Director of Dining Services

Senior Lifestyle•Elgin, IL

14h•Onsite

About The Position

In this role you will oversee and control day to day operations of all dining services operations at the community. You will be responsible for the purchasing of all dining food and nonfood items, balancing and maintaining budgets for raw food and supplies, and ensuring that food is served at proper temperature and in proper portion sizes. You will also drive high satisfaction by offering residents choice, dignity, and independence in dining, and ensure operating and cleaning instructions/procedures are developed and implemented for the department. You will also act as the community’s dietary representative for any health department or other required inspections, and interview, manage, train, hire, discipline, and terminate all dining staff personnel as needed.

Requirements

3+ years of previous Food Service experience required.
Serv Safe and/or other required local, county or state certifications.
Ability to switch tasks quickly and often.
Positive and professional attitude.
Good at giving clear direction in a respectful demeanor.
Takes 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.
Generous amount of patience.
Ability to effectively communicate with many different types of personalities.

Nice To Haves

Management experience is not required but a plus.

Responsibilities

Oversee and control day to day operations of all dining services operations at the community.
Follow Company Dining Policy and Procedures and ensure all department personnel are compliant.
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.