Senior Life Style

Director of Dining Services

Senior Life Style$100K — $105K *
Food & Beverages
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of food service experience required.
  • Management experience is preferred but not mandatory.
  • Serv Safe and/or required local, county, or state certifications.
  • Ability to switch tasks quickly and efficiently.
  • Maintains a positive, professional attitude and provides clear direction respectfully.
  • Takes pride in food quality, presentation, and cleanliness of dining areas.
  • Possesses patience and effective communication skills with diverse personalities.

Responsibilities

  • Enforce Company Dining Policy and ensure departmental compliance.
  • Manage purchasing of all dining food and nonfood items; achieve 95% ordering compliance.
  • Balance and maintain budgets for food and supplies.
  • Utilize company standard recipes for meal preparation.
  • Serve food at proper temperatures and portion sizes for safety and quality.
  • Offer residents' prescribed diets when applicable.
  • Enhance resident satisfaction by promoting choice and independence in dining.
  • Develop and implement operating and cleaning procedures for the department.
  • Conduct Pre-meal Dining Stand-Up meetings with service staff.
  • Adhere to health department regulations and act as dietary representative during inspections.
  • Ensure cleanliness and safe operation of dining areas; perform monthly sanitation audits.
  • Oversee hiring, training, management, and disciplinary actions of dining staff.
  • Schedule food service personnel to align with labor budget.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Retirement benefits.
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
  • Paid time off.
  • Access to DailyPay for on-demand wage access.
Full Job Description
Job Description
  • Follow Company Dining Policy and Procedures and while ensuring that all department personnel are compliant as well.
  • Responsible for the purchasing of all dining food and nonfood items and ensure all purchases for the department achieve 95% DSSI ordering compliance.
  • Balance and maintain budgets for raw food and supplies.
  • Utilize company standard recipes when completing food production for meals.
  • Ensure that food is served at proper temperature and in proper portion sizes to ensure food safety and palatability according to our food temperature policy.
  • Ensure that residents' Prescribed Diets are offered when applicable.
  • Drive high satisfaction by offering our residents choice, dignity and independence in dining according to our hospitality and customer service policy.
  • Ensure operating and cleaning instructions/procedures are developed and implemented for the department.
  • Perform Pre-meal Dining Stand-Up with service staff to review daily menu details.
  • Know and adhere to all company and the local, state, and county health departments regulations and acts as the community's dietary representative for any health department or other required inspections; assure compliance, follow-up to assure any deficiencies are immediately corrected.
  • Ensure all dining areas are clean and safely operating, completes monthly Self Sanitation audit according to the sanitation audit tool and operation and sanitation policies.
  • Interview, manage, train, hire, discipline, and terminate all dining staff personnel as needed.
  • Oversee the scheduling of all food service personnel to maintain compliance with labor budget.

Salary $100,000 - $105,000

Qualifications
  • 3+ years of previous Food Service experience required.
  • Management experience is not required but a plus.
  • Serv Safe and/or other required local, county or state certifications.
  • You have the ability to switch tasks quickly and often.
  • You have a positive and professional attitude and are good at giving clear direction in a respectful demeanor.
  • You take pride in the quality and presentation of food that you have helped to prepare, as well as the cleanliness of the kitchen and dining areas that you work within.
  • You have a generous amount of patience and the ability to effectively communicate with many different types of personalities.


Additional Information

Senior Lifestyle offers a comprehensive benefits plan to eligible team members including health, dental, vision, retirement benefits, short-term disability, long-term disability, and paid time off. All Senior Lifestyle positions are eligible to use DailyPay, an application that allows you to access your earned but unpaid wages before your next payday.

About Senior Life Style

Senior Lifestyle Corporation is a family-owned company that has been dedicated to providing the highest quality of lifestyle services and care for seniors since 1985. They offer independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing services. Senior Lifestyle Corporation operates over 170 communities across the United States. Their mission is to provide seniors with the best possible care and services to help them live a fulfilling life.
Learn more about Senior Life Style
Size
2,000 employees
Industry
Net Income
$10 million
Founded
1985
5 Year Trend
+5%
Revenue
$50 million

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