About this role
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive, professional, and upscale culinary services program in order to create and maintain a positive experience for all customers.
- Primarily Supervise the Culinary Department's front of house staff. Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing and hiring; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees.
- Assist Culinary Director to meet or exceed established budgetary and financial guidelines.
- Responsible to fill in different roles within culinary department as needed.
- Ensure recruiting and retention of professional, trained, properly uniformed, and talented staff.
- Visits residents periodically to evaluate food service such as quality, quantity, temperature, and appearance; and conducts evaluations to make revisions in operations/procedures to promote improved food service.
- Supports creating a culture where the business decisions made in this position, along with individual employee engagement, drive top-line revenue and occupancy.
- Associate or Bachelor’s degree (in culinary arts program preferred)
- Successful completion of recognized food safety course
- Minimum of three years’ experience in a hotel, restaurant, club, or other similar employment
- Minimum of three years’ experience in administration and management of food service systems
- Senior living community experience preferred
Other facts
About Marquette
As a 307-bed specialty care hospital, UP Health System – Marquette receives patients from across the UP and provides care in 65 specialties and subspecialties. Its medical staff of more than 200 doctors works as a team with its more than 1,800 employees in caring for approximately 9,000 inpatients and more than 350,000 outpatients per year.
UP Health System – Marquette’s major services include its Heart Institute, Cancer Center, Brain & Spine Center, Rehabilitation Center, Behavioral Health, Digestive Health, Weight Loss Center and Women’s & Children’s Center. The hospital also provides the region’s premier services in imaging, surgery and laboratory and is home to the UP Telehealth Network, a leading telehealth network in the nation. We also serve many of the communities in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, with 42 primary and specialty care clinics spread throughout the region.
As a teaching hospital, UP Health System – Marquette has numerous affiliations with universities and community colleges throughout the state and the Midwest training medical students, family medicine residents, Pharm.D. pharmacists, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, nurse anesthetists, radiographers, surgical technicians and dietitians. Through its collaboration with Northern Michigan University, UP Health System – Marquette also is part of the Upper Michigan Brain Tumor Center, which is conducting primary research on the formation of brain tumors.
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What you'll do
- The Assistant Director of Culinary will manage the Culinary Services Department and enhance the dining experience for residents. This includes supervising staff, maintaining service quality, and ensuring adherence to policies.
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