Enhancement Coordinator; LEC

A community, not a facility. As thought leaders in the industry, we take a positive,holistic approach to senior care and encourage independence, as people are happiest when they can make their own choices. We provide opportunities for physical activity, social engagement, intellectual stimulation, spiritual involvement, and fun. We treat our residents and our team members like family. This opportunity will allow you to positively impact the quality of life for over 700 seniors and their families.

Weare looking for the right person to create and implement an engaging program for our residents. We specialize in assisted living and memory care. Highgate Senior Living's mission is to devote ourselves to help each resident live a life of purpose and each of us plays acrucial role in doing so. We operate communities in the western US and are seeking the right Life Enhancement Coordinator to join our team.

Help us create an environment that promotes asense of well-being and the feeling of true community in a gracious, homelike setting. This position is full-time and includes coordination/planning of both small and large group activities, events, and opportunities for our residents to learn new things. In this role, you will lead the team in providing a program that includes the pursuit of creative interests like theArts and music, provides opportunities for socialization, promotes a wellness program that includes physical exercise and mindfulness, provides outlets for spiritual fulfillment, creates environments for residents to focus on continuous learning, cognition stimulation and family/friends engagement.

Living with purpose is the fundamental principle our program is founded upon, as all of us want to feel needed anduseful. Executing this mission driven role helps our residents maintain that sense of purpose, feel valued and necessary in the world.

The successful candidate will be an organized and detail-oriented individual with a positive and self-motivated attitude. You must have strong communication and computer skills. Excellent time management skills are important along with relationship building, persistence, flexibility, and adaptability. You must want to have fun and spend time interacting with others to be successful in this role.

• Strong organizational and leadership skills
• Ability to design and execute an appealing program for seniors at varying cognitive and physical ability levels
• Innovative thinking necessary todevelop a program that includes opportunities for our residents to continuously learn new things
• An understanding of how to build aprogram that encompasses physical exercise, spirituality, social engagement,creative outlets, intellectual stimulation, and opportunities for residents togive back to others
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong persuasion skills
• Proficient in MS Office suite andability to learn new software
• Team player with ability to develop strong working relationships along with customer service focus
• Ability to adapt/respond quickly to changing requirements and effectively balance priorities to meet deadlines
• An understanding or the willingness togain an understanding of the various forms of dementia and how to help residents with dementia still live with purpose
• Leadership skills to build, motivate, oversee,and guide a team that functions well
• Comfortability with marketing your volunteer opportunities to help support the overall program
• Business acumen to assume responsibility for the budgets, both labor and supplies

• Experience in coordinating group activities and/or structured opportunities that encourage people to come together
• Jobs that have included event planning, marketing, or recreational therapy
• Leadership roles in which you havebeen a multi-tasker, balancing customer service with objective project goals
• Experience with facilitating groupsand understanding group dynamics
• Jobs you have had working with seniors or other vulnerable populations
• Experience in Assisted Living /Healthcare therapeutic recreation inprior roles

1-At least 21 years of age

2-At least 2 years in…