What are the responsibilities and job description for the Activities Coordinator position at Career Opportunities?
Morningstar Living is seeking a creative and compassionate Activities Coordinator with the unique ability to bring joy to our residents through both engaging activities and live piano performances. If you are passionate about creating memorable experiences and have a talent for music, we’d love to meet you! This opportunity has benefits including:
- Competitive Wages
- Paid Time-Off
- Flexible schedule
- Company Sponsored 401K
- Tuition Reimbursement
- On-Site Fitness Center
What will I do as an Activities Coordinator / Pianist?
- Use the piano to guide residents through familiar songs, fostering community spirit and cognitive engagement.
- Perform piano music during special events, celebrations, and holiday gatherings to enhance the resident experience.
- Plan and engage creative and meaningful life activities, outings, and special events based on residents' abilities and interests, including managing materials, equipment, instructions, guidelines, and space requirements.
- Complete documentation of resident participation, progress notes, MDS’s, assessment/Life Stories, care plans efficiently and adds to behavior plans with the interdisciplinary team as needed per Morningstar Senior Living guidelines.
- Act as a resource to other neighborhoods for programming as needed.
- Escort residents to and from programs.
- Provide guidance and oversight of volunteers in the neighborhood.
- Safely drive community vehicles (car, minivan, and small bus) for resident outings.
- Assists in the care of the neighborhood pets, including cats, fish, birds, dogs, and visiting pets per Pet Program.
- Assists the team in the creation and distribution of informational flyers, weekly calendars, and daily chronicles.
What do I need to be an Activities Coordinator / Pianist?
- Able to play the piano, with experience in performance settings. As part of the interview process, candidates will be asked to play a few songs on the piano to demonstrate their musical talent and ability to engage our residents through music.
- Minimum of one year experience involving activity related engagement, preferably in senior living.
- Valid driver’s license
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, every other weekend and holidays.
Why choose Morningstar Living?
Our organization opened the Moravian Hall Square campus in 1988. This location is now home to over 300 senior residents experiencing the regions' best services in Assisted Living, Memory Support Care, Rehabilitation, and Nursing Care.
- We have a FIVE-Star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
- The Health & Wellness Center at Moravian Hall Square has earned its U.S. News & World Report Best Nursing Home 2025 status by achieving a rating of “High Performing,”, the highest possible rating, for both Short-Term Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care. Of nearly 15,000 nursing homes evaluated only 19% earned this designation for Short-Term Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care (or both).
- Moravian Hall Square was awarded BEST in Senior Health Care Services and BEST Memory Care Community in Morning Call's 2023 Readers' Choice Awards.
- Moravian Hall Square was awarded the national "Excellence in Care (EIC) Dementia Care Program of Distinction" by the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.
Our focus at Morningstar Living is to maintain the health and wellness of our customers, by being the conduit for each customer to live life well. And there is no greater joy and satisfaction than the friendship and bond you will build with our customers, along with the supportive, caring team around you. But the best part? You have the ability to work a schedule that works for you and your family... because work-life balance is key to your formula for success.
Morningstar Living is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by State or Federal law.
