Dietary Manager

Schedules:

• Monday-Friday 6a-2:30pm with on-call responsibility and some weekends as needed.

Compensation:

• $60,000-$65,000 Benefits (Vision, Medical, Dental, 401K, Paid Time Off, Family Leave)

We’re looking for a Dietary Manager who is excited to join our passionate, authentic and courageous team. We’re uncompromising in the pursuit of excellence: our core values are more than just words on a page - we live and breathe them. To work at Landmark Recovery is to make a promise to help our patients achieve their wildest dreams. Our mission is to unlock human potential and save a million lives over the next hundred years.

Landmark Recovery operates Residential Treatment Programs for individuals with Substance Abuse Disorder. We seek not merely to restore sobriety, but to transform our patients’ worlds from a state of everlasting darkness to vibrant technicolor. We believe that treatment is local, individualized, holistic and relational. We’re currently in several states and are rapidly growing nationally. Learn more at https://landmarkrecovery.com/.

Summary

Our most successful Dietary Manager candidates will be energetic, engaging and deeply compassionate leaders who inspire their team to follow their lead. They will be organized, practical, proactive and responsive. They’ll be authentic and passionate, able to meet patients where they are, hearing them, and responding with grace and directness. They will be able to say what’s so while conveying compassion and concern, putting emphasis on the patient, letting them know that “we care about YOU.” They will have a high EQ, be both people and process savvy and be discerning while not judgmental. They’ll be people who flow easily with what others call stress, with being on call at a moment’s notice to meet people during an important time in their lives.

The most successful candidates will be optimistic and realistic, direct and spacious, plus ideally robustly playful. The most successful candidates will have some capacity with being entrepreneurial, nimble and adaptable, regularly “thinking on their feet.” They’ll enjoy working independently and collaboratively, as part of a larger care team. They will be comfortable with addressing differences and conflict while simultaneously also humble and eager to receive and integrate feedback. They’ll bring great care, integrity, and customer service to all they do. They’ll be able to maintain calmness and composure during high stress situations. They’ll be passionate about the impact their work makes, encouraging and inspiring their staff of Patient Engagement Specialists to always perform to their best capacity.

Responsibilities

The primary objective for the Dietary Manager is to set consistent goals for the highest quality service in the Food Service Department at Landmark. The Dietary Manager will work in cooperation with the Executive Director toward the goal of achieving economies of scale and cost containment. Directs Food Service Department to prepare and cooks family style meals for Landmark, serves and prepares meals for patients also ensures the kitchen continuously meets all standards of the FDA Food Code.

• Team First. Attitude is everything. Accepts assigned duties in a cooperative manner. Performs other related duties as directed by Executive Director.
• Plans a four-week rotating menu that is approved by a registered dietitian annually or in the event the menu is revised significantly.
• Ensures that menu is reviewed and approved by a registered dietitian annually or in the event the menu is revised significantly.
• Assures that health department inspections are on file and rating is within corporate guidelines.
• Assures that all kitchen staff have current worker handler’s permits where applicable.
• Plans and posts staff work schedules at least one week in advance, calculated in FTE and strictly complying with the labor budget.
• Assures that the menu plan is flexible enough to accommodate residents with moderate specialty diet needs.
• Establishes a procedure to assure that all invoices are coded and receiving reports completed on a daily basis. Assures that what was ordered was actually delivered.
• Ensures month to date daily food cost is within budgetary guidelines--Keeps perpetual and physical inventories within 3%-5% of each other at the end of the month.
• Ensures all food handling is in conjunction with local and corporate health and sanitation requirements.
• Maintains daily food and beverage log documentation to remain compliant with Joint Commission standards.
• Assures that department consistently meets budgetary guidelines each month.
• Evaluates staff performance including discipline as it relates to those standards.
• Plans work schedules to ensure adequate service considering vacations, leaves, etc.
• Inspects and evaluates physical condition of kitchen and dining rooms.
• Establish a duty roster for days, nights and weekends.
• Assist with maintaining clean, organized and inventoried storerooms.
• Establishes a schedule for cleaning and operating all food preparation and serving equipment.
• Develops procedures to assure that kitchen sanitation is maintained on a daily basis with training for each position and daily side work task lists.
• Maintains an implementation strategy for OSHA compliance including the Bloodborne Pathogens standard and the Hazard Communication Standard.
• Works with Executive Director, residents and families to determine amount and kind of foods, as well as selecting recipes from conventional cookbooks, or developing new recipes for new food products.
• Works with and supervises cooks to train staff in portions and garnishes for hot cooked foods, such as meat and vegetables, into individual serving dishes; food storage and tray assembly to include portioned salads, desserts, rolls, cream, and other cold food items from refrigerator or pantry.
• Works with and supervises cooks on preparation of foodstuffs according to recipe to test quality and standardize procedures and ingredients including baking breads and pastry and cutting meat, in quantities according to menu and number of persons to be served.
• Recruits interviews and hires staff. Assure that staffing needs are within specific department budget limits. Train and schedule training including interpreting policies, procedures and management communications.
• Trains and directs activities of staff workers who assist in preparing and serving meals.
• Assures that all dining room tables are cleared and sanitized after each meal.
• Develops, tests, and promotes various types of food products, suggesting new products, improvements, and promotions. Evaluates prepared item for texture, appearance, flavor, and nutritional value.
• Coordinates and presents food items at special functions
• Performs other administrative and supervisory duties to ensure efficient and profitable operation.
• General Requirements: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. The environment is fast-paced and often emotionally charged when dealing with staff, families and residents. It requires effective management of time and schedule constraints, interpersonal communications and “customer” service demands.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or one-year certificate from college or technical school with special training in culinary arts; or six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must have demonstrated experience as a chef and has supervisory and management skills. And have Safe-Serve Sanitation training certificate.
• Must be committed to a drug-free lifestyle and responsible alcohol use

At Landmark Recovery, we believe diversity is a strength. We seek talented, qualified employees regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under country or local law. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

We respect the time and energy it takes to apply for the next step on your career path, so we will make every effort to contact you quickly after receiving your application. Thank you for your consideration and interest in working with us at Landmark Recovery.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $60,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Weekends as needed

Experience:

• Kitchen management: 2 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• Manager level ServSafe (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $60,000 - $65,000