section "If you were referred by a current Gateway Region YMCA Employee, please enter their name". Next, notify your supervisor that you have referred someone that has been hired by the Y. Your supervisor will complete the Referral Bonus form for you, letting HR know your name and the name of the person that you referred. Once the person you have referred has reached 30 days of active employment we will process your bonus and pay it out on the next available paycheck.
Bonuses are pre-tax.
We believe in the power of human potential and are committed to the professional growth and development of our team. Together, we support progress by focusing on learning, career coaching and continuous improvement.
This helps our team members reach their professional goals and feel valued. We also provide Employee Resource Groups, which provide a space for people to network, mentor one another, participate in personal and professional development and more—all while building meaningful connections.
-Robust Leadership Development and Certification program for all stages of a career rooted in the Y-USA’s Cause Driven Leadership® Competency Model
-The 70/20/10 Model for learning through work experience by creating opportunities for on-the-job skill development, career coaching, mentorship, training and self-study.
-Immediate access to tools, resources, subject matter experts and mentors and from over 10,000 communities with YMCAs across the country (called the Y Movement) to help you reach your potential in your role or program.
Are you looking to further expand your knowledge? Whether it be for a career in aquatics, child care, or your own personal growth, find a YMCA Training or Certification course that's right for you at one of our branches. Basic First Aid, Lifeguard Certification, Basic Life Support, and more are all currently being offered.
Why Work for the Y?
We employ more than 4,000 frontline staff and 350 full-time staff, and the benefits extend well beyond the basic. The Y is made up of people of all ages and from every walk of life working side-by-side to strengthen communities. We practice inclusion by valuing the diversity of all people in the communities we serve.
The Gateway Region YMCA provides equal opportunity in employment to all team members and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, status with regard to public assistance, membership or activities in a local commission, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Diversity, Inclusion & Global Engagement
The Gateway Region YMCA creates opportunity for persons of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to achieve their potential. We aspire to be the center of collaboration within our communities by inspiring and promoting diversity, inclusion and global efforts for all.