Hospitality Manager

**Employment Type**: Full-time

**Contract Type**: Permanent

**Location**: Narrabeen

**About Us**:
At our core, RSL LifeCare provide care and services to veterans and seniors who live in our communities or who are receiving support at home. Our vision of creating proud communities living their best lives is at the heart of everything we do as we continue to build upon our legacy of supporting veterans and their families for more than 100 years.

This is an opportunity for you to join a large social purpose organisation where your skills and compassion will be valued and enable you to make a meaningful difference to people's lives.

**About the role**:
Reporting to the Group Catering Manager, the Site Manager will be empowered to set the direction and lead all aspects of food and dining services at RSL Lifecare, ANZAC Village in Narrabeen for our four Residential Aged Care facilities and two Retirement Living Café operations.

You will be responsible for partnering with business stakeholders, residents and families about food choices and requirements and creating an enjoyable dining experience for residents and visitors.

**You will have the opportunity to**:

- Oversee a high-quality food service, with high levels of food presentation, which consistently meets expectations of customers, ensuring a variety of tasty, nutritious, and wholesome food that is best in class.
- Lead day-to-day management of all food & dining operations.
- Build proactive, transparent, and constructive relationships with the Village Manager and Facility Managers.
- Oversee the food operations, including food safety, production and service, ordering, cost and quality control and management of the Central Production Kitchen team.
- Ensure adherence to the Food Safety Plan (HACCP) and NSW Food Authority requirements
- Drive a customer service culture where customers are central to decision making and service design.
- Ensure effective communication forums to develop strong internal and external stakeholder relationships

**Our benefits**:
RSL LifeCare offers a range of benefits including:

- Not-for-profit tax benefits - salary packaging of up to $15,900 per year. This allows you to reduce your taxable income by receiving part of your salary as tax-free benefits like super contributions, car leasing, and more.
- Staff discounts across 700 select retail stores through Maxxia Rewards
- Leave Loading - 17.5% pay top up on paid leave

**About You**:
We are excited to hear from you about this role We are looking out for:

- Experience in leading and managing catering operations.
- Experience in leading and motivating teams, managing performance and employee wellbeing, and delivering on accountabilities.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Current knowledge of Food Handling Legislative including HACCP requirements
- Demonstrated understanding of quality control in food preparation and delivery within an aged care setting
- Food Safety Certification and Australian Working Rights

**Join us today and see where it takes you tomorrow**
- It is a mandatory requirement for a team member working in the Aged Care sector to have a valid Police Check or a valid National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) check, or potentially both, to undertake the inherent requirements of the role. Clearances must be verified prior to commencing employment with RSL LifeCare. _

**Our commitment to diversity**:
We are proud to stand for our unique values: Do the Right Thing, Aim Higher, Care from the Heart, and Act as One team.

**Location **:Narrabeen