Life Enrichment Leader (Activities… at Maxwell Group · Spartanbu…

At Summit Hills, we're not just a luxury senior living company; we're a community recognized as a Great Place to Work ®—and we take immense pride in that designation. Our philosophy, “People First, Always,” underscores everything we do. We believe that our dedicated team is our greatest asset, driving us to create compassionate, respectful, and meaningful interactions every day.

Why Choose Summit Hills?

• A Culture of Growth and Teamwork: We foster an environment where your contributions are celebrated, and your personal and professional growth is encouraged.
• Make a Difference: Your work will enrich the lives of our residents and fellow team members, creating a lasting positive impact in our community.
• Collaborative Environment: Join a team that values each member's input, promotes collaboration, and strives to create a vibrant and engaging atmosphere.

We’re Looking for a Full-Time Life Enrichment Leader (Activities Assistant):

Bring Joy. Spark Connection. Create Unforgettable Moments.

Do you have a knack for turning everyday moments into extraordinary experiences? Are you creative, energetic, and passionate about helping others live life to the fullest? We’re looking for a Life Enrichment Leader to bring excitement, joy, and connection to our assisted living community—a place where our members have lived lives full of influence, success, and luxury, and where they deserve nothing less than the best.

This isn’t your average “activities job.” As our Life Enrichment Leader, you’ll be the heartbeat of the community—planning engaging events, organizing cultural outings, and designing unique experiences that make every day feel special. From live entertainment and wellness programs to themed celebrations and intellectual discussions, you’ll help our residents continue to enjoy the vibrancy and richness of life they’ve always known.

What You’ll Do:

•    Create a dynamic calendar filled with fun, meaningful, and elevated programs.

•    Organize exciting outings, entertainment, and experiences tailored to our members’ interests.

•    Build warm, lasting connections with residents, families, and team members.

•    Encourage participation and engagement so every resident feels included and celebrated.

•    Lead a team with positivity, creativity, and a whole lot of enthusiasm.

What We’re Looking For:

•    Experience in life enrichment, event planning, hospitality, or a related field.

•    A fun, energetic personality with a big imagination.

•    Strong organizational skills (you’ll be juggling a lot of joy-filled details!).

•    The ability to connect with people and make them feel valued and inspired.

•    A passion for seniors and a belief that life should always be celebrated.

• This position requires a varied work schedule that may include some weekends, evenings, and holidays.

Why You’ll Love It Here:

Our community is filled with remarkable people who appreciate the little luxuries and big moments in life. You’ll have the chance to design experiences that bring smiles, laughter, and purpose every single day—all while being part of a supportive team that celebrates your creativity.

Are You Ready to Make an Impact?

If you’re ready to turn your passion for people into unforgettable experiences, we’d love to meet you. Apply today and help us make every day extraordinary!

Experience in senior living preferred. We look forward to meeting you soon! Interviews offered daily!

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Engages residents in Weller Life opportunities through formal activities and informal interactions.
• Plans and facilitates spiritual, physical, intellectual, cultural, and emotional programming for residents that is consistent with SLC standards and focused on residents’ unique needs and interests.
• Continuously gauges resident’s interests, hobbies, preferences, curiosities and needs; creates and continuously updates a diverse and stimulating menu of programming activities and events accordingly.
• Seeks out and fosters partnerships with local organizations, non-profit groups, educational institutions, and others to identify opportunities for residents to share their talents through volunteerism and to bring outside talents into the community.
• Creates and publishes a variety of professional written communications to promote programs, educate residents and families, and share examples of Weller Life in the community.
• Monitors resident participation in programs to evaluate their appeal and increase participation; adjusts calendar or events accordingly.
• Stays abreast of active aging and generational trends in order to continuously enhance Weller Life initiatives; shares relevant information with peers and community staff to increase awareness and support professional development.
• Shares successful activity blueprints with team residents and participates in best practices calls.
• Partners with team, residents and home office staff to deliver engaging and informative orientation and in-service training programs.
• May participate in award winning WAVES pool program.
• May run family support groups.
• Participates and attends all in-service training and education programs as scheduled.
• Enters assessments into company software as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands, Work Environment, and Expected Hours of Work: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• May be required to stand, walk, reach, water walk.
• An individual in this position is often required to read, write, stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk and/or hear.
• An individual in this position will be required to lift or carry weight up to 25 lbs.
• Must be free of diseases that can be transmitted in the performance of job responsibilities during the stage of communicability unless the associate can be given duties that minimize the likelihood of transmission.
• May be exposed to minimal to moderate noise and exposure to blood and/or body fluids. Also may experience traumatic situations including psychiatric and deceased residents.

TRAVEL: Local and out of state travel, including overnight stays, may be required from time to time to attend conferences, training, meetings, and professional development programs.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Activities certification desired.
• Four-year college or university degree in Recreation Therapy or similar field desired.
• CPR and AED certification required (must be attained in first 60 days of Employment).

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English fluently.
• Ability to meet or exceed the company’s attendance and punctuality standards.
• Ability to use miscellaneous software and office equipment.
• Ability to understand and follow directions as given.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.

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