Assistant Director of Culinary

Otterbein SeniorLife; Lebanon (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Pet Insurance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Access to DailyPay

Tuition Reimbursement

Tuition Discounts

Employee-Sponsored Crisis Fund

Legal & Identity Theft Protection

Job summary

Otterbein SeniorLife seeks an Assistant Director of Culinary to lead culinary services across the Assisted Living, Long-Term Care, and Post-Acute areas. The role oversees staff, quality, and compliance with state and federal regulations in a not-for-profit retirement community.

Responsibilities include menu planning, catering event coordination, inventory oversight, and ensuring meals are served hot and on time in a home-like setting. Rotating 1st shift and strong leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED.
• Min 3 years dining/catering experience, preferably in a senior living setting.
• Excellent cook with formal culinary training preferred.
• Knowledge of health care food service regulations.
• Current ServSafe certificate.
• Superior supervisory and customer service skills.
• Willingness to be flexible with schedule.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with residents and other departments on issues and concerns.
• Oversee daily pantry stock and temperature logs.
• Take responsibility in Director's absence.
• Assist with menu planning and overall production of culinary services.
• Supervise staff to ensure meals are served hot, on time, and attractively.
• Supervise Dining Room as needed.
• Identify opportunities for staff development in hospitality, sanitation, and safe handling.
• Coordinate catering events with residents and other departments.
• Handle administrative tasks such as reports and diet orders.

Skills

English fluency

Supervisory skills

Food safety

Inventory management

Staff training

Education

High School diploma/GED

ServSafe certificate

Job description

Otterbein is currently seeking a talented Assistant Director of Culinary to join our team at our vibrant, not-for-profit retirement community. The Assistant Director of Culinary Services is responsible for supervising the overall production of Culinary Services for the Assisted Living, Long-Term Care and Post-Acute areas of the Otterbein campus. The Assistant Director will manage staff, ensure customer satisfaction, conduct inventory, provide daily oversight of food production and ensure high quality. The Assistant Director will also ensure compliance with community policies and procedures, as well as state and federal regulations. The Assistant Director oversees the operation of the restaurant-style dining for our residents in a comfortable, home-like atmosphere.

Shift: Rotating 1st

Key Responsibilities

• Liaison for Culinary Department with resident or interdepartmental issues/concerns.
• Oversees all pantries are adequately stocked daily.
• Oversees proper completion of the daily temperature logs, and other daily documentation.
• Assumes all responsibility in the absence of the Director of Culinary Services.
• Assists the Director of Culinary Services with routine and special function menu planning, and the overall production of the culinary services department.
• Supervises partners to ensure that meals are served hot, on time, and in an attractive manner.
• Supervises Dining Room when needed.
• Identifies opportunities for partner development regarding hospitality training, sanitation practices, and safe food handling techniques.
• Begins the process for catering events. Meets with residents/customers to set up date, location, menu and other needs. Organizes with other departments if needed and gives information to Chef to complete event.
• Responsible for administrative tasks, such as spend down reports, coding invoices, assisting with diet orders, etc.
• Completes and presents partner evaluations for servers and dietary aides.
• Other duties as assigned.

Special Skills and Requirements

• Must be able to cope with mental and emotional stress related to working with persons who are ill, disabled, elderly and/or emotionally upset.
• Must be able to communicate in English.
• Must be detail oriented and have excellent literacy and writing, documentation, communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Ability to add and subtract (as in setting up salads or counting trays) and multiply and divide (as in exploring recipes to forecasted needs).
• Knowledge of methods and procedures for serving food, principles of sanitation and principles of safe food handling.
• Knowledge of the care and use of food service equipment and kitchen equipment.
• Knowledge of basic nutrition and modified diets.
• Ability to work fast and efficiently in order to serve meals at a specified time.
• Basic supervisory skills such as training, motivation discipline, record keeping.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED
• Minimum of three years’experience in dining, catering, restaurantand/or cooking field, preferably in the senior living setting.
• Must be an excellent cook, preferably with formal culinary training
• Knowledge of health care food service regulations
• Current ServSafe certificate.
• Superior supervisory and customer service skills
• Enjoy working with the senior population
• Willingness to be flexible with schedule and hours

BENEFITS

• Medical Insurance with free virtual doctor visits
• Pet Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for personal and professional support
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company match
• Paid Time Off (PTO) that accrues immediately from day one
• Paid Holidays for a healthy work-life balance
• Access to DailyPay, enabling you to access up to 100% of your earned wages on a daily basis
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year for ANY field of study
• Tuition Discounts through exclusive partnerships with the University of Cincinnati, University of Toledo, and Hondros College
• Employee-Sponsored Crisis Fund available for those facing unforeseen challenges
• Legal & Identity Theft Protection

Growth & Development

• University Partnerships with University of Cincinnati, University of Toledo, and Hondros College for exclusive tuition discounts
• Multiple Partner Discounts available for various products and services through Access Perks
• Access to 1,000s of hours of personal and professional development material through RightNow Media @ Work

*Some benefits, including PTO and tuition reimbursement, are based on hours worked.