SRO Assistant Food Service Director
DePaul - Rochester, NY
Employment Type : Full-Time
Overview: Halstead Square, a DePaul Community Residence-Single Room Occupancy (CR-SRO) Program, is looking for a full-time Assistant Dietary Director to join our team!Responsibilities:- Assists the Director with managing the SRO’s dietary department including the adherence to budgets, preparations of meals, ordering of food and inventory and supervision of staff.
- Assists the Director with all dietary personnel functions including recruitment, hiring, documented supervision, evaluations, disciplines and scheduling.
- Ensures that safety and sanitation practices and cleaning schedules within the department are followed by everyone.
- Responsible for the proper record keeping of inventories, storage, and utilization of food.
- Under the supervision of the Director, provides orientation to new dietary staff and helps to ensure that they receive all mandatory trainings.
- Provides input to the weekly menus and accepts resident input by taking into account resident preferences.
- Oversees the preparation of meals including the oversight of the dining room.
- Accommodates resident’s dietary needs whenever possible.
- Helps to ensure that all meals are healthy and nutritious, minimizing the use of processed foods.
- Responsible for approving time-off requests and minimizing the use of overtime when possible.
- Responsible to utilize government foods / Food Link / Food Bank whenever possible in an effort to help defray food costs.
- Attends all required staff and resident meetings.
- Respects and maintains resident confidentiality and demonstrates a caring, positive attitude toward all residents (as per respect policy), staff, family members, guests and service providers.
- Follows all safety rules and regulations for self, residents and staff.
- Wears attire that is appropriate for position.
- Performs any other duties necessary for the effective operation of the program.
Qualifications: Education / Experience:Associate’s degree in food service management or a High School Diploma with a minimum of two (2) years of experience in the food service industry, one of which should be in a supervisory or management capacity.
- In addition to the above criteria this position also requires a clean NYS driving record as outlined in DePaul’s personnel policy.