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 not required but advantageous
  • Serv Safe or relevant local/state certifications necessary
  • Ability to multitask effectively
  • Positive attitude with strong direction-giving skills
  • Pride in food quality and cleanliness of kitchen
  • Patience and effective communication with diverse personalities

Responsibilities

  • Ensure compliance with dining policy and procedures
  • Oversee purchasing of dining supplies ensuring 95% order compliance
  • Balance and maintain budgets for food and supplies
  • Utilize standard recipes for food production
  • Serve food at proper temperatures and portion sizes
  • Offer prescribed diets to residents as applicable
  • Promote resident choice and dignity in dining experience
  • Implement operating and cleaning procedures for the department
  • Conduct pre-meal briefings with service staff
  • Ensure compliance with health regulations and inspections
  • Perform monthly sanitation audits within dining areas
  • Manage and train dining staff personnel
  • Schedule food service personnel in line with labor budget

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plan
  • Retirement benefits
  • Short-term and long-term disability
  • Paid time off
  • Access to DailyPay for early 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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