Activities Manager

2 weeks ago


Mackay Regional, Australia Baptist Housing Full time

You are an empathetic, innovative, and dynamic individual who is committed to enhancing the well-being of residents through engaging and impactful activities. You have a track record of success, having coordinated activity programs for seniors for at least two years, showcasing your ability to plan, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of activities and programs. Having demonstrated leadership experience, you excel at fostering a collaborative and supportive team environment. You possess exceptional observation and assessment skills, allowing you to determine residents' wellness needs accurately, and you have a proven ability to lead, coach, and mentor teams to achieve their goals. Your skills in recruiting, coordinating, and supervising teams of volunteers highlight your commitment to community engagement. With excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, you establish and maintain professional relationships with team members, residents, and visitors. Your strong organizational skills, time management, and adaptability enable you to efficiently manage conflicting priorities and adapt to changing circumstances. You're technologically savvy and have a working knowledge of computers and software for communication, internet use, word processing, and specialized software. Your dedication to health and wellness extends to your understanding of fitness programs, and you have a recognized degree or diploma in recreational therapy. A class 4 driver's license is also in your possession.

About The Role

Your role revolves around program leadership, where you'll develop comprehensive activity programs catering to the diverse needs of assisted living and independent residents, aligning with the Baptist Housing wellness model. You'll set annual goals, create and circulate monthly activity calendars, and actively participate in program delivery. Driving the Baptist Housing bus for external activities and maintaining related records will be part of your responsibilities. You will facilitate smooth transitions for new residents, collaborate with care teams, and ensure dynamic and flexible activity plans through continuous observation and assessment. Your role will extend to team leadership, fostering relationships within the community, offering mentorship and support to the activities team, ensuring effective scheduling and workload distribution, and participating in the selection and appraisal of team members. Networking, budget management, professional development, and maintaining a culture of health and safety will also be integral aspects of your role, all while embracing your unique strengths to fulfill assigned duties. You'll be an ambassador for Baptist Housing by modelling our values in all of your interactions with residents, families, and our team.

About Us

Baptist Housing provides enhanced living communities and exceptional care to almost 2000 seniors in British Columbia. We provide long-term care, assisted living, supportive housing, home support and adult day programs in our communities in Kelowna, Vancouver and Victoria. We serve through a culture of caring where we put the wellness of our residents first. We live out a Servant Leadership model that collaborates in teams and builds strong relationships while exemplifying Christ-like values. We promote health and wellness using a person-centred, resident-directed, normalized living approach. We're a committed group of people who bring their whole selves to work, and we're also FUN We take what we do seriously, just not ourselves. We're affiliated with the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches Pacific.

Your Work Location

Victoria is rated in the top twenty world cities for quality of life. Our Marrion Village community is located in the heart of beautiful Oak Bay on Bee Street, across from the Oak Bay Recreation Centre.

What You Receive

Your total compensation includes a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits and vacation package, RRSP matching, and support for professional development.

How To Apply

Please provide a resume and cover letter to with "Activities Manager" in the subject line. In your cover letter, please explain why you believe you are the right person to work in this role. We welcome your questions about this opportunity at the same email address. If selected, you would consent to a Criminal Record Check (CRC) for working with Vulnerable Adults and provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment. We will contact only those candidates shortlisted for an interview. We will continue to accept applications until the best candidate is selected. We appreciate your interest in working with Baptist Housing.

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