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Job Summary :

The Director of Dining Services is responsible for supporting a senior healthcare campus for NEXDINE Hospitality. The ideal candidate has prior experience supporting a high-volume multi-level care Senior Living Community, Healthcare, and Facility Management. This individual has strong communication and customer service skills.

The Director of Dinning Services will be responsible for ensuring that NEXDINE’s commitments to our clients, residents and colleagues are met, while supporting the strategic vision of our client in building a brand within their dining services and facility management operations. Your deep passion for the food industry and desire to take pride in your work will be immediately noticed and rewarded.

Job Details

Position: Senior Director of Dining Services

Location: Hartford, CT

Salary: $75,000

Benefits: YES!

We provide our full-time team members a generous compensation and benefits package, training, opportunity, and support. We also provide resources, rewards, and incentives to our valued employees.

• Health, dental and vision insurance
• Company-paid life insurance
• Many supplemental insurances
• 401(k) savings plan
• Paid vacation, holiday and sick time
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Plus various perks!

Pay Frequency:

• Paid Weekly - Direct Deposit

Job Summary:

As the Director of Dining Services , you will be responsible for providing leadership to a team to achieve program excellence and financial success. The successful leader will establish and maintain effective resident and client rapport through their engaged leadership by proactively addressing any challenges, concerns or problems. the Director of Dining Services will have highly developed interpersonal, analytical and communication skills while reinforcing high standards of performance in all areas.

Essential Functions and Key Tasks:

• Manages colleagues to ensure that they both exceed client’s expectations and achieve targeted quality and performance metrics
• Oversees a multi-level of care community on site as the top business leader; establishes and maintains effective client and resident relations.
• Develops the management team through appropriate training, coaching and mentoring to ensure strong daily operational performance and effective personnel development.
• Ensures organizational financial and community performance targets by analyzing unfavorable items or trends, and taking timely corrective action.
• Communicates objectives, reinforces high standards, monitors performance, and address team issues.
• Develops guides a strategic business plan to direct operational performance and retention while ensuring NEXDINE Hospitality is aligned to client strategies

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Minimum of 5-7 years working within Senior Living Dining Services
• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) from four-year college or university is required (Culinary Arts or Hotel/Restaurant Management highly desirable).
• Must have a proven track record of success in driving performance within a high-end multi-level care community in Senior Living.
• Experience managing Healthcare or Senior Living dining programs. Must be able to lead team and execute campus initiatives.
• The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment that offers unlimited growth opportunities and rewards achievement.
• Kosher Dinning experience. Must fully understand Kosher cooking Laws, methods, and best practices. Must operate and lead team in honoring all Kosher requirements e.g. proper ordering, food handling, food storage, etc.