WITS Chef Job Description
 

Qualifications:

• Culinary school graduate or equivalent in experience. 
• Deadline and detail focused. 
• Strong interpersonal skills (necessary for working cooperatively with school personnel, parents, and other partnering organizations). 
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Ability to work well with children and parents. 
• Passion for the WITS mission.

Responsibilities (may include, but are not limited to):

• Train school kitchen staff on new menu items on a weekly basis.
• Build relationships with school community including principal, teachers and parents while exercising flexibility and resilience in understanding the changing nature of school environments; attend meetings as required. 
• Educate school community through culinary and nutrition classes. 
• Support evaluation of WITS programs.
• Manage ingredient inventory. 
• Engage with regional and national office.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Details:

• Start date: immediate.
• Part-time, salaried role based on school year calendar.
• This position reports to the WITS Program Manager or other appointee as designated by WITS.
• Compensation based on experience.
• Hire may be contingent upon: recent PPD negative status, ServSafe certification, and cleared background/fingerprint check through Department of Education.
• Job requires Hire to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Job requires Hire to be on their feet for 5 hours per day.
• Job requires Hire to handle all types of food and ingredients. 

WITS provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, WITS complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which it operates.