Dining Services Director
Job Number: 39796a
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. ( BSL ) a publicly traded company (NYSE: BKD)

Want to become a member of our professional team and work for the largest senior living provider in the United States ?

Consider joining our team at Cortona Park, located in Brentwood, CA!!

One Company - One Mission - One Voice. Good people make the difference and are the key to the company's success. Brookdale Senior Living operates 562 locations in 35 states and employs approximately 32,000 full and part time associates and serves nearly 52,000 residents. BSL offers its residents access to a full continuum of services - independent living, assisted living, retirement centers/continuing care retirement communities (CCRC) and management services.

Immediate Opening: Director of Dining Services
Job Number: 39796a
Job Type: Full Time
Location: Cortona Park - 150 Cortona Park, Brentwood, CA 94513
Contact: Cheryl Marsh
Email: cmarsh@brookdaleliving.com
Fax: 925-240-5349

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
  • 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 Cheryl Marsh at cmarsh@brookdaleliving.com or fax to 925-240-5349.
  
  

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