Senior Affairs Associate I – Senior Center Assistant Director

Pay Schedule

Pay Schedule I, Grade 26, Regular

Schedule:

35 hours per week.

Under general supervision, directs the operation of a regional community senior center.

• Registers new members and renews current members' membership forms.
• Collects enhancement donations, enters data into Well Sky, and handles member issues.
• Guides the senior center Executive Board.
• Oversees the Eating Together Congregate Nutrition Program.
• Plans, implements, promotes, and coordinates programs and services for older adults.
• Assures the safe operation, necessary maintenance, and security of senior center equipment and buildings.
• Leads, recruits, supervises, and trains support staff and volunteers.
• Recruits program instructors.
• Maintains payroll for instructors and staff.
• Prepares schedules of activities.
• Assesses the needs of senior center members and the broader community.
• Evaluates senior center programs and services in response to identified needs and available resources.
• Tracks expenditures and activities for budgetary purposes.
• Purchases materials, supplies, and equipment.
• Prepares reports and correspondence regarding senior center activities.
• Publicizes senior center and other department-sponsored events through newsletters, e-newsletters, flyers, press releases, and other means.
• Assists the senior center council in developing and conducting special events, activities, and community projects.
• Keeps records of program activities and expenditures for budgetary purposes and prepares reports and correspondence regarding program activities.

• Leads or conducts senior center programs or activities.
• Interviews or counsels senior center or community members regarding personal needs and available resources for seniors.
• Responds to emergencies at Senior Centers.
• Assists sick or injured senior adults until emergency medical personnel arrive.
• In the absence of the custodian, may set up tables, lift boxes, and deliver supplies.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in gerontology, recreation, education, health, business administration, public administration, marketing, public relations, nursing specialty, accounting, or a social or behavioral science.

(Experience providing services to older adults may be substituted on a year-for-year basis up to a maximum of four years for the required education.)

• Experience in monitoring and evaluating programs for older adults.
• Experience in recruiting and managing volunteers to work with older adults.

• Knowledge of planning, conducting human services programming, services, and activities for older adults.
• Ability to provide and develop programming, services, and activities for older adults.
• Ability to assess the needs of older adults and their communities.
• Ability to work effectively with older adults.
• Ability to plan, coordinate, and supervise the operations of a senior center.
• Ability to recruit, train, and supervise center support staff and volunteers.
• Ability to learn County and Departmental rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to learn County computer software, including Well Sky and Microsoft Office.

Some positions within this classification may require possession of a valid driver's license equivalent to a Non-Commercial, Class C Maryland driver's license at the time of appointment.

Applicants are required to submit proof of licenses, certifications, and education beyond high school to meet the position's required and preferred qualifications. Diplomas or transcripts must show the applicant's major field of study. Copies and unofficial transcripts are acceptable. Proof of licenses, certifications, and/or education must be submitted with each application.

Applicants who have obtained a degree from outside the United States of America are required to submit degree equivalence documentation from World Education Services, Inc. ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).).

ATTN:
Senior Center Assistant Director

Office of Human Resources

Baltimore County Government

308 Allegheny Ave.

Towson, MD 21204

Applicants will be qualified based on an evaluation of their training and experience, as stated on their application, which includes answers to the supplemental questions. Applicants must state the dates and duties of past and present experience clearly and completely for evaluation purposes. Persons appointed to this classification must satisfactorily complete County-sponsored CPR and First Aid training. These positions must maintain certification throughout employment.

The work of this classification entails frequent walking, standing, and other limited physical activity, including travel between work sites.

Possession of a valid driver's license equivalent to a…