Food Service Manager | Campus Food Service company | $62-68K

Job Description

Job Description

Service Manager – Higher Education Food Service

Join a distinguished organization with a proud legacy of academic excellence and community impact. With a history spanning over 170 years, this institution continues to set the standard in higher education while fostering an inclusive environment that values diversity, innovation, and service to others.

Position : Service Manager

Concept : University Dining Services

Salary : $62,000-68,000

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in hospitality management or related field (or equivalent professional experience)
• Demonstrated experience in a supervisory capacity within the food service industry, ideally in high-volume, customer-facing environments
• Strong customer service expertise with proven ability to resolve complaints and address concerns effectively
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities during peak service periods
• Proficiency in point-of-sale (POS) systems and Microsoft Office Suite
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication abilities
• Strong conflict resolution and problem-solving capabilities

Job Responsibilities

As the Service Manager, you will oversee all front-of-house dining operations, ensuring an exceptional experience for students, faculty, and staff. This Service Manager position requires implementing and maintaining elevated customer service standards across all dining facilities.

In this Service Manager, you will supervise, train, and schedule service staff while promoting a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and adherence to established service protocols. You'll monitor service quality consistently to ensure compliance with university guidelines and industry best practices.

The Service Manager will address customer feedback promptly and professionally, utilizing strong conflict resolution skills to maintain a positive dining atmosphere. Additionally, you'll collaborate closely with kitchen and procurement teams to manage inventory of service items—including utensils, dishware, and condiments—ensuring adequate supply levels while minimizing waste.

Competitive Benefits Package

Ready to advance your career in food service management? If you're a dedicated hospitality professional seeking to make a meaningful impact in a university dining environment, we want to hear from you. Email your resume directly to matt@geckohospitality.com for immediate consideration.

Company Description

Since 2000, Gecko Hospitality and its dedicated Franchise Partners and Recruiters throughout the United States have been pioneers in the hospitality recruiting industry. The value that Gecko Hospitality provides to its clientele is evident in the advanced networking and technology skills our professional recruiters possess in identifying qualified restaurant professionals.

Our national network consists of 37 regional offices that are driven to meet the needs of the hospitality industry. In addition, Gecko Hospitality offers the largest selection of hospitality jobs, restaurant jobs, hotel jobs, resort jobs and club management jobs online. Our specialized, hospitality-focused team covers all 50 states and Canada with over 80 Franchise Partners and recruiters. Gecko Hospitality was founded on providing the finest restaurant jobs nationwide to the highest performing candidates. More importantly, our Franchise Partners and recruiters began their careers in hospitality and there is no finer training ground for recruiting than real life experience.

At Gecko Hospitality, we are passionate about making sure that every member of our recruiting team is familiar with our philosophies. In the same way that we learn about people when developing relationships and friendships, we want our people to have a sense of Gecko Hospitality's values and insight into our company's "personality." With this insight comes a greater understanding of how values "fit" with Gecko Hospitality's values, why we do things the way we do as well as providing a basis for making decisions that are appropriate to those values. We all play a part in keeping these traditions and philosophies alive.

We want every member of our recruiting team to understand that we are only as good as how well we follow these philosophies on an every day basis. Gecko Hospitality is all about achieving results by being motivated. This motivation to achieve results comes from within. No one can motivate us, nor can we motivate anyone else. As leaders, all that we can do is provide an environment where people motivate themselves to achieve mutually beneficial goals. Along with this philosophy, each team member possesses the following traits for which we are proud : honesty, integrity, desire, determination, listening skills, rapid learning, responding in a timely manner, effective communication skills, thoroughness, empathy, compassion, and most of all we want every team member to have a strong work ethic that motivates them to produce superior results both for our candidates and for our Clients.

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Company Description

Since 2000, Gecko Hospitality and its dedicated Franchise Partners and Recruiters throughout the United States have been pioneers in the hospitality recruiting industry. The value that Gecko Hospitality provides to its clientele is evident in the advanced networking and technology skills our professional recruiters possess in identifying qualified restaurant professionals.\r\n\r\nOur national network consists of 37 regional offices that are driven to meet the needs of the hospitality industry. In addition, Gecko Hospitality offers the largest selection of hospitality jobs, restaurant jobs, hotel jobs, resort jobs and club management jobs online. Our specialized, hospitality-focused team covers all 50 states and Canada with over 80 Franchise Partners and recruiters. Gecko Hospitality was founded on providing the finest restaurant jobs nationwide to the highest performing candidates. More importantly, our Franchise Partners and recruiters began their careers in hospitality and there is no finer training ground for recruiting than real life experience.\r\n\r\nAt Gecko Hospitality, we are passionate about making sure that every member of our recruiting team is familiar with our philosophies. In the same way that we learn about people when developing relationships and friendships, we want our people to have a sense of Gecko Hospitality's values and insight into our company's "personality." With this insight comes a greater understanding of how values "fit" with Gecko Hospitality's values, why we do things the way we do as well as providing a basis for making decisions that are appropriate to those values. We all play a part in keeping these traditions and philosophies alive.\r\n\r\nWe want every member of our recruiting team to understand that we are only as good as how well we follow these philosophies on an every day basis. Gecko Hospitality is all about achieving results by being motivated. This motivation to achieve results comes from within. No one can motivate us, nor can we motivate anyone else. As leaders, all that we can do is provide an environment where people motivate themselves to achieve mutually beneficial goals. Along with this philosophy, each team member possesses the following traits for which we are proud : honesty, integrity, desire, determination, listening skills, rapid learning, responding in a timely manner, effective communication skills, thoroughness, empathy, compassion, and most of all we want every team member to have a strong work ethic that motivates them to produce superior results both for our candidates and for our Clients.\r\n\r\nAt Gecko Hospitality, you certainly have... more choices