Dining Services Coordinator1
Franklin Lakes, NJJob$64–81K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Dining Services Coordinator leads community dining and hospitality operations, overseeing food preparation and service, dietary modifications, food safety, inventory, budgets, and team leadership. The role also coordinates meal staffing and dining room flow, engages residents for feedback, and supports special events and community marketing initiatives, with a focus on quality, compliance, and resident satisfaction.
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Full job description
About Dignity:
Dignity is committed to providing compassionate, respectful care while fostering a supportive workplace for our team members.
As a Dining Services Coordinator, you lead the community’s dining and hospitality operations—delivering exceptional service, high-quality meals, and an outstanding resident experience.
What You’ll Do:
- Oversee food preparation and service in alignment with Sunrise culinary programs
- Ensure accurate dietary modifications and proper portioning
- Manage food safety, sanitation, HACCP, and regulatory compliance
- Maintain inventory, ordering, and vendor relationships
- Monitor food and labor budgets to meet financial goals
- Lead, hire, train, and coach dining team members
- Coordinate dining room flow and staffing for each meal
- Engage with residents for feedback and participate in Resident Council meetings
- Support special events and community marketing initiatives
You serve as both a culinary leader and hospitality champion—ensuring quality, compliance, and resident satisfaction.
Dining Services Manager – Create Memorable Dining Experiences Dining Services Manager | Food Service Leadership | Senior Living
Pay Range:
64,376.00 - 80,600.00
Why Work With Us
Competitive pay, meaningful work, and opportunities for professional growth.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Dignity Senior Living is an equal opportunity employer in accordance with New York employment laws.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Sunrise Senior Living is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
How this job compares
Set against the 999 open Food Service Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$64–81K/yr
- New Jersey median$65–80K/yr26 salary ranges
- US median$62–75K/yr511 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $72K, is close to the New Jersey median midpoint ($72K) — in the middle half of Food Service Manager salary ranges in New Jersey.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 29 open Food Service Manager jobs in New Jersey and 999 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New Jersey
- Sodexo12 open
- ARAMARK4 open
- Compass Group, North America4 open
- Experience
- Food Service Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (612 postings).
- Education
- 29 of the 999 open Food Service Manager jobs (3%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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