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Job Description
Launch Your Leadership Journey with Touchmark
Join our Management Development Program and become a future leader in senior living.
What does a meaningful career look like to you? At Touchmark, we believe great leaders are grown from curiosity, courage, and connection.
Our Management Development Program (MDP) is a paid, full-time opportunity to prepare you to lead with heart in the senior living industry. Over 18 to 24 months, you’ll rotate across departments, receive personalized coaching, and gain the real-world experience needed to step into a leadership role.
Highlights:
- 18–24 months of structured, paid leadership training
- Hands-on rotations across key departments
- One-on-one mentorship and leadership coaching
- Opportunity to grow into a leadership role, such as Executive Director
What does a meaningful career look like to you? At Touchmark, we believe great leaders are grown from curiosity, courage, and connection.
Our Management Development Program (MDP) is a paid, full-time opportunity to prepare you to lead with heart in the senior living industry. Over 18 to 24 months, you’ll rotate across departments, receive personalized coaching, and gain the real-world experience needed to step into a leadership role.
Highlights:
- 18–24 months of structured, paid leadership training
- Hands-on rotations across key departments
- One-on-one mentorship and leadership coaching
- Opportunity to grow into a leadership role.
Do you see yourself leading a community where people work with purpose? Do others describe you as someone who shows up with intention, kindness, and resilience?
We’re looking for emerging leaders who live our values—especially those reflected in our E.T.H.I.C. framework:
Excellence, Teamwork, Hospitality, Integrity, and Compassion.
You might be a great candidate if you bring:
- A heart for service
- Leadership experience in academics, athletics, or your community
- Grit and a strong work ethic
- Curiosity and a growth mindset
- A calling to work in senior living and make a difference every day
Do you see yourself leading a community where people work with purpose? Do others describe you as someone who shows up with intention, kindness, and resilience?
We’re looking for emerging leaders who live our values—especially those reflected in our E.T.H.I.C. framework:
Excellence, Teamwork, Hospitality, Integrity, and Compassion.
You might be a great candidate if you bring:
- A heart for service
- Leadership experience in academics, athletics, or your community
- Grit and a strong work ethic
- Curiosity and a growth mindset
- A calling to work in senior living and make a difference every day
Paid Holidays & PTO
Take the time you need to recharge
Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
We care for those who care
Retirement Plans
Invest in your future
Flexible Scheduling
Designed to support balance and learning
Dayforce Wallet
Access earnings in real time
On-Site Health & Fitness
Prioritize your well-being
What would it be like to understand how a community thrives from every angle?
This program offers an immersive experience across departments, giving you the confidence and perspective to lead with empathy, agility, and insight.
Rotational Departments:
- Life Enrichment
- Health & Fitness
- Resident Relations
- Dining
- Health Services
- Business Office
- Sales
*Note: Some rotations may require short-term travel across our communities.
“I discovered not just a career path but a community. The MDP gave me the skills, support, and purpose I sought.”
— Touchmark MDP Graduate
Tell us a bit about yourself. We’ll be in touch with program details and next steps.
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What Most Job Listings Don’t Tell You
General overview for this role type — specific duties and requirements vary by employer.
Support roles in senior living — housekeeping, maintenance, activities, and social work — are far more resident-facing than similar positions in other industries. Housekeepers and maintenance staff interact with residents in their personal living spaces daily, which requires discretion, patience, and genuine respect for the people who live there. In Texas, even non-clinical staff must complete facility-specific training on topics like abuse prevention, infection control, and emergency procedures.
Activities coordinators and social workers play a direct role in resident well-being — isolation and depression are significant concerns in senior living, and programming that keeps residents socially engaged has measurable health outcomes. Maintenance staff in senior care need to understand life-safety systems (fire alarms, emergency generators, call systems) and are often the first responders for building emergencies. Background checks are required for all positions, and many facilities prefer candidates who have previous experience working with older adults.
What to Expect in This Role Day-to-Day
Based on typical senior living facilities in the DFW area.
For housekeeping roles, the day follows a room-by-room schedule — cleaning resident rooms, sanitizing common areas, managing laundry, and responding to spill or accident cleanups as they happen. Infection control protocols are more rigorous than in hotels or commercial cleaning, especially during flu season or respiratory illness outbreaks.
Maintenance staff handle a daily work order queue — everything from changing light bulbs and fixing call buttons to HVAC maintenance and plumbing repairs. Life-safety equipment checks (fire extinguishers, exit lighting, generator testing) happen on set schedules. Activities professionals plan and lead group programming — exercise classes, crafts, music sessions, outings — and also provide one-on-one engagement for residents who cannot participate in group settings. Social workers manage care conferences, discharge planning, family mediation, and community resource referrals. Across all these roles, the common thread is that you become a familiar, trusted presence in residents' daily lives.
About This Employer
Touchmark at Emerald Lake is a Assisted Living — TYPE B located in MCKINNEY, TX at 300 S Hardin Blvd.
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DFW Area Salary Data
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Home Health and Personal Care Aide positions in the DFW metroplex area earn a median wage of $12.93/hr ($26,894/yr). The typical range is $11.12 – $14.51/hr (25th–75th percentile).
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area). Salary data provided by DFW Senior Living Guide.
Facility Snapshot
300 S Hardin Blvd, MCKINNEY, TX 75702
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