Assistant General Manager

The Halal Shack U Albany; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Dental

Vision

Paid time off

401(k)

Job summary

The Halal Shack U Albany is seeking an Assistant General Manager to oversee a high-volume campus restaurant. You will lead a front‑ and back‑of‑house team, drive daily operations, and ensure quality, safety, and hospitality across the campus calendar.

During peak weeks you’ll manage the operation with strong P&L focus, and in the off-season you’ll keep responsibilities and benefits while revenue adjusts. Growth into multi‑unit leadership is possible.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of restaurant management with growing responsibility.
• At least 2 years leading supervisors or large hourly teams.
• Strong leadership, financial acumen, and decision‑making in a fast, high‑volume environment.
• A real commitment to hospitality and the guest experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead your team: recruit, hire, train, coach, and retain a strong front- and back‑of‑house team.
• Run the operation: direct daily operations, uphold food quality, cleanliness and safety.
• Support the numbers: P&L accountability, drive revenue, manage labor, cost, and controllables.
• Drive the guest experience: maintain brand standards and guest satisfaction.

Skills

Leadership

P&L management

Hospitality

Operations

Team development

Job description

Assistant General Manager

Campus Restaurant Operations

Assist running a high-volume campus restaurant through two focused semesters, then get the rest of the year back on full salary. Most restaurant management jobs run fifty weeks a year with no end in sight. This one follows the academic calendar.

During the roughly thirty-two-week peak season you help lead every part of a fast, full operation. During the off-season your workload drops significantly while your salary and benefits continue year-round. You stay on as a full-time, salaried leader twelve months a year, with real time to recharge, travel, or pursue your own goals, inside a growing multi-brand company with clear paths to advance.

Why this role is different

• Year-round salary. Full-time and salaried twelve months a year, with full benefits and roughly twenty-two weeks of significantly reduced workload built in.
• A campus, not a chain box. An operation embedded in campus life, with the energy and rhythm of the school year.
• Steadier, high-volume business. Campus meal‑plan infrastructure means more predictable traffic than a typical independent restaurant.
• Real room to grow. Strong AGMs move into management, multi‑unit, and field leadership as we expand.
• Genuine ownership. Full P&L responsibility and real decision‑making authority over your restaurant.

What you’ll do

• Lead your team. Recruit, hire, train, coach, and retain a strong front‑ and back‑of‑house team, and build a culture of accountability and hospitality.
• Run the operation. Direct daily operations, hold high standards for food quality, cleanliness, and safety, and manage inventory, ordering, and vendors.
• Support the numbers. P&L accountability, help drive revenue, and support managing labor, food cost, and controllables using your sales and operational data.
• Drive the guest experience. Set the standard for hospitality, resolve concerns, and keep brand standards consistent every day.

What we’re looking for

• 3 to 5 years of restaurant management with growing responsibility.
• At least 2 years leading supervisors, or large hourly teams.
• Strong leadership, financial acumen, and decision‑making in a fast, high‑volume environment.
• A real commitment to hospitality and the guest experience.

Schedule, compensation, and benefits

• Up to 60 hours per week during the ~32‑week peak season, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as business requires.
• Competitive year‑round salary, maintained through the reduced‑workload off‑season.
• Healthcare, dental, vision, paid time off, sick time, and 401(k).
• Performance‑based advancement and clear paths into multi‑unit and field leadership.
• Able to stand and move for extended periods and lift up to 50 lbs.

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