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Program Director

Wallick
Traverse, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 4/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/7/2026
Description

Program (Memory Care) Director

Location: Meadow Valley

Job Type: Full Time

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 residents 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

  • Oversee all activities related to providing quality service to residents to include maintaining the facility, providing excellent food service, engaging activities, a caring nursing staff.
  • Responsible to ensure that Resident Centered Care is in place for all residents by way of a personal care plan meeting the personal needs of each resident.
  • Ensure all resident relations issues are addressed promptly and satisfactorily by maintaining a strong line of communication with residents and their families.
  • Responsible to ensure the facility is always adequately staffed.
  • Responsible to ensure all mandatory training is completed for all staff.
  • Responsible to ensure that appropriate programming is in place for each individual unit.
  • Creates a Memory Care Program Calendar on a monthly basis which addresses special social, physical, cognitive, and spiritual needs of residents.
  • Responsible for annual budget projections, financial forecasting and the maintaining of such.
  • 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

  • Valid Michigan Nursing License (LPN or RN)
  • Three or more years of assisted living experience in memory care.
  • Must have 3 or more years of proven success in operations.
  • Must have excellent customer service and communication skills

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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