Catering & Concessions Supervisor

About Roanoke College

Roanoke College is a place where every student who works hard has the opportunity to succeed. We champion potential, providing essential learning and leadership through innovative academic programs and transformative educational experiences, giving students the mettle, mindset, and empathy to pursue lives of purpose, build meaningful careers, and meet society’s most pressing needs. Located in scenic Salem, Virginia, Roanoke College is an intimate, welcoming community that has served the local region and beyond for nearly 200 years.

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Roanoke College is a nationally ranked residential liberal arts college affiliated with the Lutheran Church (ELCA), located in the beautiful Roanoke Valley of Virginia. A Phi Beta Kappa institution, Roanoke College is an equal opportunity employer and actively seeks diversity among its faculty, staff, and students; women and members of under‑represented groups are especially encouraged to apply.

The Catering & Concessions Supervisor serves as the primary supervisor for Concessions and the Food Truck at Roanoke College and serves as a member of the Dining Catering team. This visible role involves supervising and participating in the daily operations for our Concessions, Food Truck, and Catering community‑facing hospitality experiences. Given the flexible scheduling of these businesses, this supervisor will also support Catering and other Roanoke College Dining operations during Concessions and the Food Truck’s inactive times.

This position serves an essential role in supporting student success by providing training, coaching, and helping develop transferable skills for student employees. The Catering & Concessions Supervisor is a point‑of‑contact for guests, helps to ensure facility readiness to accept guests during hours of operations and supervises student staff. This position begins on Friday, August 14, 2026.

Key Responsibilities:

• Positively represent Roanoke College, treating all guests and team members with courtesy and respect.
• Apply and enforce workplace safety and sanitation standards as instructed by VDH and Dining.
• Cleaning & maintaining equipment for stewardship and safe operation.
• Handling, stocking, and rotating food, supplies, equipment, and chemicals commonly used in food service as needed or directed.
• Manages Concessions and Food Truck operations including scheduling/staffing.
• Use a Point‑of‑Sale register and mobile tablets to obtain payment transactions from customers including cash, credit, tap‑to‑pay, student meal plan, and other payment options.
• Ensure compliance with food and workplace safety, sanitation, regulatory, and college policies.
• Maintains health inspections and business licenses and displays necessary credentials.
• Manages unit financials by filing daily deposit, generates and evaluates reporting, maintains sales and inventory records, and supports other financial tasks to meet the operation’s financial goals.
• Provides direct customer interaction and excellent culinary and hospitality experiences.
• Conduct Human Resources tasks including: interviewing/hiring, training, performance planning, and coaching and evaluation of student staff.
• Report and follow‑up on equipment, facilities, or maintenance issues as they are identified.
• Accurately record temperatures, sales data, inventory levels, and other pertinent data as needed. Manages and controls inventory: places orders, receives stock; checks invoices, maintains quality control, takes periodic physical inventories of food and equipment.
• Drives, parks, cleans and organizes a large food truck.
• Prepare signage, announcements, and other communication and marketing collateral. Performs and/or coordinates various public relations activities.
• Sets up, breaks down, cleans up, and provides supervision for catering events. Creates a positive environment and successfully motivates and manages team.
• Receives and plans responses…