Activities director - hacienda heights

At Mercy Housing, we are on a mission to redefine affordable, low-income housing and create a more humane world where communities thrive, and all individuals can realize their full potential. As the largest nonprofit affordable housing provider in the nation, we build, preserve, and manage program-enriched housing across the country.

As the Activities Director, you will coordinate and oversee activities programs. Assess needs of residents and partner with them in the design and implementation of well-rounded activities program. Work with community providers to use all available resources. Serves as liaison with other site staff. Lead and mentor other program staff and volunteers. Represent the property at community meetings.

We encourage candidates with lived experience to apply. This is an on-site position.

Pay: $24.00 - 26.00 /hour DOE

Benefits:

• Several Healthcare plans to choose from, dental (includes adult and child orthodontia) and vision
• 15 days of earned PTO your first year, 12 company holidays + 2 floating holidays.
• 403b + match
• Early close Fridays (3 paid hours each Friday)
• Early close prior to a holiday (3 paid hours)
• Paid Time off between Christmas and New Year's Holiday
• Paid Volunteer Time
• Paid Parental Leave and Care Giver Leave
• Paid Life Insurance
• Free Employee Assistance Plan
• Free Basic Dental
• Pet Insurance options

Duties:

• Work with residents to develop activities program to serve the specific targeted resident group.
• Coordinate all phases of implementing activities and programs including arranging for group transportation.
• Establish and maintain partnerships with neighborhood and community providers to maximize utilization of resources.
• Conduct resident assessments to determine needs and interests for activities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Experience planning and implementing activities programs for the targeted group.

Preferred Qualifications

• Speak a second language in addition to English: Spanish/Russian/Chinese

*This is a brief description summarizing the abilities needed for the position.

*Mercy Housing is a fair chance employer; while we conduct background checks for all positions, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.