Lead Dining Room Server - Full Time

Mira Vie at Toms River • Toms River, NJ

20h

About The Position

Welcome to Distinctive Living , we're seeking a Lead Dining Room Server (Full-Time) for our (Mira Vie at Toms River) Here at Distinctive Living , we want our people to realize their full potential. We're passionate about personal and professional growth and will do everything we can to help you flourish. We deeply care about our team-members and partners and strive to provide a culture where people feel valued and inspired. The Lead Server is responsible for all activities in the Restaurant and Hospitality Department under the direction of the Director, Restaurant and Hospitality. Responsible for quality of service delivery during meal service, compliance with special diets offered by the community, and communicating with Distinctive Living on all appropriate matters.Job Summary Essential Functions

Requirements

• Great opportunity for High School Students!
• Experience in food service preferred.
• Must have compassion for and desire to work with the elderly.
• Self-motivated, can work independently and make decisions.
• Excellent organizational skills; detail oriented.
• Pleasant, professional, and personable.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in food service preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops a positive customer service culture in the dining room through staff training. Evaluates the quality of service and develops systems to maximize the efficiency of meal delivery while maintaining a pleasant dining experience.
• Ensures staff provides service that maintains good resident experiences during meal times. Circulates in the dining room to ascertain resident preferences and satisfaction with meals. Develops service systems that balance quality and speed of meal delivery.
• Screens, interviews, hires, trains, manages, and coaches all staff in the dining room in accordance with Distinctive Living protocol. Performs all evaluations as needed with all staff to ensure that all work done in the dietary department is done appropriately. Brings all performance issues to the Director, Food Service or the Executive Director and takes appropriate action.
• Schedules employees to meet the labor budget alongside the Director, Food Service to manage the labor daily to control labor.
• Maintains a clean dining room. This includes all equipment, walls, table tops and bases, and chairs. Ensures linens are changed as needed and table top condiments and salt and pepper shakers are kept clean.
• Ensures they and any employees working with them work in a safe manner and that unsafe actions are managed. Compliant with Safety Committee Standard. Should workplace injuries occur, the Department Heads and Directors are to assist the Executive Director when required with the investigation, return to work, and management of the injured worker communication with care provider and Distinctive Living.
• Fosters teamwork with co-workers, shows initiative in overcoming obstacles, takes actions which assist others beyond job responsibilities, and has a positive impact on co-workers, residents, and visitors.
• Perform other duties as assigned or needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED