Sous Chef Senior Living - Full Time
Join our team as a Sous Chef (Culinary Services Coordinator) and help create exceptional dining experiences for our residents every day. We are looking for a passionate culinary professional who thrives in a hospitality-focused environment, values quality and teamwork, and takes pride in preparing and presenting meals that make a positive impact on the lives of seniors. Weekend availability is required.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Assists the Culinary Services Director with staff scheduling to ensure adequate staffing on each shift.
- Assists the Culinary Services Director with handling call-offs and absences following community policies and procedures.
- Provides On-Call responsibilities as needed and scheduled by the Culinary Service Director.
- Supports the Culinary Services Director with recruiting, screening, and selecting staff that are compassionate and have a heart to provide quality care to seniors.
- Assists the Culinary Services Director with payroll functions such as missed punches, properly clocking in/out for meal periods, approving time off requests, etc.
- Assists the Culinary Services Director with coaching employees and evaluating employee performance.
- Supports the Culinary Services Director in training that encourages team performance, helps to instruct team members on technical issues, policies, and procedures.
- Assists the Culinary Services Director in budgetary adherence through compliant procurement and proper production standards.
- Assists the Culinary Services Director with placing orders, counting & input of inventory, processing invoices, tracking employee meal count, and weekly/monthly reports (i.e., food costs to exclude, expenses, etc.).
- Supports the Culinary Services Director to ensure that all cleaning, side-work and prep duties are completed as assigned.
- Supports the Culinary Services Director in prompt receival, and proper storage of all goods.
- Attends staff meetings as required by Culinary Services Director and/or Executive Director.
- Supports the Culinary Services Director to maintain a safe, clean, and healthy environment following all state, federal, local and community policies and procedures and laws for culinary services departments.
- Is familiar with all chemicals and handles them in a safe manner according to policies and procedures and SDS.
- Maintains confidentiality of residents' personal information in and out of the community and protects and supports residents' rights.
- Maintains a professional appearance by dressing in required dress protocol and ensures all staff is professionally attired in appropriate uniforms.
- Maintains a professional demeanor that encourages a positive nurturing environment for the residents, families, vendors, and guests.
- Provides a positive customer experience and practices honesty and integrity in all aspects of performance.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the Culinary Services Director and/or the Executive Director.
Managerial Breadth/Scope of Job
Provides indirect supervision of Culinary Services Staff under the leadership/guidance of the Culinary Services Director.