Director of Culinary Services

Life Care Services•Bartlesville, OK

9h•$80,000•Onsite

About The Position

Green Country Village Senior Living is seeking a hospitality-focused Director of Culinary Services with senior living and/or fine dining experience and strong administrative and financial skills to add consistency, excellence, and creativity to our Culinary Services team. This role is responsible for the overall production of food for the GCV community, the operations of the GCV main kitchen, and the operation of the Independent Living, Assisted Living, & Lakeview Memory Care Dining areas. The Director will also be responsible for the selection, training, and supervision of the production, preparation, diet aide, utility, and server/wait staff. This position requires maintaining high standards in service, food preparation, food presentation, resident relations, cost control, personnel, safety, sanitation, training, and special functions. The Director will assist in maintaining sound inter-departmental relations and integrating the Culinary Services Department with the GCV community plan of operations.

Requirements

Minimum 3 – 5 years’ experience with kitchen/fine dining room management, supervision, and cooking in hotel or fine dining setting.
High school graduate required.
Ability to interpret and explain menu, refer or answer questions, coordinate meal service process across three communities of care, and understand resident requests.
Ability to work in close cooperation with residents, guests, visitors, families, coworkers; requires courtesy, tact, and graciousness.
High level of sensitivity and interest in people, especially older adults.
High level of personal integrity.
Ability to function independently.
Ability to maintain a cheerful attitude and remain flexible under stress at all times.
Ability to function as a “team” member in sharing responsibilities in corporation with all departments and members of the teams.
Hospitality focused and strive to create quality experiences for those you serve.
Excellent interpersonal skills to interact with residents, their guests , associates and other departments.
Strong administrative skills to include computer competencies, scheduling, staff evaluations & coaching.
Strong financial understanding to manage budget, inventory, and daily production cost controls.
Communication skills both verbally and written.
Excellent organizational skills, time-management skills, and attention to detail.
Self-motivated with ability to support dining services in all levels of care.
Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
Safety focus to ensure safe environment for residents and guests.

Nice To Haves

Associate’s degree preferred.
Prefer advanced education in food & beverage management.
Senior Living community experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Assigns, schedules, trains, and oversees work of the kitchen, utility, and server personnel.
Conducts regularly-scheduled production and other staff meetings.
Purchases and maintains inventories for food and non-food items within approved budget.
Maintains records for food preparation system, recipes, inventory, storerooms, and other areas such as Culinary Services offices.
Assures compliance with federal, state and local standards for sanitation, food preparation, food storage, hygiene, and health standards of personnel.
Circulates in the dining areas during meal service times to field comments pertaining to service and food quality.
Adheres to Hospitality Promises: We greet residents, employees and guests warmly, by name and with a smile. We treat everyone with courteous respect. We strive to anticipate resident, employee and guest needs and act accordingly. We listen and respond enthusiastically in a timely manner. We hold ourselves and one another accountable. We embrace and value our differences. We make residents, employees and guests feel important. We ask “Is there anything else I can do for you?” We maintain high levels of professionalism, both in conduct and appearance, at all times. We pay attention to details.