Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center staff holiday party, 2019.
Want to change a life? Apply here.
Since 1969, Avenidas has been providing community-building services and activities for older adults and their caregivers. Serving more than 7,500 participants and clients annually, our compassionate staff delivers innovative programs and personal connection. We operate two enrichment centers, one at Cubberley in South Palo Alto and one in downtown Palo Alto, and an adult day health program in Mountain View. And while our in-person reach is concentrated regionally throughout Northern Santa Clara and Southern San Mateo counties, our ‘without walls’ offerings (phone consultations, distance learning, on-line community, etc.) and staff commitment know no bounds.
We invite you to explore opportunities with Avenidas and learn how we can work together to make life better for seniors and their caregivers.
Current Career Opportunities
Why just have a job when you can pursue work with purpose that makes a difference?
Avenidas is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to staff diversity. Interested parties, please send resume and cover letter or inquiries (principals only) to , or use our application.
Executive
President and Chief Executive Officer
Reports to: Avenidas Board of Trustees
A leader in services and opportunities that promote positive, healthy aging seeks an operating executive committed to developing and implementing strategies for achieving objectives that will ensure that older adults in Avenidas’ target population remain active and engaged.
For more than 50 years, Avenidas has offered innovative programs and resources for older adults and their families in the mid-Peninsula region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Located in the heart of downtown Palo Alto in a new state-of-the-art facility and in two other satellite facilities, Avenidas has continually experimented and responded to the needs, desires, and demographics of the changing face of positive aging. Avenidas exists to create community and common bonds across cultures and age groups through a wide range of offerings for 6,000+ active, independent seniors, those seniors who are frail, and their caregivers. Avenidas’ pre-Covid services and programs included:
- Avenidas@450, Bryant Street: The de facto provider of senior programming for the City of Palo Alto offers a broad range of health and wellness services, classes and workshops, information, counseling services and geriatric care management, flexible transportation options, and social activities.
- Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center: The Center in Mountain View offers daytime care for an aging parent or spouse through two programs: one based on a social model and another based on a medical model for frail elderly adults and their caregivers.
- Avenidas@Cubberley, Avenidas Chinese Community Center: ACCC provides programs and services to the Chinese speaking population and to other seniors interested in Chinese language and culture.
- Avenidas Village: A membership program for adults 50+ who want to stay in their homes as they age offers access to a wide range of services, social activities, and volunteer opportunities with concierge-level assistance.
The pandemic has further highlighted ageism and the plight of isolation that older adults can experience. In response, Avenidas Without Walls is providing programs and resources so clients stay connected via Zoom to each other and to the organization. In some instances, client participation has increased during the pandemic.
Avenidas has a current operating budget of $4.8 million, a professional, compassionate staff of 35 (FTE), and an engaged 21-member board of directors. There is a board-directed endowment of $29 million. Pre-Covid sources of revenue were roughly: 30% from earned revenue/program fees, 25% from contributed revenue, 20% from endowment, 15% from government entities, and the remaining from other sources.
As Avenidas plans for a future where staff and clients can once again safely interact in-person, the CEO will build on the lessons that have been learned to reset and reopen Avenidas with a full onsite program at 450 Bryant and continue remote services. The CEO will begin a strategic planning process designed to meet the changing needs and demographics of the aging population. In the longer term, success will be measured by program and financial sustainability relative to the needs of the community, quality client engagement, and increased awareness that Avenidas is vital to the care and quality of life for older adults in the community.
Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer will be a mission-driven, big-picture individual who can effectively balance leading day-to-day operations with being a credible, visible ambassador and developing important relationships within the Avenidas community and the broader community of supporters and partners.
The CEO will lead a highly motivated, self-directed team and create a predictable work environment where staff can do their best work built upon transparency and collaboration. The CEO will seek opportunities to experiment and take thoughtful risks with new services, programs and products that promote positive aging.
The CEO will develop strategies that increase earned and contributed revenue and will ensure that goals and objectives are achieved. The CEO will be an active, visible part of the community – building on the brand, reputation and goodwill of Avenidas to cultivate and steward new and existing donors.
Leadership
- In collaboration with senior staff and board, develop a clear plan to welcome the community back to in-person programs, including protocols, staff training, timeline, budget, and communications plan.
- Initiate a comprehensive and inclusive strategic planning process to include a vision for serving more seniors with programs that are sustainable; implement a plan to include metrics to quantify and qualify progress and reporting results against goals; establish action plans, budgets, timetables and outcome measurements.
- Understand the evolving needs, desires and demographics of older adults; seek their insights, and stay connected and accessible to Avenidas’ members and the overall aging sector as a matter of practice; maintain a strong working knowledge of significant trends and developments in the field.
