Restaurant Manager

Civic Innovation Lab; Bowling Green (KY); Sur place; USD 84 000 - 125 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Civic Innovation Lab in Bowling Green, KY seeks a Restaurant Manager who owns outcomes and drives growth. You will balance sanitation standards with strategic leadership, collaborating with stakeholders to deliver reliable, efficient operations.

We value hands-on listening, clear communication with leadership, and a track record of improving processes. Expect mentorship, flexible hours, and a role anchored in local impact.

Qualifications

• 6+ years owning outcomes, not just completing tasks.
• Hands-on familiarity with Active Listening, sharpened by Sommelier Wine Service side projects.
• Demonstrated comfort presenting to manager leadership.
• Empathy that makes hard feedback land softly.
• History of leaving general processes better than you found them.
• Self-direction that thrives with minimal supervision.

Responsabilités

• Keep the KY engine running while you rebuild parts of it.
• Move general decisions forward when consensus stalls.
• Notice when a general metric is lying and dig in.
• Hold Bowling Green vendors to the standard we promised our users.
• Contribute to process improvements that boost efficiency and reduce waste.
• Translate fuzzy stakeholder asks into a crisp Sanitation Standards plan.

Connaissances

Active listening

Presenting to leadership

Empathy

Ownership mindset

Process improvement

Self-direction

Description du poste

The Restaurant Manager we're after at Civic Innovation Lab reads Sanitation Standards the way most people read headlines: quickly, and between the lines. Bring 6 years of general experience to a $84,000 - $125,000 role built around ownership, teamwork, and growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep the KY engine running while you rebuild parts of it
• Move general decisions forward when consensus stalls
• Notice when a general metric is lying and dig in
• Hold Bowling Green vendors to the standard we promised our users
• Contribute to process improvements that boost efficiency and reduce waste
• Translate fuzzy stakeholder asks into a crisp Sanitation Standards plan

What You'll Bring

• Hands-on familiarity with Active Listening, sharpened by Sommelier Wine Service side projects
• Demonstrated comfort presenting to manager leadership
• The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly
• 6+ years owning outcomes, not just completing tasks
• A history of leaving general processes better than you found them
• Self-direction that survives a quiet Slack channel

The documentation-first team behind Civic Innovation Lab chose Bowling Green on purpose, betting that great general work doesn't need a coastal zip code. We believe the best general decisions get made closest to the work, not three floors up.

You join at $84,000 - $125,000, grow with a mentor, lean on benefits, and flex your hours so Bowling Green fits work instead of the reverse.

Pulled forward to the top of the queue today, so your timing is good.

We welcome applications from driven professionals ready to make an impact.