Dining Room Manager

Clarendale Six Corners; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarendale Six Corners is seeking a hospitality-focused Dining Room Manager to lead the dining room operations within the Culinary Services Department. The role emphasizes hands-on management, staff leadership, and maintaining high-quality service and sanitation standards for residents and guests.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of three years in restaurant or senior living settings, with experience in managing serving staff and ensuring customer satisfaction in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years restaurant or senior living experience, or equivalent serving and staff management experience.
• Experience in leading, training and scheduling serving staff.
• Ability to uphold cleanliness, sanitation and organizational standards in dining areas.

Responsibilities

• Oversee overall operation, appearance, and maintenance of dining room and serving staff.
• Provide leadership, development, training, scheduling and oversight of staff.
• Maintain cleanliness and sanitation standards at all times.
• Adhere to food quality, appearance and presentation standards.
• Ensure dining room is properly staffed, stocked and operated.
• Demonstrate fast, accurate and courteous service and set tables.
• Train servers in customer service and serving techniques.
• Prepare server schedules according to needs and budget.
• Set tables and assist with dishwashing as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Customer service

Staff management

Education

High school diploma/GED

Job description

When you work at Clarendale Six Corners, you have a front-row seat to the amazing life stories of the wisest people on earth. What’s more, you are part of an extraordinary company – one that’s investing in the future of senior living by investing in you. Don’t just do a job. Be part of an extraordinary life!

Clarendale Six Corners is recruiting for a hospitality focused Dining Room Manager to join our team! This position provides full-scope, hands-on dining room management in the Culinary Services Department. Responsible for maintaining a superior level of quality service and cleanliness at all times.

Here are a few of the daily responsibilities of a Dining Room Manager:

• Responsible for the overall operation, coordination, appearance, and maintenance of dining room and serving staff in order to create and maintain a positive experience for all customers.
• Provide leadership, development and training, counseling, scheduling and oversight of all serving staff.
• Exemplify at all times the Community’s standards of cleanliness, sanitation and organization.
• Responsible for adhering to food quality, appearance and presentation standards at all times.
• Ensure company standards for an appropriately staffed, operational and stocked dining room.
• Exhibit serving standards of speed, accuracy, and efficiency.
• Train servers in customer service, efficient serving techniques, setting tables and how to maintain workstations in proper order.
• Responsible for preparing server schedules according to operational needs and budgetary compliance.
• Set tables and maintain workstations in proper order. Take orders, provide service and requested items both graciously and courteously. Answer pertinent questions about menu items.
• Clear dishes from tables during and after meal service and assist with dish washing.

Here are a few of the qualifications we need you to have:

• High school diploma/GED or the equivalent education, training and experience
• Minimum of 3 years restaurant or senior living experience, or equivalent serving and staff management experience

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