Activities Manager

Overview

Senior Services for South Sound

Opening Date: 2/14/2026

Closing Date:
Continuous – Open until filled.

Department:
Activities

Job Type: Non-Exempt, 1.0 FTE - 40 hours per week

Salary: New hires start at $21.45 – 25.00 per hour, depending on experience and skills. This position is a Step 3 of the internal salary schedule, which has a range of $/hour. Opportunity for a wage increase is based on passing the first 6 months, satisfactory job performance, availability of budgetary funds, and market factors.

Benefits: For regular employees working 20 or more hours per week

Insurance:
Medical, vision, dental, and life insurance are available on the first day of the month after 60 days.

Paid vacation:
Accrued proportional to hours worked and based on seniority, i.e., a 1–2-year employee working 40 hours/week will accrue approximately 8 hours per month.

Paid holidays: 12-13 paid holidays if their normal schedule would have them working on that day.

Paid personal day: 1 paid personal day within a fiscal year after the first 6 months.

Retirement:
If expected to earn $5k in compensation per year, a tax-deferred Simple IRA with company matching up to 3% of gross is available.

Pet Insurance: available to all employees.

Employee Assistance Program: available to all employees.

Paid sick leave in compliance with WA state standards.

Location:

Headquarters in Olympia, report to Virgil Clarkson Lacey Senior Center, WA

Senior Services for South Sound is looking for a dynamic Activities Manager to lead our Activities program at our Virgil Clarkson Senior Center, located in Lacey. This exciting opportunity is hourly, non-exempt at 40 hours per week with some special event work required. The Activities Manager is responsible for collaboratively ensuring the Activities program at the Lacey Senior Center provides high quality accessible, recreational, educational, fitness and enriching social activities.

The Manager leads and supports staff and volunteers to ensure that all seniors feel welcomed, valued, included, and ensures the Activities program enhances the quality of life for seniors through building activities and programs that meet their needs.

Senior Services for South Sound is a highly mission-driven 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for people as they age. While the focus is on delivering great service to older adults, our organization is filled with caring, thoughtful people who have a lot of fun and heart. As a diverse organization that values integrity, inclusion, respect, results, and service excellence, we are a positive culture where employees are engaged, empowered, and appreciated.

Moreover, we offer awesome benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life if working 20 hours or more per week and employed for 60 days
• Sick Leave in proportion to the FTE with up to 8 hours in a calendar month and no less than 1 hour for every 40 hours worked
• Paid Vacation if working 20 hours or more per week, accrual beginning on day 1 of employment at the 1-year level of service, which provides up to 8 hours per month, is proportional to hours worked, and can first be taken after 6 months of employment
• 1 paid personal day
• 12-13 paid holidays if normally scheduled to work on such days
• Retirement: if expected to earn $5k or more in the calendar year, the employer will match the employee's contribution, dollar for dollar, up to 3% of the employee’s gross annual salary in a Simple IRA
• Pet Insurance is available to all employees
• Employee Assistance Program

What you will be doing:

We’re looking for a dynamic Activities Manager at our Virgil Clarkson Senior Center in Lacey working hourly, non-exempt at 40 hours a week to lead and support our Activities program in Lacey.

Key outcomes:

• Manages daily operations at the Center by planning activities such as presentations, services, interest groups, classes, and special events.
• Supports facilitators and instructors and ensures proper paperwork is completed.
• Oversees after-hours classes, meetings, and events.
• Recruits speakers for presentations and workshops relevant to the mission and Activities programming, and collaborates with Olympia Activities team.
• Ensu…