Leisure Technician

Le Manoir Lafontaine is a private residence for seniors which has enormous potential to provide entertaining, enriching and stimulating activities and experiences for our residents. Equipped with various equipment and close to everything, all that is needed is one more resource person to make everything dynamic and lively. That's why we want you on the team as a Recreation Technician. Use your creativity and experience to bring joy to the hearts of our kind residents.

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Being a leisure technician at Manoir Lafontaine means:

- Have fun organizing activities for our residents
- Work in collaboration with the team in place for the proper functioning of activities
- Manage a budget, monthly programming, a monthly journal and occasionally intermediate resources (organizations, volunteers, etc.)
- Demonstrate know-how in planning, organizing, carrying out and evaluating a program of activities
- Demonstrate exemplary interpersonal skills by radiating good humor, empathy, listening and dynamism
- Work Monday to Friday on a flexible schedule of 35 hours per week

**ROLE AND GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Animate and oversee supervision during the activities
- Decorating the premises for special events
- Manage the logistics pertaining to the activities
- Plan the activities calendar
- Promote activities related to the residents
- Regularly validate that activities correspond to the needs and desires of the residents and collaborate with the different departments of the residence to facilitate tasks
- Welcome the residents and invite them to participate in the activities
- Write the in house newspaper as needed and take residents' registrations for the various activities

**EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Collect degree in recreation (DEC) or other related field
- Experience in managing activities related to older people (an asset)
- 1 year of relevant experience will be considered an important asset
- A good working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook (an asset)

**BENEFITS**:

- Free meals
- Salary to be discussed
- Vacation
- Telemedicine
- Access to a doctor in case of emergency
- Employee Assistance Program
- Social leave
- Sick days and time off for family obligations
- Stimulating challenges, up to your ambitions
- Access to common areas
- billiard
- gym
- swimming pool
- bowling alley
- Human management approach
- Social Club activities, gifts and substantial discounts
- Schedule adapted to your needs and operations (flexible)
- A welcoming and tight-knit team

**JOB STATUS**:
Permanent: Full Time

**JOB SCHEDULE**:
Day time