Assistant Director of Dining Services

Interested candidates should submit their application/resume no later than 7/18/25 at 5pm!

Oaknoll Retirement Residence is seeking a candidate with strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills to join our Dining Service team as Assistant Director of Dining Services! The Assistant Director of Dining Services does more than just helping the management of our dining venues and staff; they help to build strong team cohesion among staff and enable our residents to be confident and delighted in the quality of services we provide across all aspects of dining. Oaknoll is a not-for-profit community that provides resident-centered care and services through our CREATE culture.

Not sure you have what it takes to be part of a CREATE culture? Let’s find out. CREATE stands for our guiding principles of caring, respect, enthusiasm, awareness, teamwork, and encouragement. We believe that people should experience joyful, active, and connected lives as they age. We believe people should have the opportunity to receive competent, caring, and compassionate health care when they need it. We believe our community is both special and unique because of the people who live here, the people who work here, and the relationships that they build together. We strive to make the lives of our residents and our staff meaningful and fulfilling. If you want to share in these values and the relationships that they allow us to build, we are looking for YOU!

Oaknoll is hiring a full-time Assistant Director of Dining Services. As Assistant Director of Dining Services, you will need to be capable of working independently, with integrity and flexibility to effectively work with our residents, our staff, and a variety of outside vendors. Assisting and providing supervision across all aspects of dining operations, you will need a strong understanding of not only federal, state, and local sanitation and food safety standards, but also of clerical aspects, such as budgeting and managing inventory, and of service aspects, such as maintaining food quality, providing tray service, managing a dining rooms atmosphere, and planning and executing catering, special events, and holiday meals.

You will be responsible for investigating and addressing concerns related to food quality, service provided, and personnel issues. You will also be responsible for coordinating staff schedules, ensuring appropriate coverage, and stepping in to assist and cover any of the roles of our dining team as needed, and working with the dining management team to ensure proper orientation, on-going training, support, and encouragement for dining employees. As part of your duties, you will also be participating in resident care conferences under the direction of a Registered Dietician, and in leadership collaborations such as the Leadership and Transition teams.

Why Oaknoll you might ask? Because we offer many benefits. Some of these include competitive pay, paid time off, retirement plan, 40% off employee meals, free use of our gyms and pool, weekly access to a Nurse Practitioner free of charge, onsite parking, tuition reimbursement, scholarship program, student loan repayment program, along with medical, dental, vision, life and voluntary short-term and long-term disability insurances for qualifying employees.

Come check us out and learn why Oaknoll is right for you!

About Oaknoll

Oaknoll Retirement Residence is an independent, not-for-profit, continuing care retirement community in Iowa City, IA. We provide resident-centered service, driven by our values of caring, respect, enthusiasm, awareness, teamwork, and encouragement. We’re proud of our excellent reputation as a premier place to live and work. There’s a strong sense of family at Oaknoll, so coming to work is like coming home.

Oaknoll Retirement Residence is an Equal Opportunity Employer that welcomes and encourages all applicants to apply regardless of age, race, sex, religion, color, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, or other reason prohibited by law.

• Candidates must have a high school diploma or equivalent degree.
• Candidates must have a minimum of 2 years experience in a food service management position, with preference given to experience in a senior living or healthcare setting.
• Candidates must possess strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills, and be able to work with a varied team with maturity and stability in unusual or critical situations, always treating people with courtesy and respect.
• Candidates must have their ServSafe certification, or be willing to get the certification within 6 months of hire.
• Candidates must have their Certified Dietary Manager certification, or the ability to complete the certification within 18 months of hire.