Regional Director of Hospitality and Food

Schlegel Villages; Kitchener; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Director of Hospitality and Food to lead clinical nutrition programs and enhance dining experiences for residents. This role is pivotal in shaping policies and mentoring teams while ensuring quality and compassion in service. With a focus on personal growth and ongoing training, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a family-oriented environment. If you have a passion for improving mealtime experiences and leadership in a senior living context, this could be your next career step. Join a supportive team that values your contributions and fosters a caring community.

Benefits

Ongoing training and personal growth opportunities

Extended Health and Dental Benefits

Vacation Time Off

Discounts at Village Services

Team appreciation events

Qualifications

• 5+ years of leadership experience in senior living settings.
• Degree in Nutrition or related field is required.
• Experience with dietary technology programs is essential.

Responsibilities

• Guide clinical nutrition programs and mentor food leaders.
• Shape policies to ensure quality and compassion in dining.
• Enhance the mealtime experience for residents.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Nutrition

Policy Development

Team Collaboration

Servant Leadership

Competing Priorities Management

Education

Degree in Nutrition

Membership in Canadian Society of Nutrition Management

Red Seal Chef Certification

Degree in Hospitality

Tools

Meal-suite

Point Click Care

Job description

Job Details

Description

If you're a dedicated leader with a passion for clinical nutrition, policy development, and enhancing the mealtime experience for residents, we invite you to explore this meaningful opportunity. As the Director of Hospitality and Food, you’ll play a vital role in supporting our Villages by guiding clinical nutrition programs, mentoring Hospitality and Food leaders, and helping to shape policies and procedures that ensure quality, consistency, and compassion in everything we do. This is your chance to make a real difference—both at the table and behind the scenes—while being part of a team that truly feels like family. Join us at Schlegel Villages and bring your expertise to a role where you can be YOU, while supporting the health, dignity, and joy of our residents.

Schlegel Villages Support Office is located in Kitchener, Ontario. This role provides support to Villages located throughout southern Ontario, and geographical home base of candidates is flexible but regular travel will be expected.

Temporary Role for parental leave - However Schlegel Villages is GROWING! This might just be your step into a new career with Schlegel Villages!

At Schlegel Villages you can be YOU while being part of OUR Family.

How Schlegel Villages Supports Our Team Members

• Ongoing training and personal growth opportunities
• Extended Health and Dental Benefits
• Vacation Time Off (Vacation paid biweekly for temporary team members)
• Discounts at Village Services
• Team appreciation events

To Be Successful In This Role, You Will

• Have a degree in Nutrition and/or membership in Canadian Society of Nutrition Management
• Red Seal Chef certification and/or a degree in Hospitality would be considered an asset
• Be an experienced Hospitality and Food leader with proven leadership experience within a senior living setting for a minimum of 5 years
• Demonstrate a passion for continually improving the dining experience while following the requirements of LTC and RHA Acts
• Be competent in working within the dietary technology programs – eg. Meal-suite, Point Click Care
• Be excited to broaden your skills, knowledge and experience across our full continuum of mealtime experiences including but not limited to all Dining Rooms, Cafes, The Ruby, Catering, Special Events and Community Meal Support
• Demonstrated ability to deal effectively with a high volume of competing priorities
• Ability to work collaboratively with other department leaders and team members at all levels of the organization to create a team-oriented environment
• Be a passionate servant leader who excels at growing and developing people as well as teams through strengths-based leadership by identifying and using each person’s unique strengths to build trust, show compassion, provide stability, and create hope

It would be considered an asset if you also had the ability to:

• Support applied research projects and the knowledge mobilization and implementation in partnership with the Research Institute of Aging (RIA)

We aspire to provide all members of our communities, including team members, with a life enriching experience. We are family owned and operated and we take our mission seriously: “to provide holistic health care in a home environment, located within an internal neighbourhood design that promotes a caring community with emphasis on optimal health and life purpose for each resident”.

We’d love to talk to you about what makes us different.

Schlegel Villages is pleased to accommodate individual needs in accordance with the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA), within our recruitment process. If you require accommodation at any time throughout the recruitment process, please speak with the hiring leader.