Director of Dining Services
Job Number: 36667a
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. ( BSL ) a publicly traded company (NYSE: BKD)

Horizon Bay, now part of Brookdale Senior Living, the nation's largest senior living provider, is seeking a Director of Dining Services for our community in Leesburg, FL!

One Company - One Mission - One Voice. Brookdale Senior Living is the industry's leading provider of a full spectrum of senior living accommodations and care services throughout the United States . We are dedicated to enriching the lives of our residents every day in each of our more than 640 communities.

At Brookdale, we believe that good people who take ownership and pride in their work each day are the keys to our success. Our associates deliver our company's signature services in a wide range of environments with an emphasis on quality, care and value. We are always looking for good people to join our team. That's our story...your story continues here.

Are you a food services professional tired of 80-hour work weeks? Would you like to work in beautiful surroundings with a clientele that truly appreciate your skills, and build relationships with those you serve? If so, consider joining our team at Lake Port Square. We recognize that good people make the difference and are the key to our success. Currently we are looking for more good people to join our family in role of Campus Director of Dining Services.

With responsibility for creating a resort style dining experience for our residents, hiring and developing talented staff, and helping us build a culture of caring, the Director of Dining Service is a key leadership position in our community. If you have experience, a desire to assemble winning teams, and want a truly rewarding opportunity enriching the lives of others, we invite you to check out Lake Port Square.

If you have prior experience in hotels, country clubs, or upscale retirement living, we want to meet you!he ideal candidate will have a back ground in upscale hotel, restaurant or resort dining. They will have a background in managing large operations. Healthcare background preferred but not required. Responsible for the overall management of the campus dining experience.

Immediate Opening: Director of Dining Services
Job Number: 36667a
Job Type: Full Time
Location: Lake Port Square- 701 Lake Port Blvd, Leesburg, FL, 34748
Contact: Angela Ward
Email: Angela.Ward@brookdaleliving.com

Other responsibilities include:

• Coordinates food service activities in the dining room
• Confers with staff and residents to plan menus and related activities
• Oversees cleaning, maintenance, and sanitation of dining room and equipment and facilities and ensures that all health and safety regulations are adhered to
• Directs hiring, assignment, training, motivation and termination of personnel

Required Skills:

• Culinary background, strong experience working in the kitchens, preferably in management position
• Minimum of three (3) years of progressive experience in the food service industry, at least one (1) of those years in supervisory role
• Supervisory or management position, leadership skills
• People management skills, disciplinary process
• Financial management skills, budgeting, cost management
• Professional presentation, communication skills verbal and written
• Track record of employment demonstrating stability, career growth
• Understanding of senior population
• Work experience in independent retirement living
• Computer knowledge, purchasing systems
• Planning, organizing and execution of tasks and projects
• Food sanitation standards, HACCP
• People development and training experience
• Goal orientation, motivated, energetic, service oriented
• Experience in a corporate food service organization

This is a hands-on working manager position which requires cooking, cleaning, cleaning dishes and building relationships with other key managers. Candidate must also supervise the kitchen and dining room while serving three meals daily. The ideal candidate will have a background in Healthcare.

HOW TO APPLY: Please e-mail resume to Angela Ward at Angela.Ward@brookdaleliving.com

Keywords: catering event planning, catering guest service, dining, dining room manager, dining service programs, dinning room, food, food service, hospitality, management, manager, Leesburg, FL