Senior Center Director at The Legacy Link in Blairsville, GA

Description

DEPARTMENT: Community Programs

ACCOUNTABILITY: Community Programs director

STATUS: Exempt, Full-time - Onsite schedule

JOB SUMMARY

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Management of all senior services, programs and activities, supervision of staff and volunteers at senior center.

Essential Functions

All responsibilities may not be required of all incumbents.

• Coordination of programs: Congregate Meals
• Home Delivered Meals 
• Homemaker 
• Transportation 
• Information and Assistance 
• Outreach 
• Nutrition Education 
• Community Education 
• Access to other community services and programs
• Supervise Senior Center staff, volunteers, clients and provide training as needed.
• Assign duties as appropriate and necessary to staff and volunteers. Maintain all required records, reports, and documents, client files, personnel files, activities and productivity reports, documents for the purpose of monitoring compliance, client status reports, time reports etc. Assure timely completion and delivery of reports to appropriate sources Responsible for completion and accuracy of Area Plan.
• Attend meetings, training workshops and conferences as required. Implement policies and procedures for personnel, senior center programs and clients.
• Maintain working relationship with County Management Staff and County Commissioners.
• Attend Commission meetings and reporting activities and productivity to Board.
• Market Senior Center programs to effectively ensure maximum potential. Coordinate and oversee meal ordering, petty cash, general maintenance of building and equipment.
• Address fund raising issues -includes negotiating local share contributions, soliciting donations from community businesses, churches, clubs and organizations, applying for grants.
• Complete staff evaluations as required.

Requirements

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or two years of related experience or any combination of education, training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skill, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Skills:

• Must be computer literate
• Possess decision making and management skills
• Oral and written communication skills
• Interpersonal and problem solving skills
• Public relations skills
• Organizational skills

Licensure and Certification

• Valid State Driver’s License

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS

The physical and mental demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully preform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job, on a case-by-case basis.

• Regularly required to use hands to write, use computer, operate a motor vehicle, use hand-held device and telephone, and manipulate documents.
• Regularly required to read documents and write neatly, legibly, and transcribe accurate information and numbers/values.
• Continually engages in activities that require talking and hearing
• Frequent: Standing, sitting, walking, bending, repetitive use of hands, simple grasping and fine hand manipulation, pushing, and pulling. Occasionally required to lift or reach above shoulder level, climb, twist, squat, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Must be able to lift up to 11 pounds, and occasionally up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to respond appropriately to emergency situations.
• Ability to read and interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems.
• Some local and regional travel required

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job, on a case-by-case basis.

• This job operates in an office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
• Temperature ranges from normal indoor climate-controlled environment in buildings or vehicles, various outdoor conditions and temperature extremes encountered during off-site travel, and unpredictable indoor environmental conditions encountered during off-site travel, and unpredictable indoor environmental conditions encountered at off-site locations.
• Noise level is generally quiet to moderate.

The Legacy Link, Inc. is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.