Dining Room Manager

WHO ARE WE?

Come join our dedicated team at South Port Square, a wonderful place to work. South Port Square is a 40-acre campus in Port Charlotte close to Charlotte Harbor and Punta Gorda and is one of Florida's best kept secrets. You'll join a team with a strong work ethic, with management and co-workers who want to make a positive impact on our residents' lives. These extraordinary leaders and role models will help you craft a long, satisfying, and fruitful senior living career at South Port Square. For over 30 years, South Port Square has been addressing the growing needs of the retiring and senior communities. Today, South Port Square is one of twelve retirement communities in Florida managed by Life Care Services (LCS), the nation's leading developer and manager of senior living communities. We continually strive to create an environment of trust and transparency by helping employees find a sense of purpose in their job and achieve their highest potential while providing hospitality to those who work and live at South Port Square.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

The Dining Room Manager 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.
Serve customers using proper serving etiquette and promote an inviting dining atmosphere.
Demonstrate knowledge of diets provided and serve per Community policies and procedures.
Proper management of dining room labor in keeping within the budget guidelines.
Maintain pertinent and appropriate resident and guest participation and billing (including employee meals), reservations and special functions.
Represent the community in a warm and inviting manner, which creates a positive marketing environment.
Supports creating a culture where the business decisions made in this position, along with individual employee engagement, drive top-line revenue and occupancy.

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

What We Offer:

Work today, get paid tomorrow with DailyPay . South Port Square now offers DailyPay - a program that allows employees to access their earned income on demand, as it's earned.
Benefits for full and part-time staff, including health, dental, vision, 401K and more.
Fun, caring, inclusive work environment.

Many roles in the community may require that we ask about your vaccination status. This could include MMR, chicken pox, hepatitis, flu, and COVID-19 vaccine status.

Full-Time

Salary: From $50,000.00 per year

If you're an enthusiastic, compassionate, senior care professional who is passionate about hospitality and senior engagement- please apply, we'd love to get to know you.

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