Food Services Director

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Our employees maintain a happy, healthy, and clean environment for the residents. We rely on highly motivated, compassionate individuals who share our vision. You will play an essential role in providing warm hospitality to residents, visitors, and coworkers.

The Food Services Director organizes, plans, directs, controls, and supervises the dietary department, ensuring services meet federal, state, and local standards.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employer paid life insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Competitive paid time off
• Employee assistance program
• Wages on demand
• Discount & wellness programs
• Career growth

• Interviews, hires, and orients dietary staff
• Trains workers in procedures and proper operation and maintenance of equipment
• Plans, organizes, directs, coordinates and supervises functions and activities of the department
• Supervises and evaluates quality of work by employees
• Forecasts and plans purchase of supplies, equipment
• Plans work and staffing schedules to ensure adequate services; maintains proper staffing levels
• Maintains required records: inventory, compliance, income/expense, personnel
• Conducts regular management staff meetings and coordinates with other departments
• Manages a cost‑effective program within budget
• Maintains department survey‑ready, ensuring compliance with regulations
• Maintains excellent relations with residents, visitors, and community departments
• Participates in facility meetings and committees
• Follows company policies and procedures
• Promotes professional growth of departmental team
• Conducts quality assurance rounds and inspections
• Reports monthly initiatives, goals, accomplishments
• Promotes and monitors resident satisfaction
• Ensures food service operation is clean, safe, and sanitary

• Associate’s or higher degree in food service management, hospitality, or related field
• Food service supervisory experience required; at least two years in long‑term care preferred
• Serv Safe Certification for Managers, National Restaurant Association
• Certified Dietary Manager, Certified Food Protection Professional (CDM, CFPP)
• Skilled in motivating and supervising staff
• Excellent interpersonal skills, customer service, and quality attitude
• Ability to work under pressure and meet goals
• Public speaking skills
• Excellent stress‑management, administrative, and organizational skills
• Availability for all shifts as needed
• Proficient in Windows office software:
  Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

Yona provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law.

This posting in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Candidates/employees may be required to follow other job‑related instructions and to perform other job‑related duties as requested, subject to all applicable state and federal laws.

Certain job functions described herein may be subject to possible modification in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.