JOB SUMMARY
Position: Director, Food Services
Company: Vancouver Coastal Health
Job Location: Central City Offices - Surrey, BC
Full/Part Time: Full-time
Salary:
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WORK PERFORMED
- Be responsible and accountable for the provision of leadership and staff management, planning and coordination of all services across designated facilities across the health authority. These services include all in-house patient, retail food services, and contracted retail food services as applicable to the portfolio.
- Be responsible and accountable for subject matter expertise and leadership, particularly regarding appropriate policies and service standards, creating and leading key operational projects and supporting Managers with Food Operations knowledge development and food operations issues management.
- Be responsible for creating and maintaining a high functioning integrated team that effectively incorporates subject matter expertise, and the planning and coordination of all services within the health authority, ensuring appropriate policies and service standards are in place to ensure compliance to nutrition standards and applicable regulations and acts.
- Be responsible for building and maintaining exceptional customer and vendor relations that deliver consistent performance to commonly required standards.
- Anticipate major changes that impact services, develops short and long term plans for the portfolio and implements mitigating strategies.
- Be expected to participate in a respectful and productive manner, provide and accept thoughtful counsel and advice, and fully support decisions made by this team. Reporting to the Director are the Regional Managers, Managers and Coordinators, and others as appropriate.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Master's Degree in a related field, plus a minimum of seven (7) to ten (10) years of progressively more responsible roles which include one or more within a support services area, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
- Recent, related experience in Food Quality Improvement and Food Policy at a management level or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be a key asset.
- Registered Dietitian or Certified Nutrition Manager (CNM) or eligible for certification with Canadian Society of Nutrition Management (CSNM) required.
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