Food Services Director

Job Description

Food Services Director | Yona Solutions

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Yona Solutions, located in an in-person facility setting. Yona Solutions is dedicated to maintaining a happy, healthy, and clean environment for residents, achieved through a team of highly motivated, committed, and compassionate individuals. This role is essential for delivering warm and friendly hospitality, playing an instrumental part in providing quality food and nutrition services. The company encourages personal growth and promotes pride in each employee.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person

• Team: Leads and supervises personnel within the dietary department, coordinating with other facility departments and reporting to facility management.
• Mission: Organizes, plans, directs, controls, and supervises all food and nutrition services to residents in a long-term care facility, ensuring quality dining programs and full compliance with all standards and regulations.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

What You’ll Actually Do
• Lead: Organize, plan, direct, control, and supervise all functions and personnel within the dietary department to provide comprehensive food and nutrition services to residents.
• Manage: Interview, hire, and orient dietary staff, provide training, evaluate their work quality, and ensure proper staffing levels for continuous service delivery.
• Ensure: Develop and lead high-quality dining programs that significantly enhance the meal experience for residents, ensuring full compliance with federal, state, and local standards and regulations.
• Control: Forecast and plan the purchase of all necessary supplies and equipment, managing the departmental budget for a cost-effective operation.
• Cultivate: Actively maintain excellent relations with residents, visitors, and all community departments, participate in facility meetings, and promote overall resident satisfaction through quality assurance.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Associate’s or higher degree in food service management or hospitality, including a course of study in food service or restaurant management from an accredited institution of higher learning.
• Experience: At least two years of food service supervisory experience is required; preferred experience includes at least two years in long-term care.
• Skills: ServSafe Certification for Managers (National Restaurant Association); Certified Dietary Manager, Certified Food Protection Professional (CDM, CFPP); skilled in motivating and supervising staff members; excellent interpersonal skills, customer service, and quality attitude; strong public speaking, stress management, administrative, organizational, and follow-through skills; proficient in Windows-based office software.