Also called: Regional Director of Operations
Oversees several assisted living or retirement communities for a senior living company.
Drives between five communities in a week, reviewing occupancy and budgets with each executive director, solving staffing crises, and making sure inspections go well.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 10 years after high school. Bachelor's in health administration or business plus years as a community executive director.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Gerontology, Health Administration, Social Work, Business Administration.
Growing much faster than average (about 23% over 10 years). Tracks BLS medical and health services managers.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Dashboards automate occupancy and budget reports, flattening some management layers; leading teams and fixing crises in person stays human.
Classes: Business, Statistics, Speech.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9111.
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