restaurant assistant manager

Government of Canada - Atlantic; Wolfville Ridge; On-site; CAD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Joe's Food Emporium in Nova Scotia is seeking a hands-on restaurant manager to oversee budgeting, operations and staff performance. This permanent full-time on-site role requires strong financial acumen, a secondary school diploma, and 2–3 years experience in a fast-paced service environment.

You will lead daily operations, balance cash, and ensure health and safety standards while delivering excellent customer service and coordinating with suppliers and clients for catering needs.

Qualifications

• Proven budgeting and financial analysis ability.
• Strong customer service orientation and communication skills.
• Experience in supervising and training staff.
• Ability to lead teams in a fast-paced restaurant setting.

Responsibilities

• Analyze budget to boost and maintain the restaurant’s profits
• Develop budget to determine cost of food, ingredients, alcohol, kitchen and cleaning supplies
• Evaluate daily operations
• Modify food preparation methods and menu prices according to the restaurant budget
• Monitor staff performance
• Plan and organize daily operations
• Train staff
• Balance cash and complete balance sheets, cash reports and related forms
• Conduct performance reviews
• Organize and maintain inventory
• Ensure health and safety regulations are followed
• Negotiate arrangements with suppliers for food and other supplies
• Negotiate with clients for catering or use of facilities
• Participate in marketing plans and implementation
• Leading/instructing individuals
• Address customers' complaints or concerns
• Provide customer service

Skills

Budget analysis

Customer service

Staff training

Team leadership

Time management

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Job description

Job details

• Salary 21.95 hourly / 30 to 40 hours per week
• Terms of employment Permanent employment Full time
• Starts as soon as possible
• Source Job Bank #3675533

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work setting

• Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Analyze budget to boost and maintain the restaurant’s profits
• Develop budget to determine cost of food, ingredients, alcohol, kitchen and cleaning supplies
• Evaluate daily operations
• Modify food preparation methods and menu prices according to the restaurant budget
• Monitor staff performance
• Plan and organize daily operations
• Train staff
• Balance cash and complete balance sheets, cash reports and related forms
• Conduct performance reviews
• Organize and maintain inventory
• Ensure health and safety regulations are followed
• Negotiate arrangements with suppliers for food and other supplies
• Negotiate with clients for catering or use of facilities
• Participate in marketing plans and implementation
• Leading/instructing individuals
• Address customers' complaints or concerns
• Provide customer service

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Ability to multitask

Who can apply for this job?

You can apply if you are:

• a permanent resident of Canada
• a temporary resident of Canada with a valid work permit

Do not apply if you are not authorized to work in Canada. The employer will not respond to your application.

Advertised until

2026-10-08

Important notice: This job posting was posted directly by the employer on Job Bank. The Government of Canada has taken steps to make sure it is accurate and reliable but cannot guarantee its authenticity.

Joe's Food Emporium

• Accommodation and food services
• 2job postings advertised
• Medium-sized business(between 5 and 100 employees)