Council on Aging Director

JOB DESCRIPTION – TOWN OF LEE

Position Title: Council on Aging Director

Department: Council on Aging (COA)

Salary: $25-30 per hour

SUMMARY/OBJECTIVE

A Council on Aging (COA) Director oversees all operations of a senior center, including social services, staff/volunteer management, budget administration, and program development for older adults. Key duties involve identifying community needs, ensuring compliance with state regulations, managing transportation/meal services, and advocating for senior interests. All work shall be in accordance with applicable local Bylaws, Massachusetts General Laws and federal laws/regulations. The employee is required to perform all similar or related duties.

SUPERVISION

The Director works under the general direction of the Town Administrator.

MAJOR DUTIES (essential job functions)

• Implements and schedules activities and events for seniors
• Creates Monthly Newsletter
• Coordinates Golden Cane Program
• Coordinates Health and Wellness Clinics
• Shine Counseling
• AARP Assistance
• Provide COA updates for the Annual Town Report
• Budgeting, Payroll and Grant Writing
• Oversees tax write off programs for seniors
• Coordinates meal programs
• Oversees senior transportation programs
• Coordinates donations on behalf of the COA
• Ability to provide services to neighboring towns through intermunicipal agreements

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls; and reach with hands and arms.

The employee is required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, hear and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Accountability: Duties include responsibility for technical processes, service delivery, and contribution to municipal-wide financial plans and objectives and fiscal responsibility for the department. Consequences of errors, missed deadlines or poor judgment could severely jeopardize department operations or have extensive financial and/or legal repercussions to the municipality.

Judgment: Work requires the employee to examine, analyze, and evaluate facts and circumstances surrounding individual problems, situations or transactions, and determining actions to be taken within the limits of standard or accepted practices. Guidelines include a large body of policies, practices, and precedents which may be conflicting, at times. Independent judgment is used to analyze or evaluate specific situations to determine appropriate actions.

Complexity: Work consists of the practical application of a variety of concepts, practices, and specialized techniques relating to a professional or technical field. Assignments typically involve evaluation and interpretation of factors, conditions or unusual circumstances; inspecting, testing or evaluating compliance with established standards or criteria; gathering, analyzing and evaluating facts or data using specialized fact finding techniques; or determining the methods to accomplish the work.

Confidentiality: The employee has regular access at the departmental level to a wide variety of confidential information in accordance with the State Public Records Law including official employee personnel files and department records.

RECOMMENDED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in human services (or related) or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience in municipal work
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to collaborate effectively with other departments
• CPR/First Aid Certification
• Valid Drivers License and ability to obtain BRTA Van Certification Program
• SERV Save Certification

POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK

This is a BENEFITED full-time position for a minimum of 35 hours per week Monday - Thursday. All hours are in person.