Programs and Services
- With the VP of Programs and the Program Committee, continue to foster a strong service orientation that is innovative, compassionate and professional.
- Develop qualitative and quantitative metrics for in-person and remote programs to understand efficacy, utilization, sustainability and mission alignment.
- Develop programming for facilities at 450 Bryant; remain open and opportunistic in pursuit of new, expanded and refreshed programs, ensuring alignment with strategy.
- Serve as a welcoming, appreciative ambassador to the invaluable volunteers who consistently deliver services to clients and support Avenidas.
Management, Finance and Administration
- Through clear communications and expectations, ensure direct reports have the tools and support so that day-to-day operations and programs are effectively managed and executed; ensure proper administration of contracts, compliance with relevant employment laws, and meeting of other legal requirements.
- Develop and support a culture that attracts, retains, develops and motivates a diverse, high-quality staff; plan for near- and long-term succession in key positions and provide opportunities for staff to grow; create open, trusting relationships; set expectations for collaboration, transparency, and for achieving goals and objectives.
- With the VP Finance & Administration, understand Avenidas’ financial condition; lead the budget development process and identify near-term goals and objectives for the next fiscal year; ensure the organization adheres to a sustainable financial plan based on an annual budget reviewed and approved by the board, and that financial performance positively tracks to budget and operating plans; ensure there is a relationship between programmatic objectives and available resources; develop short- and long-term financial plans and prepare financial and operating reports for the board.
- Maintain an awareness of the work of the Investment Committee and its investment advisors to ensure that the endowment is managed effectively with the goal of maintaining the inflation-adjusted corpus of the endowment over the long term.
Fund Development
- With VP of Donor Engagement and the Donor Engagement Committee, assure a sustainable funding base; create a fund development plan to set goals, strategies and targets for major donor and other funding sources, with particular attention to growing significant individual gifts, corporate support, and the planned giving portfolio; strive to maximize government, foundation and other sources of available revenue; communicate funding goals, strategies and progress to the board and staff.
- In collaboration with the board and VP of Donor Engagement, personally drive direct solicitations and steward new and existing funders; continually seek to broaden fundraising so that development activities increase in sophistication and scope; create regular initiatives to target diverse sources of revenue and funding; develop special donor cultivation opportunities as appropriate.
- Review and refine current fundraising activities to assure that resources are being appropriately allocated.
- Promote a culture of philanthropy among staff and board so that each is invested in the success of fundraising goals.
Community Relations, Visibility and Communications
- Together with the VP of Marketing & Communications, continue to raise the profile, awareness, and appreciation in the community that Avenidas is vitally important in the care and quality of life of older adults and a model for delivering services; ensure that message and communications materials effectively convey mission, values and benefits with clarity and consistency, and the brand is recognized for high quality and innovative programs and services.
- Actively represent Avenidas before public agencies, foundations and other funders, community partners, businesses and key organizations; become engaged in civic activities that advance Avenidas’ mission and awareness.
- Serve as an advocate and effective spokesperson on healthy living and aging; become a bridge for those who are not focused on aging yet.
Board Relations
- Secure the board’s trust and confidence; keep board members informed of the organization’s operations; provide timely and concise financial and fundraising assessments.
- With the board chair, coordinate the efforts of various board committees and task forces, develop board meeting agendas, schedules, retreats, orientation for new board members and other activities; attend board and committee meetings; encourage board members’ involvement in a range of Avenidas activities, particularly donor cultivation.
- Develop and recommend policies and procedures as requested by the board; implement approved board policies, program goals and objectives; provide ongoing communication to the board on critical matters related to Avenidas.
- Assist the board in identifying and recruiting new members whose talents, backgrounds, commitment, and fundraising abilities are congruent with Avenidas’ current and future needs.
- Proven senior-level leadership, management and operations experience in organizations or companies of similar size; business acumen; experience in recruiting, developing and retaining a balanced workforce whose skills and cultures reflect the communities Avenidas serves.
- Experience in strategy development and implementation; the ability to develop and use data to inform decisions and metrics to measure progress toward goals; a management style that is results-oriented; adept at planning, prioritizing, organizing and following through.
- Track record of attracting financial support; personally cultivating and sustaining donors and increasing revenue.
- A thoughtful and strategic approach to building organizations and programs to address community needs; a facile comfort with technology as a means to connect staff and clients and increase the profile of Avenidas.
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills; confidence as a public speaker and presenter; a consummate networker and relationship builder.
- Experience with Bay Area-based organizations and well-developed networks are desirable but not required, as is an advanced degree in a related field.
- An affinity for aging and aging services; a commitment to Avenidas’ mission and to ensuring that older adults have the resources for healthy, positive aging.
- A people person who values the contributions and perspectives of a culturally diverse staff, clientele and community; genuine with a high level of emotional intelligence; diplomatic, gracious, humble.
- Curious, decisive and resourceful; a visionary who can see the possibilities of serving older adults more effectively through innovative programs and services; ambitious in identifying ways to grow the organization within its mission without jeopardizing operational stability or taxing resources.
- A team player who values and models working collaboratively but is not afraid to make difficult decisions; one who sets the bar high for self and the team and strives for accountability; a high energy level with a can-do attitude.
- Straight-forward, shares information easily, listens well; high degree of ethics and integrity; imparts trust.
- An individual possessing patience and a sense of humor to maintain balance and perspective.
Avenidas @450 Bryant
Avenidas Village Social Events Coordinator
Reports to: Director of Avenidas Village
Avenidas Village is a membership program for seniors in Palo Alto and surrounding cities who live independently in their own homes. The Village provides a network of support and social connections for its members. We are currently seeking a part-time Social Events Coordinator who will develop and maintain the social calendar for the Village members including cultural and leisure opportunities in community locations or at the Avenidas site when permitted, as well as a creative program of remote activities and groups via Zoom. The Social Events Coordinator works with Village members and program staff to schedule and execute the social events program.
Position Overview
The Social Events Coordinator develops and maintains the social calendar for the Village members including cultural and leisure opportunities in community locations or at the Avenidas site when permitted, as well as a creative program of remote activities and groups via Zoom. The Social Events Coordinator works with Village members and program staff to schedule and execute the social events program.
The current social events program will include a mix of remote and in-person activities:
- Group day trips using charter bus transportation, to San Francisco or other locations for concerts, tours, theater performances, etc. (when permitted)
- Group outings to nearby museums, concerts and restaurants (members meet at the location or carpool)
- Parties, lectures or interest/discussion groups that meet at Avenidas 450 Bryant St (when permitted)
- Discussion groups, social groups or webinars on Zoom
- Research community programs and events of interest such as museums, theater performances, concerts, lecture series, etc., including transportation options, handle all reservations & planning
- Accompany the members on all in-person outings. Coordinate with docents, restaurant staff, or other contacts to ensure a positive experience for the group
- Develop and lead Zoom activities including museum tours, themed social gatherings, activity hours, special demos, etc.
- Work with Director to create monthly schedule of activities and events
- Plan social gatherings such as holiday parties, happy hours, etc. held at the Avenidas site or elsewhere
- Handle all setup/takedown of Village programs at Avenidas including seating arrangement, A/V system, tracking program attendance, etc.
- Take high quality photos of all events for publication in the Village newsletter and other outlets
- Communicate regularly with Village members on upcoming events and programs via phone, email & website
Secondary Job Functions
- Participates as an integral member of the Village Staff. Assumes other duties as assigned including attendance at agency events and covering coworkers.
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
- 2-5 years relevant experience in managing and coordinating social events for groups
- Knowledge of the local area and community events/activities of potential interest to members
- Experience working with active seniors and supporting community engagement opportunities
- MUST be adept in all generally used office applications (Word, Outlook, Publisher, Excel etc.), Zoom, and data entry systems
Physical Demands
- Frequent stand/walk, sit, use a computer; use a telephone, grasp lightly/fine manipulation.
- Occasionally reach/work above shoulders, twist/bend/stoop/squat, grasp forcefully, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds, write by hand, sort/file paperwork.
This is a part-time nonexempt (M-F) 16 hour per week position, paying $22-$24 per hour (DOE), and reports to the Director of Avenidas Village. We offer competitive salary and mandatory sick leave plus prorated holiday pay, but this position is otherwise unbenefited. Core work hours are expected on-site during Avenidas open hours of M-F, 9-5, but some evening/weekend event hours will be required.
Above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the work performed. They are not considered as an exhaustive list of all tasks performed. Avenidas reserves the right to change job descriptions, or work hours as required.
Please send resume to
Avenidas Village is located at: 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto CA 94301
Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center
Program Director – Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center
Reports to: Vice President of Individual and Family Services
Avenidas is a non-profit organization serving Mid-peninsula older adults and caregivers, which offers a wide variety of health, education, recreation and social service programs. Avenidas’ Rose Kleiner Center, specifically, provides adult day health care and adult day services to frail and dependent elderly and their families at its own 9,400 square foot location. The Center can hold a maximum of 65 participants per day, which equates to approximately 110 individuals over the course of a week.
Position Overview
Under the general supervision of the Vice President of Individual and Family Services, the Program Director administers the development, delivery and evaluation of adult day health care and related services provided to less independent seniors and their families. This is a site-head position with a staff of approximately 20 and direct supervision over the Health Services Director, the Social Services Director, the Activity Manager, the Nurse Navigator and several administrative staff.
