Life Enrichment Director

Brown Deer Place•Coralville, IA

21h

About The Position

The Life Enrichment Director at Better Living creates and leads meaningful experiences that honor residents’ life stories, abilities, interests, and sense of purpose. The role focuses on fostering joy, connection, dignity, choice, and participation through inclusive programming that supports residents’ physical, emotional, cognitive, social, and spiritual well-being. The director develops and maintains a varied calendar of activities, adapts programs to resident preferences and abilities, supports residents living with dementia, and partners with care teams and other department leaders. The position also welcomes families and guests, represents the community during tours and outreach, and may drive residents to appointments and outings. Administrative duties include maintaining calendars and documentation, tracking participation, managing supplies, budgets and donations, and meeting training, licensing, and regulatory requirements. The role uses digital tools for communication, documentation, organization, and resident engagement, including Microsoft Teams, Outlook, SharePoint, senior-living software, tablets, smart devices, and virtual platforms. The position may require work some evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Requirements

Technology experience and willingness to learn new software platforms.
Passion for working with older adults and creating meaningful experiences.
Strong communication, organizational, and time-management skills.
Creative, outgoing, and flexible personality.
Ability to work some evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.
Ability to drive as required, including transporting residents to appointments and outings.

Nice To Haves

Experience in activities, recreation, life enrichment, or a related field.
Bachelor’s degree.
Experience in senior living, assisted living, or memory care.
Proficiency with Microsoft Teams, Outlook, SharePoint, and digital calendars.
Experience or comfort using senior-living software systems, including TSO and documentation platforms, tablets, smart devices, and virtual platforms.

Responsibilities

Plan and lead a robust calendar of daily, weekly, and monthly life-enrichment experiences.
Design programs that support physical, emotional, cognitive, social, and spiritual well-being.
Ensure activities are inclusive, engaging, and adaptable for residents at all ability levels.
Create experiences that encourage resident choice and participation, incorporating music, movement, art, games, outings, celebrations, and purpose-driven activities.
Get to know residents’ life stories, interests, and preferences, and adapt programming to their feedback and evolving needs.
Encourage resident leadership, clubs, committees, and peer-to-peer involvement while supporting dignity, independence, and meaningful engagement.
Partner with the care team to provide purposeful, sensory-rich programming for residents living with dementia.
Implement structured daily routines and use redirection, validation, and relationship-based engagement strategies in alignment with Better Living’s Better Days Memory Care philosophy.
Model and promote Better Living’s mission and values and contribute energy, positivity, and creativity to the community.
Partner with department leaders to create cross-department experiences.
Welcome families and guests, encourage participation in community life, and represent Better Living during tours, events, and community outreach.
Drive to meetings and drive residents to appointments and outings as required.
Maintain an accurate activity calendar and required documentation, track participation and engagement, and manage activity supplies, budget, and donations.
Ensure programs meet licensing and regulatory requirements, complete required training, and attend team meetings.
Use digital tools and senior-living software to support engagement, communication, documentation, and departmental organization.
Create newsletters, calendars, and other communication materials using approved digital templates, and assist residents with simple technology tasks.