Activities Aide

Mountain View Retirement Village • Tucson, AZ

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Mountain View Retirement Village is looking for a friendly, creative, and dependable Activity Aide to help bring meaningful programs, social connections, and daily engagement to our residents. This role supports the planning, setup, facilitation, and follow-up of activities that promote residents’ social, emotional, intellectual, physical, and spiritual well-being. The right person for this role enjoys working with seniors, brings a positive attitude, and is comfortable encouraging participation, assisting with group and one-on-one activities, and helping create a warm, welcoming environment throughout the community.

Requirements

• Highly organized individual, multi-tasking and time management will be key.
• A cheerful, patient, and compassionate personality.
• Genuine interest in working with seniors and helping residents feel connected and engaged.
• Ability to communicate clearly and respectfully with residents, families, visitors, and team members.
• Creativity and willingness to bring new ideas to resident programming.
• Ability to work independently while also being a strong team player.
• Dependable attendance and willingness to work weekends, evenings, holidays, or special events as needed.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• No prior experience is required. We are willing to train the right person who has the right heart, attitude, and dependability.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in activities, senior living, assisted living, memory care, recreation, hospitality, or customer service is helpful, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Assist with planning, organizing, setting up, leading, and evaluating resident activities and special events.
• Encourage residents to participate in activities, hobbies, crafts, games, outings, parties, movies, and other programs.
• Support both group activities and one-on-one visits with residents who may need additional encouragement or assistance.
• Escort residents to and from activity areas and assist with safe participation during scheduled programs.
• Help prepare activity rooms, supplies, decorations, equipment, and materials before events and clean up afterward.
• Observe and report resident participation, mood, behavior, and response to activities as directed.
• Assist with activity documentation, attendance tracking, progress notes, forms, and reports as needed.
• Work closely with the Activity Director and other departments to support resident needs and community events.
• Assist with field trips, transportation coordination, volunteer assignments, and community involvement when needed.
• Maintain resident confidentiality and support resident rights, dignity, and independence at all times.

Benefits

• At Mountain View Retirement Village, activities are more than something to fill the calendar. They are an important part of helping residents feel connected, valued, and at home. If you enjoy bringing people together, creating moments of joy, and being part of a team that cares deeply about residents, we would love to meet you.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed