Dining Services Manager

Recognized by Newsweek in 2024 and 2025 as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity, Brookdale MacArthur Park is hiring a Dining Services Manager for its senior‑living community that supports residents through Assisted Living & Memory Care. The role offers professional‑development opportunities, health‑and‑wellness programs, and a supportive environment where you can grow your career while making lives better—including your own.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan (temporary associates may participate)
• Associate assistance program
• Employee discounts
• Referral program
• Early access to earned wages for hourly associates (outside of CA)
• Optional voluntary benefits, including ID‑theft protection and pet insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays
• Company‑provided life insurance
• Adoption benefit
• Optional voluntary benefits, including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, and legal plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Naturalization fee assistance (up to $725 for qualified associates with at least one year of service)

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage, and coordinate activities of the dining services department at one or more locations, providing food services for residents and employees.
• Develop standards for organization and supervision of dining services.
• Maintain quality dining services within the prescribed budget.
• Determine quality and quantity of food required; plan menus and control food costs; may be scheduled to prepare meals.
• Oversee food preparation and cooking to ensure meals follow company procedures.
• Conduct frequent inspections of work, storage, and serving areas to ensure compliance with food‑safety and sanitation regulations.
• Prepare cleaning schedules, production worksheets, and staff schedules.
• Maintain inventory of food and non‑food items.
• Select, orient, and train new employees; delegate authority to ensure effective flow of materials and services.
• Develop and direct cost‑control systems; prepare and submit department budget to the director.
• Provide nutrition education and counseling for residents; present dining‑services education programs to staff as needed.
• Ensure safe work procedures are developed and followed, including those related to employee injuries, prevention, and infection control.
• Maintain a continuous quality‑improvement program and ensure appropriate follow‑up.

Qualifications

Education and Experience: High school diploma or GED required. Two to four years of experience in a commercial kitchen, operation and line cooking, and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certifications, Licenses, and Other Special Requirements: Current ServSafe Certification required. State food‑service certification required, if applicable. ACF Certified Sous Chef (CSC) preferred.

Management/Decision Making: Applies existing guidelines and procedures to make varied decisions within a department. Uses sound judgment and experience to solve moderately complex problems based on precedent, example, reasonableness, or a combination of these.

Knowledge and Skills: Extensive knowledge of a distinct skill or function and a thorough understanding of the organization and work environment. Working knowledge of a functional discipline. Familiarity with Microsoft software preferred. Basic typing skills are essential. A thorough knowledge of food safety and sanitation, culinary nutrition, and supervisory management is required.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

• Standing; interaction with co‑workers, residents, or vendors
• Walking and sitting
• Use of hands and fingers to handle or feel
• On‑call on an as‑needed basis
• Reaching with hands and arms
• Possible exposure to communicable diseases and infections
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Talk or hear
• Exposure to latex
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds
• Possible exposure to blood‑borne pathogens
• Possible exposure to various drugs, chemical, infectious, or biological hazards
• Occasional travel required
• Vision requirements