Food Services Director - Higher Ed. jobs in Orlando, FL

Sr. Director of Food Services

Who are we? For over fifty years, Aspire Health Partners has been one of the leading non-profit behavioral health companies in the Southeast. Serving nearly 40,000 clients per year, with locations in six Central Florida counties and currently expanding into Hinesville, Georgia Aspire has delivered state-of-the-art behavioral healthcare and is regularly sought out both statewide and nationally as an expert in the field. With its mission of providing the highest quality of compassionate, comprehensive, and cost effective integrated behavioral healthcare, Aspire, through its more than two dozen campus locations provides a comprehensive continuum of services for children, adolescents, adults, seniors, and families. Through innovative, resourceful treatment and recovery approaches Aspire offers individuals and families the opportunity to "aspire" to healthier, happier, and more independent lives. Aspire employs more than 1,200 professionals and paraprofessionals dedicated to Saving Lives, Transforming Communities and Changing the World

Who You Are: You're a leader looking for an opportunity to define your own career path, connect with a supportive community of health professionals like you, and increase your earning potential. You have a passion for working in different care settings and making a difference in lives.

Job Purpose: As a Sr. Director of Food Services at Aspire Health Partners, your job purpose will be to provide a multitude of essential functions regarding the therapy sessions in an adult outpatient setting.

Job Functions

• Providing supervision, consultation and leadership to program Supervisors and Leads.
• Assume a leadership role in the development of new programs.
• Assure compliance with rules and standards of the Company, Contractors, Regulatory Agencies such as AHCA, DCF, CARF, etc..
• Contribute to the development of program evaluations, productivity standards, outcome indicators designed to promote and measure the effectiveness of services.
• Staff Development - Ensure all staff are properly trained in all areas of food service.
• Handle state certifications and ensure compliance of company-wide training program. -Experience in mentoring staff, coordinating staff evaluations and ability to guide a potential new hire through the hiring process.
• Ordering Food & Supplies - Handle the purchasing of the company wide food and supplies ordering. Ensure all purchases meet menu criteria. Ensure all pricing is as per the negotiated price.
• Food Vendor - Work with food service vendors to resolve any issues with deliveries, food quality, invoicing, and handle any RFPs for new vendors each year.
• Budgeting - Work to ensure that all departments are within budgetary expectations. Handle all invoicing from outside vendors and ensure they are properly coded and delivered to AP for payment. Cost Per Meal - Work with programs and AP and budget department to ensure meal costs are within budgetary expectations.
• Menu Standardization - Continue to work with all programs and departments to ensure standardization of the menu is achieved.
• NSLP - Handle all correspondence with Fresh Florida and the NSLP program. Review all invoicing, quality control initiatives, monthly monitoring, committee meetings and all other requirements of the program.
• Compliance - Ensure that all programs are in compliance with the Department of Health and all other internal/external monthly/quarterly and yearly inspections.
• Special Diets - Ensue all special diets are adhered to. Meals are prepared by USDA and other nutritional guidelines. Validate all forms being submitted by programs fall under correct criteria for Special Diet requirements.
• Disaster Preparedness - Assist programs in the preparation for Disasters. Ensure there are enough supplies on hand to continue food operations in the event of a disaster. Rotate inventory of supplies to ensure that they are within expiration dates.
• Corporate Catering Events - Schedule catering events throughout the company. Follow menu and budgetary expectations for the events.
• Monthly Billing of Programs Served - Handle the billing of meals served to the programs that food service supports. Deliver billing to AP on a monthly basis and monitor budget to validate correct coding of bills.
• Food Quality - Work with nutrition staff to ensure that all food quality standards are met throughout our continuum of care.
• Payroll Reports - Monitor bi-weekly payroll reports. Monitor overtime, PTO and salary line items throughout the food service programs to control costs.
• Meal Delivery - Handle the delivery of food from larger kitchens to outlying programs. Ensure quality control, time dates and quantity of food delivered.
• Mostly importantly, all functions must be completed while maintaining high standards of ethical and professional conduct while adhering to all company policies and procedures.

Position qualifications: Ability to receive and maintain a(n)

• Level II Background clearance
• Acceptable Motor Vehicle Registration driver's license record in accordance with the underwriting guidelines set by Aspire insurance company as described in the AHP Corporate Transportation Policy 3.9.1
• Bachelor's or Master's Degree Required
• 5 years of experience in the management of a healthcare program or in a healthcare environment can be considered in lieu of a Bachelor's degree

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

We are committed to providing our employees with the support they need. At Aspire Health Partners, we offer eligible staff an attractive benefit package that includes medical, wellbeing, dental and vision benefits along with some unique benefits including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life & Supplemental Insurance, Flexible Spending & Health Savings Accounts
• Paid Time Off (PTO) (2.5 weeks your first year, up to 6 weeks at 14 years)
• Paid Diversity & Floating Holidays (2)
• Paid Holidays (6)
• 403(b) 50% employer match up to 10% (3-year vesting cliff)
• Employee Discounts including Tickets, Retail, Hotel, Car Rental/Purchase
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• HRSA Loan Forgiveness
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
• Will preparation
• Funeral Planning
• Concierge Services & Travel Assistance