Assistant General Manager - Dining & Catering
Boston College
**Boston College Introduction**
Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,484 full-time undergraduates and 5,250 graduate and professional students. Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 888 full-time and 1,281 FTE faculty, 2,711 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.5 billion.
**Job Description**
**Assistant General Manager**
**Basic Function and Responsibility:**
Assist in providing dynamic management leadership for the dining services area and support staff in accordance with quality standards. Help plan, coordinate, and manage operations with annual sales exceeding $3.5 million. Contribute to the marketing of unit and department events. Assist in managing the annual budget, controlling ongoing costs, and overseeing revenue. Supervise junior management, full-time and part-time employees, as well as student employees. Support the development of a competent and harmonious management and employee work team, addressing problems and providing coaching for immediate improvement. Utilize quality management standards
**Characteristic Duties:**
+ Provide day-to-day management and supervision of unit activities and staff including junior management, professional staff, and student employees.
+ Assign, instruct, mentor and assure timely completion of projects or assignments to junior managers.
+ Provide on-the-job training of junior managers and staff as directed.
+ Assist the General Manager in interviewing, selecting, disciplining, counseling, and coaching, and evaluating employees within University policy framework.
+ Assist in the preparation and administering unit budget, performance tracking, scheduling and payroll.
+ Ensure excellent customer service practices are followed.
+ Demonstrated mentoring skills with those whom you supervise.
+ Demonstrated on-going, pro-active communication with subordinates, colleagues, and customers.
+ Conduct short-range planning and research for development of unit programs.
+ Assist with management and coordination of established cash control procedures.
+ Assist with planning, coordination, and execution of special events and catered functions.
+ Develop and coordinate creative merchandising and unit marketing programs to enhance the service orientation of the dining facility.
+ Instruct, implement, and monitor all aspects of safe, sanitary, and service-oriented food preparation.
+ Oversee the proper use of food, supplies, and human resources to meet budgetary guidelines.
+ Demonstrated knowledge of the function, cost, and purpose of food items, food service equipment, and supplies.
+ Utilize food cost and menu production knowledge for ordering and receiving as directed.
+ Demonstrated knowledge of current food industry trends and solutions.
+ Assume the responsibilities of the General Manager in her/his absence.
+ Evidence of active contribution to Dining Services overall efforts to improve quality of service and functionality of the units.
+ Perform other duties as assigned.
**Supervision Received:**
+ Direction is received from the General Manager of the assigned dining hall.
**Supervision Exercised:**
+ Functional and administrative supervision is exercised over approximately 150 student employees, and up to 7 exempt and 75 non-exempt support staff.
**Requirements**
**Qualifications:**
+ A Bachelor’s degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management or Business Administration. Extensive relevant experience in combination with education may substitute.
+ Minimum of four-years’ experience in a food service operation, with at least three years in a management capacity of high volume food service operation.
+ Ability to manage and work effectively with students, faculty, and staff clientele in high-volume and fast-paced environment.
+ Must have outstanding organizational, communication, human relations, and interpersonal skills and be able to coordinate and gain the cooperation of a large and diverse staff.
+ Bilingual English/Spanish skills helpful.
+ Must know quality food preparation, production and service.
+ Ability to work a flexible schedule, including some evenings and weekends throughout the year.
+ High degree of enthusiasm, initiative, judgment, problem solving and resourcefulness is required.
+ Must have good driving record. Must possess a valid Massachusetts driver's license and be capable of driving up to a 25-foot fixed axle truck.
+ Must be able to lift moderately heavy objects, up to 50 pounds, on an on-going basis.
Full-Time Equivalent Hiring Range: $70,500 to $88,150; salary commensurate with relevant experience.
**Closing Statement**
Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:
+ Tuition remission for Employees
+ Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements
+ Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
+ Low-Cost Life Insurance
+ Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans
+ Paid Holidays Annually
+ Generous Sick and Vacation Pay
+ Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook
Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process.
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