Resident Dining Experience Director

Frontida Careers; Green Bay (WI); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Frontida Careers is seeking a Dining Director to oversee nutritional meals for residents, ensuring safety, quality, and compassionate service. You will manage meal planning, food prep, inventory, and dining operations in a senior living setting, promoting Frontida’s culture and food philosophies.

Strong leadership, sanitation, and customer service are essential. Responsibilities include menu adherence, staff supervision, and coordinating with the Executive Director/House Manager to meet

Qualifications

• Must complete probationary period successfully.
• Must have CBRF Dietary and ServSafe training.
• Attention to detail and the ability to follow instructions for reading recipes, dietary needs and meal orders are part of the cook’s day.
• Ability to prepare food, cook, serve meals and assist the residents in eating, as well as be able to operate kitchen equipment and maintain clean, safe and orderly food preparation and storage areas.
• Desired: High School Diploma or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Represent Frontida with professionalism, always embracing Frontida’s culture, which includes "treating others as you would like to be treated."
• Spend within the food and dietary supplies budgets and document all expenses on the expense management form.
• Follow current Frontida approved menu, make and document substitutions that occur due to special events, resident preference, or other necessary reasons.
• Utilize the food vendor order guide to create a weekly shopping list. Inventory food and dietary supplies weekly to minimize waste and maximize budget management.
• Put groceries away, ensuring all items are properly dated, rotated, and stored according to Frontida food safety standards
• Utilize only approved food vendors, shop in grocery stores minimally and only for emergencies.
• Monitor meal service to ensure resident satisfaction with meals and receive feedback as appropriate.
• Follow menu while ensuring timely and accurate food service. Ensure all meals served look and taste appetizing and are being served at the proper temperature and texture.
• Check food items on counters and in refrigerators, pantries and freezers daily to ensure correct storage and labeling. Discard prepared food past 3 days, or food that is not stored per Serve Safe guidelines.
• Ensure all modified diet needs are met per physician order to include thickened liquids, pureed diet, and soft and bite sized diet.
• Assist residents with eating as needed.
• Maintain a clean and orderly kitchen at all times.
• Excellent customer service skills, courteous, professional, work well as a team and be compassionate and patient when working with elderly residents, as well as their family members, and other guests.
• All other duties as assigned by the Executive Director/House Manager
• In addition to my duties as outlined above I understand that I am expected to uphold Frontida’s values in my day-to-day activities.

Skills

Customer service

Team leadership

Attention to detail

Food safety

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Frontida Careers is seeking a Dining Director to oversee nutritional meals for residents, ensuring safety, quality, and compassionate service. You will manage meal planning, food prep, inventory, and dining operations in a senior living setting, promoting Frontida’s culture and food philosophies.

Strong leadership, sanitation, and customer service are essential. Responsibilities include menu adherence, staff supervision, and coordinating with the Executive Director/House Manager to meet