Director of Activities at Clairmont Place – Decatur, Georgia

Decatur senior living community is looking for a Community Life! Director to lead and activate our Community Life philosophy and strategy with a focus on growth, meaningful experiences, and expansion of our existing program. From ideation to execution – including program development, production, and promotional materials – this role will manage all programs, events, partner events, and activities in our independent living and personal care home communities.

Our community consists of residents in independent living and assisted living. Our ideal candidate will have a sense of humor, work creatively, love problem solving, value initiative in others, and engage in a gentle spirit of camaraderie among staff. Our personnel have a passion for working with seniors and they enrich our residential community’s culture of kindness.

The Director of Community Life! is responsible for developing and coordinating successful programs, events, activities and volunteer programs. The Director of Community Life! will work closely with all stakeholders (residents, staff, and family) to identify resident interests and work with them to plan and manage resources which support the interest and wellbeing of each individual and the community as a whole.

You’ll quickly see and feel the passion and humility that our team brings to work every day. Our team philosophy is the key to bringing that to life in partnership with the larger community. This role reports to the executive director.

The ideal candidate has 5-7 years in the field of Active Aging, has worked directly in Senior Programming, is a Certified Activity Professional, is passionate about building community and daily memorable experiences. The Community Life! Department takes charge of multiple aspects of resident experience: Social/Recreational, Physical, Spiritual, Psychological, Intellectual, Vocational/Volunteering, and Environmental

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent preferred

• Clear purpose of creating fun

• Vision and creativity

• A love of Elders

• Experience with volunteer recruitment and coordination

• “Can do” attitude

• Experience in long-term care services. Assisted Living/Personal Care preferred

• Caring and compassionate attitude

• Timeliness and Good organizational skills

• Microsoft Office Skills/Word, Excel/Power Point

• Google Suite Experience/Docs, Forms, Sheets/Slides

• Valid CPR and First Aid

• Certified Eden Alternative Associate a plus

What You Will Be Responsible For

• Event Management: Own the strategy, activation, vendors, and calendar for all physical and virtual events.

• Building the Process: Ongoing development of processes and procedures to ensure efficiencies and economies of scale

• Create and maintain a well-balanced event calendar of all dimensions and domains of wellbeing.

• Alignment with cross-functional teams, especially Dining Services

• Understanding our Audience: Familiarize yourself with the audiences we’re targeting and create events/materials that grab their attention and achieve our one campus one team philosophy.

• Ongoing Measurement: Provide ongoing reporting for identified indicators, event performance, insights, and optimization for future events. Work with all stakeholders to ensure accurate tracking for audiences.

• 5+ years of event experience. Must possess extraordinary attention to detail with the ability to work on several projects simultaneously and deadline-driven

• Influential leadership skills - Ability to foster creativity, collaboration and consensus both inside and outside of your area of ownership

• Willingness to be hands on - We all get to lean in.

• High proficiency in branding and messaging

• Business acumen - you understand the balance of managing budget/performance while exploring new channels and adjusting as needed to align with our goals.

• Outstanding communication skills (verbal, written, and visual) with the ability to influence and build consensus.

• A strong sense of curiosity - the ability to see potential in an idea/product/feature and know how and where to present that to the ideal audience and convert.

• Start-up ready - you have the confidence and problem-solving skills to be effective in situations with limited information.

• Servant-leadership philosophy in action

What's In It For You

• The opportunity to work with a talented and passionate team and partners that are receptive to new ideas that enhance quality of life for each resident.

• We offer a competitive salary along with an excellent benefits package for all our full-time employees, including medical, dental, vision, and paid leave.

• You can make significant contributions to the development, implementation growth and success of the new Community Life! Department. (Don’t worry, we have strong existing programs that we are merging; we have enough in place already that you won’t have to create everything from scratch!)

• We work with passion, understanding, agility and fluidity. You can have a major impact on how our processes take shape

• Your visibility will be high, with daily opportunities to share wins and learnings with the entire community.

• You can be yourself! You can innovate! Change is welcomed! Spontaneity is encouraged!

• Our work environment emphasizes collaboration, energy and openness

Who We Are Serving:

• Our Residents!

Reports to the Executive Director and Works closely with our Community Life! Committee