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Executive Director - Senior Living

Wallick
Columbus, OH Intern
POSTED ON 5/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/14/2026
Description

Executive Director

Location: Columbus, OH

Make a Difference—And Own Your Future

At Wallick Senior Living, our team understands that senior living is not just a job, but a calling. We take pride in caring for and empowering our Seniors as they choose to enjoy their golden years with us. With 1,000 employees and a mission to open doors to homes, opportunity, and hope, we take pride in fostering a supportive and collaborative work environment where every employee-owner plays a vital role.

A Career with Wallick Senior Living Means…

  • A Unique Approach to Senior Living: Our associates power Wallick’s approach to senior living that goes beyond care to ensure our residents live their best lives through meaningful activities, delicious meals and round-the-clock support.
  • Pay-on-Demand: access your money as you earn it.
  • Exceptional Benefit Package: Health, dental, vision insurance effective within 2 weeks of starting your new job. Other benefits like gym membership reimbursement, paid parental leave, 401K, and more!
  • Work-Life Balance: Paid time off, including paid parental leave.
  • Supportive Culture and Rewarding Work: A team-oriented environment where associates make a meaningful impact by helping individuals maintain independence and quality of life.
  • Resident Stories That Stay with You: From Maurine, who found an “instant family” to Evelyn, who recently celebrated her 105th birthday with us, our residents enjoy a sense of community that is created by you!
  • Career Growth: Tuition reimbursement, training, professional development, and advancement opportunities within a company that invests in its people.
  • Employee Owned, Resident Focused: As a 100% employee-owned company, your daily work (supporting our residents) also contributes to your financial future by sharing in our profitability.

What You’ll Do

The Executive Director has oversight and accountability for the operations of the community, ensuring our Seniors have an exceptional place to live. The Executive Director leads a team of department leaders who are responsible for clinical care, culinary, sales, community maintenance, customer service, and family and resident satisfaction.

The Executive Director leads by example, develops and fosters an inclusive and engaging place to work and live. The leader will be accountable for team member engagement, budget management,, occupancy, and absolute operational excellence within the community.

Functions And Responsibilities

  • Responsible for overseeing the overall operations of the community including financial health, regulatory compliance, vendor relations, and community performance towards key performance indicators. All with the end goal of providing a great home for our Seniors.
  • Responsible for providing oversight to all departments within the community including nursing, office operations, culinary, sales, maintenance, and life enrichment.
  • Oversee all activities related to providing quality service to Seniors to include maintaining the community, providing excellent culinary service, engaging activities, and a caring nursing staff.
  • Ensure all resident relations issues are addressed promptly and satisfactorily by maintaining a strong line of communication with Seniors and their families, and outside partners.
  • Develop and foster an inclusive and engaging work environment.
  • Responsible to ensure the community is adequately staffed.
  • Responsible for annual budget projections, financial forecasting and achieving goals related to key performance indicators.
  • Ensure the community is properly marketed to the public in order to maintain adequate occupancy.
  • Responsible for maintaining the community at budgeted occupancy levels
  • Completion of reports required by government agencies, administrators, or the Company.
  • Responsible for maintaining the community to Company standards.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

What We’re Looking For

  • Must be a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator OR at least one of the following:
    • 3,000 hours of direct operational responsibility for a senior housing facility, health care facility, residential care facility, adult care facility or group home licensed by the state
    • 100 credit hours of post high school education in the field of gerontology or health care
    • Has a bachelor's degree
    • Is a licensed health care professional (Occupational or Physical Therapist, Physician, Physician's Assistant, RN or LPN, Social Worker, etc. Full list here: https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-3701-17-07.1)
    • You bring a minimum 5 years of previous experience as an Executive Director, leading an assisted living, memory care, or skilled nursing community.
    • You have proven experience implementing and fostering a culture of operational excellence within the community.
    • You lead successful teams and deliver results that create great communities for our Seniors.

    Wallick’s Mission & Values

    At Wallick Communities, We Believe In Opening Doors To Homes, Opportunity, And Hope For Our Residents, Associates, And Community. Our Core Values Guide Everything We Do

    • Care – We show compassion and respect for everyone.
    • Character – We do the right thing, even when no one is looking.
    • Collaboration – We work together to achieve more.

    At Wallick, we celebrate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Belonging (DEI B) in our workplace and communities, creating an environment where associates feel welcome, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to the great work they do every day.

    For nearly 60 years, it has been at the core of our organization’s culture that all Wallick associates come to a safe and inclusive place to work. Wallick does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.

    Join Us and Become an Employee-Owner!

    If you're ready to make a difference in people’s lives while securing your financial future, apply today!

    • Employment is contingent upon passing a pre-employment background check and drug screen.

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