Director of Dining Services

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Brief Description
This full-time Director of Dining Services, oversees and manages the daily dining, retail, and catering activities. This position establishes and maintains standards, develops budgets, and manages personnel functions.

• Provides comprehensive leadership for an extensive self-operated dining program that comprises three units: board, retail, and catering
• Oversees a broad portfolio of responsibilities, including providing an overall vision, developing a budget, and managing personnel functions.
• Administers fiscal management and leads a Dining Services team that provides oversight of food preparation and services, nutrition and food sensitivities, compliance with safety and sanitation regulations, staff supervision and training, development of customer service standards, policies and procedures, and the support of sustainability and local-foods programs.
• Establishes and maintains quality through well-developed culinary and production standards with a focus on healthy dining options and accommodating students with food sensitivities and allergies.
• Participates in professional organizations such as NACUFS to stay abreast of industry developments.
• Fosters strong, collaborative relationships with campus and external partners and stakeholders.
• Manages an annual operating budget of $ 2 million, and supervises a high-performing management team of 4 and 35 staff employees
• Must show a demonstrated interest in social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion work and have experience creating equitable, inclusive, and anti-racist spaces.

HOURS

• Nights, weekends and special events
• Exempt/Administrative Staff

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

• This position reports to the Chief Financial Officer

Supervision Of Others

• This position manages and directs all positions within Dining Services and Snack Bar.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• To perform essential functions of the job, the following applies:
• To be successful in this fast-paced work environment, the director should be energetic, organized, capable of handling details effectively, and possess strong interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Must be physically and mentally capable of performing multiple tasks under stressful situations and able to function in a fast- paced environment.
• Physical ability to perform all job functions.
• Is capable of standing, bending, walking, and climbing stairs.
• Must be able to lift at least 50 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The Academy has a modern, well-equipped dining hall, kitchen and servery where most of the work will be performed.
• Daily exposure to heat, steam, cold, cleaning solutions should be expected.
• The successful candidate will be flexible, enthusiastic, hardworking, and responsible and will enjoy a very busy work environment in which they will meet many people on a daily basis.
• The Governor\’s Academy is a non-smoking campus.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 10 years of progressive professional experience in a food service/hospitality setting are required
• Culinary arts, dietetics, or related field is preferred
• Further preferred qualifications include a familiarity with multiple phases of food service such as purchasing, preparation, production, merchandising, customer service, catering, and inventory control;
• Demonstrated experience supervising and training a staff of full-time and part-time employees;
• Demonstrated experience engaging with and empowering staff to support the missions of the department;
• Administrative ability and proven commitment to employee/team development;
• Demonstrated knowledge of profit and loss accountability;
• ServSafe certification and familiarity with food service software programs.
• Proven ability to support the Academy’s commitment to equity and diversity.
• Valid driver’s license required; the successful candidate must be eligible to drive in Massachusetts
• Must successfully complete a criminal background check

Summary
The Governor’s Academy, the oldest boarding school in New England, inspires and engages inquisitive students in ninth through twelfth grade. Our 456-acre campus is located thirty miles north of Boston and five miles south of Newburyport, a classic New England coastal town. Govs has approximately 400 students and 200 employees.
Govs faculty and staff are committed to creating and cultivating an intentionally diverse and inclusive community that allows students to learn from each other’s unique backgrounds and experiences, discover their passions, find and use their distinctive voices, and achieve academic and co-curricular excellence. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
Adults in our community are professionals who appreciate individuality, collaboration, and service to others— all so that we can go far together.
STATEMENT OF SCHOOL VALUES
As an educational community, the Academy has an administration, a faculty, and a student body committed to learning. We pursue this commitment in a dynamic environment that fosters lifelong intellectual independence, responsibility, teamwork, service, and respect for others. We are committed to creating and maintaining a diverse and inclusive community that is physically and emotionally healthy.
In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at the Academy are based on merit, qualifications, and skills.
The Academy is committed to a policy of non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants and strives to promote equity in all areas of employment. The Academy is committed to ensuring that employment decisions are made without regard to race (including traits historically associated with race, such as protective hairstyles), color, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, military service, application for military service, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law (“Protected Characteristics”). The Academy will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.
This commitment is evident in all aspects of our employment practices and policies, including recruiting, hiring, selection, job assignment, promotion, compensation, discipline, termination, and access to benefits and training.
Any employees or qualified applicants with questions or concerns about any type of discrimination in the workplace are encouraged to bring these issues to the attention of their immediate supervisor or the Human Resources Office. Employees can raise concerns and make reports without fear of reprisal. Retaliation against an individual for making a good faith report of discrimination is unlawful and is strictly prohibited by the Academy. Anyone found to be engaging in any type of unlawful discrimination or retaliation in violation of this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Non-profit Organizations

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