How to hire a senior adults director

How to hire a senior adults director, step by step

Here's a step-by-step senior adults director hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a senior adults director job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new senior adults director
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you start hiring a senior adults director, identify what type of worker you actually need. Certain positions might call for a full-time employee, while others can be done by a part-time worker or contractor.

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   A senior adults director's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, senior adults directors from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   This list shows salaries for various types of senior adults directors.

   Type of Senior Adults Director	Description	Hourly rate
   Senior Adults Director		$15-52
   Director Training & Education	A director of training education spearheads and oversees the training programs of an organization. They primarily set goals, manage budgets, establish timelines, coordinate with experts in developing curricula, and liaise with internal and external parties, building positive relationships along the way... Show more	$21-52
   Youth Ministry Director	A Youth Ministry Director works with other church and community leaders to address the needs of youth and maximize their opportunities. They plan, organize, and lead complex projects and spontaneous activities related to youth ministries.	$12-33

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Patients
   • Program Development
   • Community Resources
   • Community Outreach
   • Patient Care
   • Mental Health
   • Discharge Planning
   • Vital Signs
   • CVA
   • Substance Abuse
   • FIM
   • Occupational Therapy
   • Brain Injuries
   • Guest Speakers

   Responsibilities:

   • Achieve the largest VBS attendance ever.
   • general muscle weakness, CVA, ABI, above knee amputation, cancer, etc . )
   • Train in & utilize the FIM instrument.
   • Experience with FIM assessment, evaluations, aqua-therapy, and lymphodema services.
   • Document and discuss appropriate discharge instructions with occupational therapist and patients.
   • Provide accurate and timely documentation for all patients including evaluations, progress notes and discharge summaries.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your senior adults director job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A senior adults director salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, senior adults directors' average salary in kansas is 43% less than in alaska.
   • Seniority. Entry-level senior adults directors earn 70% less than senior-level senior adults directors.
   • Certifications. A senior adults director with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a senior adults director's salary.

   Average senior adults director salary

   $60,651yearly

   $29.16 hourly rate

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   Entry-level senior adults director salary

   $33,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 13, 2025

4. Writing a senior adults director job description

   A good senior adults director job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of a senior adults director job description:

   Senior adults director job description example

   Are you an experienced primary care physician with a warm and collaborative approach to leadership? Do you enjoy teaching, mentoring, and inspiring others toward a shared mission? Are you passionate about caring for low-income and marginalized patients? Are you an organized analytical thinker with a mind for the operational and financial aspects of medicine? Do you like refining systems of care delivery to expand access to care, optimize the health of communities, reduce unnecessary costs, improve patient experience, and enhance the work-life of clinical teams? If so, we are eager to meet you.
   
   The Cornell Scott Hill Health Center (CSHHC) is looking for a dynamic physician leader to serve as its next Director of Adult Medicine. This person will lead the organization's large and diverse group of adult primary care physicians and advanced practice providers who perform over 90,000 medical visits annually at 8 care sites across the Greater New Haven area. He or she will spearhead recruitment and onboarding of mission-minded primary care practitioners and provide ongoing clinical oversight for all Adult Medicine services. The Director will develop clinical workflows and care models that enhance quality and operational efficiency and will partner with departmental nursing leadership to optimize the roles of clinical support staff in care delivery. Additionally, the Director of Adult Medicine will work closely with the medical leadership of Yale's two Internal Medicine residency programs at CSHHC's large training site, where over 100 residents learn primary care under the direction of Yale faculty.
   
   If you are excited to shape primary care delivery for a high-need population across Greater New Haven, if you are passionate about inspiring and leading others, if you enjoy the administrative and business aspects of medicine, and if you are eager to join an energetic and tight-knit medical leadership team, we encourage you to read the full job description and consider applying to be our next CSHHC Director of Adult Medicine.
   
   As part of the Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center team, you will enjoy many outstanding benefits including:
   + Competitive salaries
   
   + Comprehensive benefits package
   
   + 401(k) with match
   
   + Loan Forgiveness
   
   + CME days and reimbursement
   
   + Federal Torte Malpractice Insurance
   
   + Relocation Assistance
   
   + Sign-on Bonus
   
   All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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5. Post your job

   To find the right senior adults director for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with senior adults directors they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit senior adults directors who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your senior adults director job on Zippia to find and recruit senior adults director candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting senior adults directors requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   Remember to include a few questions that allow candidates to expand on their strengths in their own words. Asking about their unique skills might reveal things you'd miss otherwise. At this point, good candidates can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new senior adults director

   Once you've found the senior adults director candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new senior adults director. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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