Dining Room Manager

Sous Chef - Dining Services at Ringling Museum

Location:

Longboat Key, FL. Salary: $63,000 - $84,000. Base pay will be determined by skills and experience. Eligible for team‑based bonus opportunities. Application window: 30 days from posting date.

Recognized by Newsweek in 2024 and 2025 as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity, Brookdale offers opportunities for career growth through professional development and ongoing health and wellness programs. Full suite of health insurance, life insurance and retirement plans are available and vary by employment status. Brookdale encourages Veterans, active‑duty military personnel, and military spouses to apply. Brookdale offers to advance fees for naturalization (Form N‑400) application costs up to $725 for qualified associates who have been with us for at least a year.

• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Associate assistance program
• Employee discounts
• Referral program
• Early access to earned wages for hourly associates (outside of CA)
• Optional voluntary benefits including  protection and pet insurance

• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays
• Company provided life insurance
• Adoption benefit
• Disability (short and long term)
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account
• Optional life and dependent life insurance
• Optional voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity insurance, and legal plan
• Tuition reimbursement

• Manage daily operations of dining room, room service, and convenience store, if applicable.
• Assign wait staff to designated sections and all staff to appropriate side work, inspecting work to ensure proper completion.
• Ensure room service orders are delivered timely and properly.
• Ensure smooth and timely opening and closing of the dining room.
• Ensure an adequate number of service employees for each shift and cover absences.
• Oversee resident billing of food services charges.
• Assist in producing weekly schedules with budgetary guidelines for service staff.
• Lead the training of all new dining room associates and conduct required ongoing training sessions.
• Provide supervision for special events.
• May assist service staff during mealtime as needed.
• May assist in greeting and seating residents and guests.
• In consultation with the Dining Services Director, hire, train, discipline, and terminate departmental associates in accordance with company policies.
• Maintain the resident request logbook and forward requests to the Chef and/or Food Service Director.

Education and Experience:

Associate’s degree or equivalent from a two‑year college or technical school; or two to three years of related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certifications, Licenses, and Other Special Requirements:
Current Serv Safe Certification required. Obtain and hold any local, state, and/or county food handling/sanitation licenses and/or certificates.

Management/Decision Making:
Applies existing guidelines and procedures to make varied decisions within a department. Uses sound judgment and experience to solve moderately complex problems based on precedent, example, reasonableness or a combination of these.

Knowledge and

Skills:

Possesses extensive knowledge of a distinct skill or function and a thorough understanding of the organization and work environment. Has working knowledge of a functional discipline. Must have outgoing and cheerful personality and be energetic, friendly, and organized. Must enjoy working with older adults and be capable of walking and standing for long periods of time. Ability to read and write English;

ability to communicate with residents and other employees; ability to follow oral and written directions.

• Standing
• Interaction with co‑workers, residents or vendors
• Walking
• Sitting
• Occasional weekend, evening or night work if needed to ensure shift coverage
• Use hands and fingers to handle or feel
• Reach with hands and arms
• Possible exposure to communicable diseases and infections
• Stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
• Talk or hear
• Exposure to latex
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
• Possible exposure to blood‑borne pathogens
• Possible…