Would you enjoy running a program that helps seniors to stay active, involved, and healthy?
Our senior daycare program needs an active hands-on individual who can organize and implement healthy, thoughtful, stimulating daily activities as well as supervising our in-home care team and Golden Diners Program.
Are you responsible and reliable with the ability to communicate in a multilingual cross-cultural environment? Proficiency in Vietnamese or Cantonese is helpful but it is more important that you are able to take time to listen patiently and explain things thoroughly in simple English.
Are you self-directed and able to work independently while following stated guidelines?
This position requires an ability to understand our mission of building bridges amongst our various ethnic groups and the American culture of their New World. You will also need an ability to fully understand and follow funder guidelines and with basic math skills accurately track and report details of our program for funders and other stakeholders.
Located in an historic building in the Edgewater/Uptown neighborhood. South-East Asia Center (SEAC) is seeking a mid-level program manager ready to take the next step in your nonprofit career. If you are an experienced project leader or team leader, we want to speak with you about leading SEAC’s Senior Programs which include Adult Day Services, In-Home Services, and Congregate Dining Program. You will also interface with our social services and ESL Program.
Join a dedicated team serving mostly immigrant families who often have both parents working and typically do not have resources needed to access care services for their multi-generational families.
Desired Qualities
- Advanced degree and or extensive experience in social services, social sciences, health, education or other related fields. We also value extensive work and life experience in lieu of an accredited degree.
- Experience providing direct services to seniors. This role will require some direct service delivery along with leading the respective programs.
- Ability to interpret and implement funders’ rules and regulations for service delivery, compliance, and reporting.
- Management/leadership experience and skills to work in a team that spans different cultures, languages, age groups, and backgrounds.
- Excellent written and verbal skills. Communication is vital to this role.
- Administration and program management experience / skills are essential to working at SEAC where, like many nonprofits, we often wear different hats to support each other’s work.
- Empathy and patience to work with limited-English-speakers.
- Ability to creatively solve problems and open to new ideas to access services for our clients.
- Persistent
- Accountable, reliable, honest, flexible. SEAC senior services programs require adaptability to meet our clients where they are mentally, emotionally, and physically.
- Enjoy working with people of different ethnic backgrounds.
- Experience working with immigrant seniors and adults.
- Valid Illinois driver’s license.
- Cantonese or Vietnamese proficiency a plus.
Compensation commensurate with qualifications and experience. Paid sick/PTO days & holidays
Health insurance subsidy (50% of premium for Blue Cross Blue Shield Silver HMO; amount varies by age)
Please send resume. Indicate any geriatric or social service degrees, certificates or classes with your cover letter of introduction.