Job Description

Are you:

• Sick of working late hours …missing holidays, bedtime, recitals, sporting events
• Frustrated by lack of consistent scheduled shifts or being sent home an hour into your shift
• Missing out on time with friends and family due to your erratic schedule
• Wanting to working with a collaborative front of house/back of house team
• Looking for meaningful work in a friendly and supportive environment

Then we know you will love working with our Village Team! The Village at University Gates located in Waterloo, Ontario has an exciting opportunity for a Dining Room Servers (FSA) to join their Retirement. We are specifically looking for candidates who are able to work days. How Schlegel Villages supports our Team Members:

• Ongoing training and personal growth opportunities
• Benefits and access to our Employee Family Assistance Program
• Vacation
• Discounts at Village Services
• Team appreciation events
• Access to The Wilfred Schlegel Hope Fund
• Retirement Savings

As a new Food Services team member (FSA) joining our Village Team, you will:

• Hold or be willing to obtain a valid Food Handlers certification
• Hold or be willing to obtain a SMART Serve certification if required
• Display a caring and respectful attitude toward our residents, families, and team members
• Be able to lift up to 35lbs
• Have exceptional time management sills and ability to work in collaboration with a team
• Support and embrace our resident-centred social culture and be proud to deliver the highest quality of customer service to our residents
• As needed Assist in serving meals and beverages to our residents ensuring we meet residents’ diets and food preferences while following safe and sanitary food handling techniques
• Food Service Team Members at Schlegel Villages assist with the preparation of catering functions and events, and maintaining a clean dining room and workspace

Assets, but not required, as Schlegel Villages provides training to the successful candidate:

• Have completed, or enrolled in the Food Services Worker training program

You can be you while being a part of our family. At Schlegel Villages we are redefining elder care through innovation, Village design and culture change, but we know the key to our Village success, and our residents’ satisfaction, is YOU and our teams. We aspire to provide all members of our communities, including team members, with a life enriching experience. We are family owned and operated and we take our mission seriously: “to provide holistic health care in a home environment, located within an internal neighbourhood design that promotes a caring community with emphasis on optimal health and life purpose for each resident”. We’d love to talk to you about what makes us different. Schlegel Villages is pleased to accommodate individual needs in accordance with the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA), within our recruitment process. If you require accommodation at any time throughout the recruitment process, please speak with the hiring leader. Schlegel Villages is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome newcomers, those of visible minorities such as indigenous, youth and or new comers to Canada to apply.

Licenses & Certifications

Required

• Safe Food Handler
• Food Services Worker Cert

Skills

Preferred

• Flexibility
• Verbal Communication
• Time Management
• Teamwork
• Multitasking
• Dependability
• Customer Service
• Collaboration

Behaviors

Preferred

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group