Activities Director

Find your joy here, at Marquis Place, a Sonida Senior Living community! We offer a comprehensive benefit package to include competitive wage, health and dental insurance, 401k with company match & much more!

Marquis Place, a premier retirement community in Elkhorn, Ne, provides quality care to residents in an Assisted Living and Memory Care community.

You belong on our team if you are interested in:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life/disability insurances*
• 401k retirement savings plan offering 50% of every dollar contributed by the employee up to 6% of employee’s base rate*
• Employee Assistance Program: This program provides professional, confidential telephonic or face-to-face counseling to you and your household members at no cost
• FSA: This option allows you to pay for eligible expenses using tax-free dollars. We offer a health care FSA or dependent care FSA*
• Dependent Care FSA: Allows you to pay for eligible expenses (example: daycare, parent care) using tax-free dollars
• Flexible scheduling**
• Employees will begin accruing PTO on their first day of employment*
• Company paid training for career advancement**

• Benefit eligibility dependent on employment status

**Eligibility based on location

Activities Director Responsibilities include:

• Plans, schedules, and implements activities, for a seven-day week calendar. preferences.
• Identifies the special needs of each resident and creates a plan to accommodate those needs.
• Involves the resident in planning recreation objectives and goals for the resident.
• Integrates resident with the communality through facility activities and outings.
• Creates a strong positive image and establishes good relationships within the community, which may include press relations, promotional activities, scrapbooks, and displays in the facility.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Therapeutic Recreation or a related field, certification as an Activity Professional preferred.
• Two years activities management experience preferred.

Behaviors

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Thought Provoking: Capable of making others think deeply on a subject
• Loyal: Shows firm and constant support to a cause
• Leader: Inspires teammates to follow them
• Innovative: Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking
• Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject
• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Motivations

• Work-Life Balance: Inspired to perform well by having ample time to pursue work and interests outside of work
• Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help
• Growth Opportunities: Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility
• Peer Recognition: Inspired to perform well by the praise of coworkers
• Job Security: Inspired to perform well by the knowledge that your job is safe
• Entrepreneurial Spirit: Inspired to perform well by an ability to drive new ventures within the business
• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks
• Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals
• Financial: Inspired to perform well by monetary reimbursement
• Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization