Dining Room Manager

Monarch Communities®; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 28,929 - 39,950; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) Retirement with Company Match

Paid Time Off (PTO) and Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

FSA (Commuter/Parking)

Job summary

Monarch Communities Brandywine Senior Living seeks a Dining Room Manager to welcome residents and guests, balance server capacity, and supervise dining staff for a pleasant dining experience.

Reporting to the Culinary Services Director, you will help maintain service standards, manage scheduling, and ensure regulatory compliance while leading a team in a senior living environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Minimum of two years’ experience in fine dining hospitality and/or full-service senior living.
• Previous management experience preferred.
• Strong communication, judgment, problem-solving and decision making skills.
• Experience working with seniors.

Responsibilities

• Greet and seat residents and guests to balance server capacity and ensure a pleasant dining experience.
• Supervise dining servers, monitor service, and provide coaching as needed.
• Schedule dining associates according to staffing plans and oversee dining-related programs and events.
• Ensure safe food handling and compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.

Job description

In every aspect of our communities, Monarch prioritizes the health of our residents and staff by providing an environment specifically designed around wellness. We create a place where residents and staff can be nourished in spirit, body, and mind.

Monarch/Brandywine Senior Living

In every aspect of our communities, Monarch prioritizes the health of our residents and staff by providing an environment specifically designed around wellness. We create a place where residents and staff can be nourished in spirit, body, and mind.

Job Description

Job Overview

Reporting to the Culinary Services Director, the Dining Room Manager welcomes residents and guests in the dining room, greets and seats diners to efficiently balance server capacity, and supervises dining servers to ensure a pleasant dining experience.

Salary Range: $25.00 Hourly

Responsibilities and Duties

• Greets diners upon arriving to the dining room; seats them appropriately; responds to any inquiries and offers assistance as needed
• Learn and retain residents’ names, special requests, and dietary restrictions
• Ensure dining room is set up, all items needed for service are readily available (silverware, napkins, menus, salt/pepper shakers, etc.)
• Monitors service in the dining room and assists with serving residents, as needed
• Monitors performance of dining servers, offering coaching and direction, as needed
• Ensure safe food handling
• Responsible for scheduling dining associates according to staffing plan
• Supervises and assists with dining related programs such as meal delivery, special events, guest meals.
• Ensure all residents are accounted for during each meal, and completing documentation of their attendance
• Monitors inventory of dining room supplies, and notifies Dining Services Director of what needs to be ordered
• Participates in and attends all in-service training as scheduled
• Ensures compliance with all Federal, State, and local regulations, as well as community policies and procedures
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• High school diploma preferred/GED accepted
• Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in fine dining hospitality and/or full service senior living
• Previous management experience preferred
• Demonstrates strong communication skills
• Demonstrates good judgment, problem solving and decision making skills
• Experience working with seniors

Physical Abilities

• While performing the duties of this job, the associate is often required to stand, walk, sit, use fine and gross motor skills, reach with hands and arms, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, hear, and smell.
• An individual in this position will be required to lift or carry weight in up to 50 lbs. Intermittent physical activity includes lifting and supporting residents. The associate must use proper body mechanics.

Additional Information

Benefits Offered(Full Time):

• Health Insurance: Medical/Rx, Dental, and Vision
• Ancillary Benefits: Life Insurance/AD&D, Short Term Disability and Long-Term disability
• Basic Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• FSA (Commuter/Parking)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(k) Retirement with Company Match
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement

Other Compensation Programs:

• Employee Referral Bonus
• Resident Referral Bonus

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Monarch Communities and Brandywine Senior Living is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees