Senior Center Operator - Lee Park

Luzerne County; Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne County); On-site; USD 38,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

Luzerne County's Senior Center is seeking a part-time Senior Center Operator 1 to plan and implement programs at the Active Adult Center, ensuring services support participant well-being and comply with Area Agency on Aging policies. The role includes nutrition record-keeping, inventory, volunteer hours, transportation scheduling, and maintaining program attendance.

The position requires coordinating food service, sanitation, and recreational activities, attending monthly meetings, and training

Qualifications

• Three months of experience in providing direct services in a Human Services, education or a community-based setting to the aging population or to individuals who have various cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds or to individuals with disabilities.
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training.
• Be a resident of Pennsylvania.

Responsibilities

• Oversee nutrition component and ensure compliance with health and sanitation regulations.
• Monitor bulk food quality, temperature and portions; report inadequacies to the director.
• Preheat serving counter, prepare coffee and beverages; coordinate serving with volunteers.
• Coordinate washing of pots/pans and sanitize dining and kitchen areas.
• Plan and implement programs; encourage client participation and coordinate center activities.
• Schedule transportation for the center and maintain attendance and volunteer hour records.
• Attend monthly nutrition meetings and trainings; perform other duties as required.

Skills

Group behavior

Oral communication

Written communication

Arithmetic

Lead activities

Recordkeeping

Interagency relationships

Job description

The Senior Center Operator 1 is under the direct supervision of the Nutrition Projects Director and is responsible for planning/implementing programs and/or activities in the Active Adult Center. In addition, this individual has the responsibility to assure that the active adult center functions in a manner that promotes the well being of each participant and to assure that the center's programming is consistent with the policy of the Area Agency on Aging and other appropriate state and local agencies.

This position is responsible for maintaining nutrition records, inventory of nutrition supplies, volunteer hours, attendance records information, the scheduling of center transportation, overseeing the counting of nutrition contributions and depositing same. They shall encourage volunteer participation in center programs. Also, this individual is expected to attend monthly nutrition meetings and various trainings.

Food Service

• Overseeing of the nutrition component of the active adult center program including applicable health and sanitation regulations.


• Monitoring the quality of the bulk food, temperature and portions (on a daily basis) and reporting inadequacies to the Nutrition Project Director (Senior Center Services Director 2).


• Preheating steam serving counter, preparing coffee, and cold beverages. Setting up serving counter with food, trays, dishes, utensils, and coordinating handing out hot food items with the use of volunteers

Food Sanitation

• The individual in this position is responsible for coordinating the washing of pots, pans, and other preparatory utensils. They shall sanitize the dining area i.e., tables and chairs, as well as the serving and kitchen areas.


• They are also responsible for coordinating the cleaning of the refrigerators, food carts, coffee pots, and otherequipment with the help of volunteers.


• They will be responsible for planning, implementing various programming and encouraging program clients to participate in recreational and instructional activities in the center.

Programs

• The individual acts as an agency representative in all center related programs involving consumers. This includesresponding to questions for information via email, in person, or over the telephone. It also includes making referralsfor consumers to appropriate human service agencies or programs to obtain benefits and services to which they areeligible to receive.


• Responsible for the planning and implementing of various programs for the Active Adult Center


• Oversee the counting and depositing of the nutrition contributions


• Encourage the volunteers to participate within the center? Maintain a record of attendance and the volunteer hours for the center


• Schedule the transportation for the center


• Encourage program clients to participate in the recreational and instructional activities in the center


• Attend the monthly nutrition meetings and various trainings


• Performs other duties as required

Eligibility

Must meet the minimum experience and training (METS) required for the job. The

METs for this position are:

• Three months of experience in providing direct services in a Human Services, education or a community-based setting to the aging population or to individuals with various cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds or to individuals who have physical, intellectual or emotional disabilities' or


• Any equivalent combination of experience and training.

Be a resident of Pennsylvania.

Eligibility - Competitive Promotion Without Examination Only

Class Restrictions: None

Selection Criteria

• The absence of any discipline above the level of written reprimand during the 12 months preceding the closing date on the posting,


• The last due overall regular or probationary performance evaluation was higher than unsatisfactory

Seniority

a minimum of one year in the next lower class(es) by the closing date of this posting 11/06/2026.

Position Details

• Part-time


• Permanent


• Non-exempt


• Class Code: L0801


• Hours: 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM


• Ray Rate: 33

Essential Skills

• Knowledge of the principles of individual and group behavior


• Ability to communicate effectively orally


• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.


• Ability to perform basic arithmetical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).


• Ability to organize and lead the activities of people, individually and in groups


• Ability to record information on standardized forms, such as the names and addresses of consumers, the number of consumers in attendance, the receipt and expenditures of funds and related data, either manually or through the use of computer software programs.


• Ability to establish effective working relationships with consumers, co-workers and personnel from various public and private agencies.

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations for the interview due to a disability, please advise the interviewer of the accommodations you require well in advance of the scheduled date.

Luzerne County is an equal opportunity & affirmative action employer.