Activities Coordinator

Summerset

Lower Hutt
Permanent
Full-time

1 month ago

Summerset Boulcott is looking for an energetic and creative Activities Coordinator to join our wonderful & vibrant new Village! This represents an amazing opportunity to help shape the Village's exciting future.About Summerset:
Summerset is the second largest retirement village operator in New Zealand. We're passionate about providing quality service to our clients and we are growing quickly, with 39+ villages from Whangarei down to Dunedin. We are proud of our dynamic work environment and an equally diverse workforce.Our picturesque Summerset Boulcott is a brand-new village & sits adjacent to the beautiful Boulcott’s Farm Heritage Golf Club, offering stunning views of the surrounding valley and lush greens. This village is still in development - once complete, this stunning village will offer a range of modern, high-quality living & care options to our residents.At Summerset we are here to bring the best of life to our residents. To do this, we know we need to take care of our people to form a team who are strong enough to care, operate as one team, and strive to do their best.Job Description:About the Role:
The Activities Coordinator is a resident centric role, where you will plan and facilitate a programme of activities and exciting events for our residents, providing quality resident support, managing vulnerable residents and communications with families. This is a permanent full-time role working Monday to Friday, 8.30am to Friday 4.30pm.We are anticipating a start date of 27th May 2024 for this role.Your responsibilities will include:

Delivering exercise programmes, regular outings, sporting and recreational events
Taking an active interest & providing input into the overall look and feel of the Village
Effectively leading and participating in activities as needed
Being the main point of contact for many residents in the Village
Providing excellent customer service to all residents, families and visitors
Led resident village communication via the activities calendar and weekly newsletters.

Qualifications:About You:
Ideally you will have experience in events, hospitality or aged care, but more important to us will be your genuine love for all kinds of people from all walks of life.To be successful you will bring:

A kind & patient manner and a positive can-do attitude, with a genuine interest and passion for people
Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
Amazing organization skills with high attention to detail
Ingenuity in mindset to help identify new opportunities for residents to have fun
A good level of fitness will prove useful for delivering the best exercise programmes

Additional Information:What’s in it for you? To recognise the important work that you do for our residents, we offer:

An enthusiastic and supportive team that is fun to be part of
A job that enables you to make a real difference
Interesting and varied work
Health cover, social sporting teams and discounts at a range of suppliers plus much more

If you, or someone you know, are strong enough to care, then we would love to hear from you.The safety of our residents and staff is important to us. For this reason, we require all our employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 before commencing work at Summerset.Due to NZ Immigration requirements we are obliged to consider candidates that already have the right to work in NZ for this role first. Due to this we may not be able to support a visa application for this role. This role may close early due to an increased number of applications - apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment!

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