Director of Dining Services

Senior Lifestyle • St. Charles, IL

27d

About The Position

The Director of Dining Services oversees and controls the community’s day-to-day dining services operations. The role is responsible for dining policies and procedures, food and supply purchasing, budgets, meal production and service, resident dining satisfaction, sanitation, regulatory compliance, and dining staff management. The director acts as the community’s dietary representative during required inspections and ensures any identified deficiencies are corrected promptly.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of previous food service experience.
• ServSafe certification and/or other required local, county, or state certifications.
• Ability to switch tasks quickly and often.
• Positive, 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 different personalities.

Nice To Haves

• Management experience.

Responsibilities

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

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 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