Dining Services Manager

Work-Life Balance

Do you love the hospitality industry but can’t stand the hours? We’re looking for a Dining Services Manager with a passion for leading a team and creating exceptional dining experiences for our members.

About the Role

At The Charlotte, we pride ourselves on our commitment to putting People First, Always! With six prestigious Industry Best of the Best Awards under our belt, we invite you to be part of something truly special.

Responsibilities

• Lead and personally contribute to the preparation and cooking of meals for all dining venues in the community.
• Monitor food production to ensure compliance with Senior Living Communities’ standards for quality, presentation, portion control, safety, sanitation, and other appropriate quality and compliance.
• Attract, retain, coach, motivate and lead a high-performance dining service delivery team; hold the team accountable for meeting all quality, safety and other performance standards.
• Create menus and plan for special events.
• Keep abreast of special need diets for Healthcare residents and ensures proper execution.
• Builds, develops, and effectively manages all dietary associates, optimizing individual and team performance through effective leadership, mentoring, and training.
• Maintain documentation of temperature charts and records.
• Oversee and continuously monitor food preparation, storage and handling to ensure adherence with all proper handling, HACCP, labeling, and storage protocols and ensure compliance with all relevant food service regulations.
• Follow all safety protocols and set a strong example for practicing a culture of safety.
• Maintain an open communication and professional working relationship between front and back of house operations and sister departments.
• Serve on special projects and assignments outside of his/her own community to support other communities or the broader portfolio.

Requirements

• Possesses a comprehensive knowledge of safe, sanitary food handling procedures, preparation methods, merchandising and supervision.
• Has knowledge of special diets and all applicable local, state and federal regulations.
• Manage the day-to-day dining services operations of a retirement community, ensuring resident satisfaction by consistently delivering exceptional service and a quality food product in accordance with Federal, State, and local regulations and Senior Living Communities’ policies, procedures and standards.

Qualifications

• 2-year culinary degree preferred.
• Minimum of five years food preparation experience in a high-volume dining services venue with at least three years in a supervisory capacity; experience in a senior living environment preferred.
• Management experience required.

Skills

Capable of standing, maneuvering independently and safety around work area.

Ability to see and hear, or to use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to assure that position requirements can be fully executed.

Proficient with computers to complete job-related functions.

Free of diseases that can be transmitted in the performance of job responsibilities during the stage of communicability unless the employee can be given duties that minimize the likelihood of transmission.

Benefits

Up to $70k with bonus potential.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

TBD.