Director of Dining Services

Senior Lifestyle • Gorham, ME

3d • $70,000 - $80,000

About The Position

The Director of Dining Services oversees and controls the day-to-day dining services operations at the community. The role ensures compliance with company dining policies and procedures, food safety and sanitation requirements, health regulations, and budget and labor targets. The Director also manages dining personnel and promotes resident choice, dignity, independence, and satisfaction.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of food service experience.
• ServSafe certification and/or other required local, county, or state certifications.
• Ability to switch tasks quickly and often.
• Positive and professional attitude and ability to give clear direction respectfully.
• Pride in food quality and presentation, and in maintaining clean kitchen and dining areas.
• Patience and ability to communicate effectively with people with varied personalities.

Nice To Haves

• Management experience.

Responsibilities

• Follow company dining policies and procedures and ensure department personnel comply.
• Purchase dining food and nonfood items and achieve 95% DSSI ordering compliance for department purchases.
• Balance and maintain budgets for raw food and supplies.
• Use company-standard recipes for meal production.
• Ensure food is served at proper temperatures and portion sizes in accordance with food safety and temperature policies.
• Ensure residents’ prescribed diets are offered when applicable.
• Promote resident choice, dignity, and independence in dining in accordance with hospitality and customer service policies.
• Develop and implement operating and cleaning instructions and procedures for the department.
• Conduct pre-meal dining stand-ups with service staff to review daily menu details.
• Comply with company and local, state, and county health department regulations; represent the community’s dietary department during inspections and ensure deficiencies are promptly corrected.
• Keep dining areas clean and safely operating, and complete monthly self-sanitation audits using the applicable audit tool and policies.
• Interview, manage, train, hire, discipline, and terminate dining staff as needed.
• Oversee food-service personnel scheduling to maintain compliance with the labor budget.

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Paid time off
• DailyPay access to earned but unpaid wages before the next payday

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed