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Catering Coordinator Jobs in Dallas, TX at Scottish Rite for Children
Title: Catering Coordinator
Company: Scottish Rite for Children
Location: Dallas, TX
Our patients are our number one priority! We're committed to giving children back their childhood!
Job Posting Title:
Catering Coordinator
Location:
Dallas – Hospital
Additional Posting Details:
Monday–Friday (Occasional evenings and weekends)
Hours: 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
On-site position, not remote/hybrid
Job Description:
Duties/Responsibilities
- Prepare and deliver food, drink, and snack ordering services for meetings, conferences and events across hospital locations.
- Supervise all outside catering vendors ensure compliance with hospital policies, sanitation procedures and food safety standards, including proper dish machine usage.
- Utilize scheduling and event management systems, including Resource Scheduler, Event Master, and Microsoft Office Suite for event coordination, tracking and reporting.
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with meeting organizers, administrative assistants, hospital departments, and external vendors to meet event service needs.
- Receive, inspect, sort, and organize incoming food and beverage deliveries while ensuring proper handling, storage, and inventory rotation using FIFO methods.
- Maintain compliance with Texas food safety regulations and organizational health standards.
- Ensure catering kitchen areas, equipment, coffee urns, and service areas remain clean, sanitized, and organized.
- Maintain professional communication, customer service standards, appearance, and conduct during all catering and event activities.
- Track attendance counts, event expenses, invoices, and actual charges incurred for catering functions.
- Prepare and submit monthly catering reports and cost summaries to the Director of Food and Nutrition Services.
- Coordinate with Environmental Services regarding linens, tables, room setups, and special event requirements.
- Schedule and manage rental equipment and supplies through approved rental vendors as needed.
- Assist with the development and standardization of banquet recipes in collaboration with the IT Registered Dietitian (RD).
- Perform other duties as assigned to support the operations and success of hospital meetings, conferences, and special events.
Required Skills/Abilities
- High School graduate, Associates degree preferred.
- Experience in hotel or hospital catering
- Self-direction; requires little or no supervision
- Food Service Handler with the State of Texas
- Must be flexible regarding hours and days of the week
- Excellent organizational, multitasking and interpersonal skills
- Flexible and adaptable to variable work hours and event demands
Working Environment
- Working Conditions: Inside, Outside
- Working Position: Sitting, Standing, Walking
- Physical Demands: Medium
- Physical Requirements: Lifting/Carrying, Pushing/Pulling, Repetitive Movements, Stooping/Kneeling/Bending, Balancing
- Lifting or carrying: 25-34 lbs.
- Sensory/Communicative activities essential to the performance of this position: Feeling, Hearing, Seeing, Smelling, Speaking, Tasting
- This position will be exposed to Inside/Outside Environments, Loud Noise
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