Essential Job Functions
- Develop and implement an administrative plan for maintaining Avenidas’ licensed adult day health care services to serve frail and dependent elderly and their families. This shall include: appropriate activities in personnel, facility, and medical records administration; budgeting; clinical supervision, quality assurance and confidentiality; marketing and service development to meet the needs of the participant population; billing and reporting relating to program operations; and day to day responsibility for the site.
- Recruit, train, and supervise qualified professional, para-professional, and other staff and contractors, students, and volunteers to deliver adult day health care services in compliance with state-regulated staffing pattern.
- Maintain overall responsibility for liaison with families of participants including setting appropriate program fees.
- Develop and implement the necessary schedule of classes, groups, therapies, special events and individual treatments necessary to carry out the multi-disciplinary treatment plans developed for each participant. Oversee the development, implementation, and evaluation of these treatment plans.
- Develop and provide in-service training and educational programs for Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center staff.
- Act as the chief spokesperson and advocate for the Center, providing information and explanation of the Center to the community.
Secondary Job Functions
Participate as an integral member of the Avenidas management team spanning all 3 Centers. Assume other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience: Graduate degree in health care administration or related field, or a Bachelor’s degree plus substantial administrative experience in a closely related field. Must possess professional degree or license in at least one of the following fields: nursing, social work, psychology, recreation, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, dietetics, or gerontology. A minimum of two years of administrative or supervisory experience in a direct service program, preferably in the field of aging, is required. Strong preference for individuals who have successfully grown and maintained a substantial program.
Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills: Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills. Strong organization skills and attention to detail. Strong computer skills required. Knowledge of older adult and dependent-care issues. Ability to meet deadlines. Must be team-oriented; able to lead, motivate and supervise a diverse group of professional and paraprofessional staff and volunteers.
Fingerprints and DOJ/FBI criminal background investigation is required.
Physical Demands
- Frequent stand/walk, sit, use a computer; use a telephone, grasp lightly/fine manipulation.
- Occasionally reach/work above shoulders, twist/bend/stoop/squat, grasp forcefully, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 20 pounds, write by hand, sort/file paperwork.
This is a full time, exempt (M-F) 40 hour per week position which reports directly to the Vice President of Individual and Family Services. Benefits include competitive salary; medical, dental, vision, 403B grant offered; paid vacation, sick leave, holidays and more.
Above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the work performed. They are not considered as an exhaustive list of all tasks performed. Avenidas reserves the right to change job descriptions, or work hours as required.
Please send resume to
Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center is located at: 270 Escuela Ave., Mountain View, CA 94040
Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)
Reports to: Director of Health Services (RN)
Status: Nonexempt – Part Time
Working under the supervision of the Program Director or the RN in charge, the LVN is responsible for providing direct nursing care to the participants attending the program.
Essential Job Functions
- Responsible for administering routine and prn medications to participants with appropriate documentation.
- Monitors participants for effects and side effects of medications.
- Monitors medication supply for expiration, refills, etc. contacting caregivers when appropriate.
- Administer treatments according to participant care plans which include but are not limited to: glucose testing, skin and wound care, gastrostomy feeding, colostomy care.
- Assists RN in triage processes, recording history, obtaining and recording vital signs, and recording daily flow sheets
- Assists participants in bathroom as needed.
- Keeps other nursing and program staff updated with changes.
Secondary Job Functions
- Participate in ongoing center programs, health education to participants and families.
- Other duties as assigned.
Current California LVN license. ADHC nursing experience and/or familiarity with Title22 ADHC requirements highly preferred. Prior experience with aging services, adult day health operations, or clinical care highly sought.
Knowledge, Abilities and Skills.
Ability and passion in working with older adults and adults with disabilities; willingness and ability to work as a member of an interdisciplinary team as well as to be self-directed. Computer skills with Microsoft Office and knowledge of electronic health records.
Physical Demands
- Frequent stand/walk, sit, use a computer; use a telephone, grasp lightly/fine manipulation.
- Occasionally reach/work above shoulders, twist/bend/stoop/squat, grasp forcefully, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds, write by hand, sort/file paperwork.
This is a part-time nonexempt (M-F) 20 hour per week position. Benefits include competitive salary; medical, dental, vision, 403B grant offered; paid vacation, sick leave, holidays and more.
Above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the work performed. They are not considered as an exhaustive list of all tasks performed. Avenidas reserves the right to change job descriptions, or work hours as required.
Please send resume to
Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center is located at: 270 Escuela Ave., Mountain View, CA 94040
Avenidas @Cubberley
No positions open at this time.