EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Southbridge Care Homes owns and operates several long-term care and retirement homes throughout urban and rural areas across Ontario. Since 1967, we’ve been building a foundation of innovation and success for operating long term care homes and retirement communities. We are redeveloping our communities to continue providing consistent, high-quality care for our residents now and in the future. Reporting to the Regional Director, the Executive Director assumes the ultimate responsibility for providing high quality care to all residents, while maintaining a safe and healthy environment for residents and staff. The successful candidate will demonstrate flexibility, adaptability, and passion for senior care by delivering high-quality leadership support to our homes. Responsibilities Providing overall leadership to ensure that residents goals and objectives are achieved. Management of all human, financial and physical resources for the various departments. Recruit team members and aid in their professional development by fostering an environment focused on knowledge sharing and skill building. Take part in the lives of the residents, their families’ and the local community to share the mission, vision and values of the residence. Collaborate in the budgeting process and manage the facility within the budget while overseeing the accounting operations for the residence. Qualifications Hold a post-secondary degree (3-year program), or post-secondary diploma (2 year program) in health or social services. Administrator’s Certification (Minimum 100 hours of instruction time completed or enrolled). Ontario Fire Safety: Training for Owners/Operators Course Certificate. At least 3 years of working experience in a managerial or supervisory capacity in the health or social services sector; or in another managerial or supervisory capacity, if the Long-Term Care Administrator Certificate has been successfully completed. Existing Administrators OLTCHA Provision. For administrators who were working on July 1, 2010 and do not have the above required qualifications, eligibility to be hired may apply if they meet the specified criteria, including prior long-term care home administrator experience and relevant program completion or enrollment requirements under OLTCHA. Demonstrated effective leadership, communication (verbal and written) and comprehension skills. A passion and heart for helping those in the retirement community. Excellent organizational, time management and multi-tasking skills. Customer-focused attitude, with an emphasis on building and maintaining relationships with clients. Ability to generate creative solutions and new approaches to daily challenges. Knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety practices, principles, and legislation. Sound knowledge of basic accounting principles and applicable legislation. Southbridge’s mission is to operate a best-in-class portfolio of care homes and retirement communities that consistently deliver excellence in care and services in an economically sustainable manner. We would like to thank all applicants for your interest in working as part of our team. Only those applicants selected to move forward in the recruitment process will be contacted. Southbridge welcomes applicants with disability-related needs and those who require accommodation in the recruitment process. Please provide notice of your need for accommodation to the hiring manager upon scheduling of an interview. Note: At Southbridge, we care about your privacy and strive to protect applicant data throughout the recruitment process. Information gathered from applicants via job postings is used solely for recruiting and hiring purposes. This position is listed as Executive Director with various postings for related roles; however, only the Executive Director role is described in this posting. #J-18808-Ljbffr