Life Enrichment Manager

Ingleside at Rock Creek•Washington, DC

11d

About The Position

The Life Enrichment Manager is responsible for designing and delivering a comprehensive calendar of personâcentered programs that enhance the physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and spiritual wellâbeing of residents in a senior living community. This role leads the development of meaningful lifestyle experiences that promote connection, purpose, independence, and high resident satisfaction. The manager oversees all daily operations of the Life Enrichment department, including activity planning, staff scheduling, volunteer coordination, and interdepartmental collaboration. They conduct resident interest assessments, adapt programming to various levels of physical and cognitive ability (including memory care needs), manage special events, and ensure compliance with state and federal longâterm care regulations. The Life Enrichment Manager also monitors engagement outcomes, maintains accurate documentation, and partners with families to support holistic care.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in the Arts, human services or related field, five (5) to eight (8) years of cultural arts, activities programming and management required, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Incumbent should be able to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written and oral form, possess high-quality verbal and written communication ability, strong customer service and interpersonal skills, and be available to handle community relations.
Must be proficient in the operation of computer applications such as Office and various office machines including switchboard telephone, calculator/adding machine, copying machine, fax, etc.

Responsibilities

Oversees the implementation of an integrated Life Enrichment programs and activities, in conjunction with residents and staff in Independent and Assisted Living and Comprehensive Care that addresses the eight dimensions of Wellness.
Designs and implements innovative approaches to maximize resident and associate wellness in support of IRC's Life Enrichment strategy in alignment with IRC's business objectives.
Leads the deployment of programs and events for residents and associates.
Design the Life Enrichment strategy and then leverage strategic partnerships in development of programs and services.
Develop processes, policies and procedures to consistently deploy and improve IRC Life Enrichment programs.
Performs detailed analysis on the performance of the IRC Life Enrichment team and programs to ensure measurable outcomes for residents and associates.
Works with Marketing and Sales Services to enhance the IRC brand and to develop the Life Enrichment Programs, IRC's unique value proposition.
Collaborates with other functional areas and the Executive Director to create and integrate the Life Enrichment philosophy throughout the company and communities.
Acts as a leader and manager of assigned positions; ensuring productivity, efficiency and accuracy in work performed.
Maintains payroll and timesheets for all staff; forwards to Finance bi-weekly.
Prepares yearly budget for department and sends to Executive Director/CFO for approval.
Ensures initial and on-going training is provided to employees as needed; ensures cross-training is completed as appropriate.