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Dining Artist - Server (Part-Time)
Arbor Acres Retirement Community | Winston-Salem, NC
Do you enjoy creating memorable dining experiences, staying active throughout your workday, and building meaningful relationships with others? Arbor Acres is seeking a dependable, service-minded Dining Artist - Server to join our assisted living dining team.
In this front-of-house role, you will provide thoughtful tableside service, manage multiple tables, accurately record resident orders, and help maintain welcoming, clean, and well-organized dining spaces. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants rewarding part-time work that makes a difference every day.
Why Arbor Acres?
At Arbor Acres, our employees are more than team members. We're a community. We believe in supporting one another, celebrating successes, and creating meaningful connections with our residents and coworkers.
Benefits of joining our team include:
- Welcoming, values-based culture
- Opportunities for internal growth and advancement
- Celebration Breakfast for: Employee of the Quarter, Service Awards and Scholarship Applicants
- Celebration Weeks (for each department & the whole company): Food Trucks, DJs, Raffles and Awards
- Meaningful relationships with residents and staff
- A supportive leadership team that works alongside employees to ensure success
- Part and Full-Time Benefits: 403(b) matched at 200% (up to 6% of salary), Employee Assistance Program, Free meal per shift with a great menu and options to purchase other food items on campus, Employee Auction, Wellness Center access while you are on break or just before or after your shift.
- Full-Time Benefits: Excellent Medical Plan - includes Text Medicine, Vision, Dental, Paid Time Off (PTO), Educational Assistance, Supplemental Life Insurance and the company fully pays for Employee Life Insurance (2X salary) and Short and Long-Term Disability
What You’ll Do
As a Dining Artist - Server, you will:
- Provide friendly, professional, and efficient tableside service to assisted living residents and their guests
- Manage multiple tables, remember resident preferences and orders, and accurately enter selections into the POS system
- Learn daily specials, soups, catering events, and other service information, then communicate details clearly to residents, guests, and staff
- Anticipate resident needs and offer thoughtful assistance with beverages, condiments, salads, desserts, and other food and beverage items
- Assist with food and beverage preparation, including coffee, tea, desserts, sauces, sides, and other assigned items
- Set up, maintain, and break down dining venues, service stations, and designated kitchen areas
- Deliver and retrieve resident meal trays
- Maintain clean, sanitary, organized, and welcoming dining spaces
- Follow food safety, sanitation, food-handling, and cross-contamination prevention procedures
- Support catering, special events, and other Dining Arts department needs
- Deliver a consistently high level of customer service and quality throughout the dining experience
What We’re Looking For
Successful candidates will:
- Enjoy working with people and building relationships with residents
- Be dependable and committed to excellent attendance and year-round resident dining coverage
- Have strong customer service, verbal communication, teamwork, and organizational skills
- Be comfortable working in a detailed, fast-paced service environment with frequent interruptions
- Be able to learn menus, resident preferences, ordering processes, and POS procedures
- Be detail oriented and able to perform duties accurately
- Demonstrate flexibility, initiative, and a willingness to learn
- Be able to work harmoniously with residents, guests, and coworkers
Preferred Experience
We welcome candidates from a variety of service backgrounds, including:
- Assisted living or senior living dining
- Dietary aide or healthcare food service
- Full-service restaurants or hospitality
- Fast food or another fast-paced customer service environment
- Restaurant or food-service ordering and POS systems
- Bilingual is a plus, but not required
The work is teachable, and the POS process can be learned. Candidates who bring reliability, a strong service mindset, and the ability to learn quickly are encouraged to apply.
Schedule
This is a part-time position
Typical Schedule:
- Primary shifts are 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM
- Weekend Availability is required
- Holidays are required as scheduled
Arbor Acres operates 365 days a year, and team members are expected to be dependable and committed to supporting resident dining services year-round.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods
- Ability to frequently squat, kneel, bend, stoop, reach, and lift
- Ability to lift up to 40 pounds
- Ability to push food carts weighing more than 100 pounds
- Ability to work safely in a busy dining and kitchen environment that may be noisy, hot, humid, or cold
- Ability to work around detergents and cleaning chemicals
Additional Information
Arbor Acres maintains high standards of attendance and reliability due to the critical role dining services play in resident care. We are looking for candidates who value consistency, accountability, and teamwork.
If you're looking for rewarding work where you can make a daily impact in the lives of seniors while being part of a supportive and caring community, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and become part of the Arbor Acres team!
“We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.”