General Manager

The Halal Shack; Charlottesville, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Dental

Vision

Paid time off

Sick time

401(k)

Job summary

The Halal Shack is seeking a campus restaurant manager to lead a high-volume operation during the academic year. You’ll supervise front- and back-of-house teams, maintain safety and quality standards, and drive efficiency during peak 32-week seasons.

This full-time, salaried role offers year-round benefits, a competitive salary, healthcare, PTO, and a clear path to multi-unit leadership within our growing campus restaurant network.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of restaurant management with growing responsibility.
• At least 2 years leading managers, 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, 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.
• Own the numbers. Carry full P&L accountability, drive revenue, and manage 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.

Skills

Restaurant management

Team leadership

Financial acumen

Hospitality focus

Operational excellence

Job description

Run 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 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 GMs move into 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.

Own the numbers. Carry full P&L accountability, drive revenue, and manage 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 managers, 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
• We use eVerify to confirm U.S. Employment eligibility.