Community Manager

Overview

356 Blunder Rd, Durack QLD 4077, Australia

Posted Monday 1 December 2025 at 2:00 pm

Do you love to build genuine connections, nurture belonging and enhance life? At Aveo, you can do just that and more. Join us and feel confident to embrace new challenges in our supportive culture. Bring your whole self to work, grow as you learn new things and be rewarded through the joy of helping others. Together let's redefine retirement living for senior Australians.

Location: Forest Grove Retirement Living – 356 Blunder Road, Durack QLD

Reports to: State Manager – Operations

The Opportunity

Home to 700+ residents across 34 hectares, Forest Grove Retirement Living is a well-established retirement living community. As the Community Manager
, you will lead from the front in creating a culture of customer service, driving improvements, resolving challenges with compassion, and fostering an environment where residents feel supported. You will provide resilient leadership and management by overseeing the entire day-to-day operations and performance of this community to create a positive and welcoming environment. Leading by example, you will develop a culture of impeccable resident satisfaction, financial performance, facilities management and people leadership.

This is an all-round operations management role, perfect for a seasoned professional within the Hotel, Hospitality or Retirement Living industry.

Your Impact:

• Take ownership and lead operations of village services, including compliance, safety & security, people leadership, facilities management and resident culture.
• Foster a culture of resident satisfaction by promoting open communication, professionalism, honesty, and regular resident connection across the community.
• Oversee and implement community finance budgets by partnering with internal finance partners, resident committees and delivering presentations to residents.
• Work closely with the on-site maintenance team, external contractors and the Aveo Facilities team to improve the facilities and grounds for the overall community.
• Display a strong sense of people leadership, including recruitment, onboarding, rostering, performance management and development of your department managers & team members.
• Demonstrate resilience and composure, making sound decisions and resolving issues effectively while managing difficult interactions, workplace risks, and compliance obligations (including DoA).
• Partner with a wide range of internal teams, including (but not limited to):
  Facilities, Operations, Care, Marketing, Legal, Sales and Risk.
• Enable residents to maintain their optimum level of independence and build interpersonal relations through collaboration with residents and resident committee members.

Why Aveo?

• Permanent full-time position leading one of the largest retirement communities in Australia and a team of 40+.
• Laptop, phone and onboarding training provided
• Paid Parental Leave and Purchased Annual Leave options
• Two (2) additional 'All About Me' leave days per calendar year
• Annual salary reviews and annual bonus incentive scheme
• Employee Referral Program and Employee Assistance Program
• Discounts to Health Insurance and Retail & Leisure partner providers
• Opportunities for further career progression in a growing industry

What you’ll bring:

• Demonstrated experience in a customer-facing Operations or General Manager role in a similar or adjacent industry (e.g. Hospitality, Hotel/Tourism or Retirement Living).
• Highly developed interpersonal skills with a passion for leading a large team and working with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience in customer engagement and satisfaction , skilled in managing complex resident concerns with the ability to guide conversations to practical, fair and positive outcomes.
• A resilient and self-motivated attitude with a strong focus on KPI improvements, financial results, and resident satisfaction.
• Financial acumen with experience in P&L budgets and confident in presenting budgets or community updates to a very large group of residents
• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to learn multiple software applications
• Tertiary qualification in business or related…