Job Overview:
Provide overall supervision and direction for dining services program, catering, the dining room, and room service programs. Director is also responsible for delivering these programs in a manner that exceeds residents’ expectations and provides the Community with additional revenues.

Responsibilities:

• Support the mission, vision, and culture of the organization through positive communication and leadership. * Contribute to Community relationships by demonstrating cooperation and professional conduct with residents, families, fellow associates, physicians, pharmacies and other vendors or persons. * Contribute to team effort by being flexible in work assignments; by furnishing support; by taking initiative; and by understanding how this position affects and compliments all other Community positions. * Able to maintain work pace appropriate to given work load. Perform activities on schedule while maintaining regular attendance and punctuality within specified tolerance. * Supervise kitchen and dining room staff, provide training, set and adjust rates of pay and hours of work, provide informal and formal performance feedback, recognize both appropriate and inappropriate behaviors/performances through rewards and discipline, and apportion work among subordinates. * Perform all cook functions as necessary, serving 3-4 shifts a week as required by the Executive Director. * Order food and kitchen supplies from approved vendors and maintain good communication with all vendors. * Record and maintain adequate food inventory and complete reports as required by Greenlake. * Follow all Greenlake dietary policies and procedures and ensure compliance by other food service employees. * Ensure that employees practice safe food-handling techniques and comply with federal, state, county, and city regulations regarding health, safety, and sanitation. * Ensure that personnel who display signs of communicable diseases are not working. * Hold regularly scheduled staff meetings with all dining room personnel to ensure efficient kitchen operations and to foster open communication. * Participate in New Hire Orientation program and other regular associate meetings or functions. * Support all catering services and help plan theme evenings, dinners, picnics, special parties, etc., with Activities Director and food service staff. * Maintain open communication with the cooks when planning events requiring special menus. * Make catering sales presentations to appropriate individuals, organizations, clubs and businesses. * Instruct employees in the use, care, cleaning, and maintenance of all kitchen equipment and ensure that all equipment is in good working condition. * Maintain knowledge of all food service positions and provide hands-on assistance when necessary. * Train cook and dining room staff to assume positions, duties, and responsibilities of absent staff. * Prepare time slips, invoices, etc., for payment and turn in to Business Office. * Check or assign all food deliveries against order forms. * Establish and monitor a proper cleaning and maintenance program. * Maintain a score of 90 or above on all health inspections. * Achieve satisfactory ratings on Greenlake Resident Satisfactions Survey as related to the food service categories. * Ensure all required licenses are up to date. * Train all employees in proper method of telephoning 911 and the circumstances under which calls to 911 are appropriate. * Ensure all kitchen staff are trained in relieving choking symptoms. * Promote advanced training in culinary activities. * Assure that at least one “heart healthy” entree and one “sugar-free” dessert are offered daily. * Assure that consistent portion-control is maintained, unless upon resident request. * Assure that daily meal tickets are tallied correctly and given to the Business Office in a timely manner. * Assure that all food service employees receive appropriate orientation training, follow-up training, and conduct housetraining as necessary. * Participate in regularly scheduled department head meetings. * Hire and train assigned staff as appropriate, assuring that all paperwork is correctly performed and that appropriate policies are being followed. * Check menus for each following day to ensure necessary preparatory work is being performed

Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $24.00 - $28.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Paid training

Work Location: In perso

• Support the mission, vision, and culture of the organization through positive communication and leadership. * Contribute to Community relationships by demonstrating cooperation and professional conduct with residents, families, fellow associates, physicians, pharmacies and other vendors or persons. * Contribute to team effort by being flexible in work assignments; by furnishing support; by taking initiative; and by understanding how this position affects and compliments all other Community positions. * Able to maintain work pace appropriate to given work load. Perform activities on schedule while maintaining regular attendance and punctuality within specified tolerance. * Supervise kitchen and dining room staff, provide training, set and adjust rates of pay and hours of work, provide informal and formal performance feedback, recognize both appropriate and inappropriate behaviors/performances through rewards and discipline, and apportion work among subordinates. * Perform all cook functions as necessary, serving 3-4 shifts a week as required by the Executive Director. * Order food and kitchen supplies from approved vendors and maintain good communication with all vendors. * Record and maintain adequate food inventory and complete reports as required by Greenlake. * Follow all Greenlake dietary policies and procedures and ensure compliance by other food service employees. * Ensure that employees practice safe food-handling techniques and comply with federal, state, county, and city regulations regarding health, safety, and sanitation. * Ensure that personnel who display signs of communicable diseases are not working. * Hold regularly scheduled staff meetings with all dining room personnel to ensure efficient kitchen operations and to foster open communication. * Participate in New Hire Orientation program and other regular associate meetings or functions. * Support all catering services and help plan theme evenings, dinners, picnics, special parties, etc., with Activities Director and food service staff. * Maintain open communication with the cooks when planning events requiring special menus. * Make catering sales presentations to appropriate individuals, organizations, clubs and businesses. * Instruct employees in the use, care, cleaning, and maintenance of all kitchen equipment and ensure that all equipment is in good working condition. * Maintain knowledge of all food service positions and provide hands-on assistance when necessary. * Train cook and dining room staff to assume positions, duties, and responsibilities of absent staff. * Prepare time slips, invoices, etc., for payment and turn in to Business Office. * Check or assign all food deliveries against order forms. * Establish and monitor a proper cleaning and maintenance program. * Maintain a score of 90 or above on all health inspections. * Achieve satisfactory ratings on Greenlake Resident Satisfactions Survey as related to the food service categories. * Ensure all required licenses are up to date. * Train all employees in proper method of telephoning 911 and the circumstances under which calls to 911 are appropriate. * Ensure all kitchen staff are trained in relieving choking symptoms. * Promote advanced training in culinary activities. * Assure that at least one “heart healthy” entree and one “sugar-free” dessert are offered daily. * Assure that consistent portion-control is maintained, unless upon resident request. * Assure that daily meal tickets are tallied correctly and given to the Business Office in a timely manner. * Assure that all food service employees receive appropriate orientation training, follow-up training, and conduct housetraining as necessary. * Participate in regularly scheduled department head meetings. * Hire and train assigned staff as appropriate, assuring that all paperwork is correctly performed and that appropriate policies are being followed. * Check menus for each following day to ensure necessary preparatory work is being performe