Associate Executive Director

Executive Director

Recognized by Newsweek in 2024 and 2025 as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity, Brookdale offers an opportunity to improve lives—including your own—in a supportive environment that encourages personal and professional growth. You will earn more than a paycheck with extensive health insurance, life insurance, and retirement plans that vary by employment status.

• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Associate assistance program
• Employee discounts
• Referral program
• Early access to earned wages for hourly associates (outside of CA)
• Optional voluntary benefits including  protection and pet insurance

Full‑time associates also receive:

• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays
• Company‑provided life insurance
• Adoption benefit
• Short‑ and long‑term disability coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account
• Optional life and dependent life insurance
• Optional voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, and legal plan
• Tuition reimbursement

Veterans, transitioning active‑duty military personnel, and military spouses are encouraged to apply. Brookdale offers to advance fees for naturalization (Form N‑400) application costs up to $725, less applicable taxes and withholding, after at least one year of excited employment.

Base pay is determined by applicant’s skills and experience. Full‑time associates are eligible for an annual bonus incentive and sales referral bonuses. Temporary associates are not benefits eligible but may participant in the company’s 401(k) program.

• Under direct supervision of an Executive Director, responsible for all operations, act as contact for all staff, residents, prospects, community organizations, government agencies, and the public.
• Supervise, direct, and motivate staff. Maintain superior training and morale. Ensure training programs are effectively executed.
• Maintain high degree of resident satisfaction and retention through consistent delivery of high‑quality services. Provide leadership for staff and residents to pro‑actively solve problems and resolve issues. Administer annual resident satisfaction survey.
• Execute renewal program with existing residents through a proactive program ensuring the highest renewal rate possible.
• In conjunction with the Executive Director, develop annual operating and capital budgets. Maintain budget accountability to the Universe, aggressively anticipate and minimize negative budget variances and deficits. Meet and exceed occupancy goals for the property. Continually explore means of revenue enhancement and expense reduction.
• Hire, train, discipline, and terminate employees in accordance with company policies. Review hires, promotions, disciplinary actions and termination of employment of associates with attention to consistency in the selection and retention of quality personnel.
• Ensure buildings, grounds, and property are up to company standards through the oversight of preventative maintenance systems and programs, and frequent inspections that meet company standards of excellence.
• Maintain current departmental policies, procedures, and licenses in accordance with all requirements.
• Foster creativity among staff to deliver the highest quality and optimum services. Responsible for creating and maintaining an atmosphere of stability; act as a member of Resident Counsel.
• Develop and maintain a positive image with the community. Become active in social and civic affairs of the local community. Represent the facility and the curta company to government agencies, professional organizations, community groups and other appropriate public agencies/groups.
• Conduct department head meetings on a weekly basis. Conduct quarterly associate meetings to review safety on all aging issues and building issues. Conduct quarterly residential meetings.
• Keep current on competitive projects and programs in the marketplace.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree in Gerontology, Business or other related field is required. Minimum two to four years proven management experience in retirement housing, hospitality or health care is required; or equivalent combination of…