Recreational Activities Consultant

Recreational Activities Consultant

Life Well Lived

At Marquis Companies life enrichment is more than a calendar of activities, it's about creating meaningful moments, honoring individual identities, and helping every resident experience purpose, connection, and joy.

We're looking for a passionate, experienced Recreational Activities Consultant to support our senior living communities across post-acute rehab, memory care, and assisted living. In this corporate role, you'll provide leadership, coaching, and creative support to Recreation/Life Enrichment teams - helping every community deliver an exceptional resident experience.

Why Marquis Companies?

You'll help shape the resident experience across multiple locations, empower recreation professionals, and bring new ideas to life — all while being part of a team that values purposeful living, person-centered care, creativity, and meaningful community connection.

What You'll Do

• Lead & support recreation teams — Mentor and coach Recreation/Life Enrichment Directors on program development, documentation, and engagement; share best practices across communities.
• Elevate the resident experience — Champion person-centered programming that supports residents' physical, cognitive, emotional, social, and creative well-being.
• Guide memory care programming — Promote dementia-inclusive activities that emphasize abilities, and help staff adapt engagement for varying cognitive and sensory needs.
• Support post-acute rehab & assisted living — Partner with therapy and clinical teams to keep residents socially engaged through recovery, and help assisted living communities build vibrant, resident-led programming.
• Drive quality & compliance — Conduct community visits and program reviews, strengthen documentation and regulatory readiness, and build tools that support consistent excellence.
• Collaborate cross-functionally — Partner with Operations, nursing, therapy, and social services as part of a multi-disciplinary Consultant team.
• Build community connections — Develop relationships with local organizations, volunteers, and partners to expand and enrich programming.

What We're Looking For

• Must have experience in therapeutic recreational activities in senior care (post-acute rehab, memory care, assisted living, or skilled nursing/long-term care)
• Strong knowledge of person-centered programming and resident engagement
• Ability to work independently and travel between assigned communities

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in Recreation, Therapeutic Recreation, Gerontology, Health Services, or related field 
• CTRS or relevant activity/recreation certification
• Experience consulting across multiple senior living communities
• Experience with dementia programming and/or quality assurance

“Be here. Be you.”
For more than 30 years, Marquis Companies and Consonus Healthcare have been serving seniors and welcoming staff of all backgrounds, skills, and perspectives. The Marquis family of companies offer a rich heritage of embracing differences and honoring individuality. We’ve continued to grow in our appreciation of diversity in the workplace. We know it builds strength, drives innovation, and brings valuable new perspectives and energy.

We’re committed to making our workforce an even greater reflection of the people and communities we serve, and we are honored our employees have chosen to work at Marquis and Consonus. Everything we do as a company is driven by our mission to help those we serve, and each other, live the best rest of our lives.

That means you being you – without apology or compromise. We value your every uniqueness and continue to curate, nurture, and sustain an inclusive culture. It’s the foundation of who we are and the evolution of our collective future.