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This job expired on October 15, 2022

Culinary Director Future Chefs

  • Date Posted August 16, 2022
  • Location Boston, MA
  • Category Nonprofit
  • Job type Full-Time
Company description Future Chefs (futurechefs.net) prepares Boston high school students to leave high school ready for quality employment and post-secondary education.With a focus on positive youth development, Future Chefs provides culinary training and authentic work-based learning to prepare teens with the hard skills they will need to succeed in the culinary industry, and most importantly the job readiness skills to succeed in any field. Job description

Overview

With a focus on positive youth development and post secondary planning, Future Chefs provides culinary training and authentic work-based learning to prepare teens with the hard skills they will need to succeed in the culinary industry, and the job readiness skills to succeed in any field.

Future Chefs’ model is based on the belief that every student is unique and flourishes in respectful, safe, stimulating settings that provide opportunities for growth, and relationships with caring, supportive adults who honor students’ lived experiences. Future Chefs occupies 5770 square feet of meeting, kitchen and office space on the first floor of The Clarion in Roxbury and is programming our space to build community-based collaborations that directly and indirectly support our mission. Future Chefs is a fiscally sponsored organization of TSNE (tsne.org).

 

Who You Are

You are a can-do, experienced culinary professional with a desire to share your broad culinary knowledge and passion for cooking in a community-based, after-school and out-of-school setting.  You are committed to operating a professional licensed kitchen with high standards of safety, sanitation.  You want to develop the leadership and culinary knowledge of participants and adult staff. You are a life-long learner, committed to leading and upholding a culinary setting that is diverse, inclusive, equitable and welcoming to all.  You care about all young people, respect healthy interpersonal boundaries and want to provide young people with the skills to succeed in the adult world of work without compromising their integrity and wellbeing. You seek to understand the impact of systematic racism on communities of color and teach/lead in ways that honor the lived experiences of young people in our program. You are a direct and respectful communicator who seeks to develop the systems needed to support a safe, professional, productive and convivial working environment. You do not waste resources and work to maintain green standards in the kitchen.

 

Responsibilities

The Culinary Director oversees all kitchen operations, ensures quality culinary education and food production, supervises and supports culinary staff and collaborates with student services and fundraising teams. The Culinary Director is responsible for managing kitchen operations and culinary capacity across all areas of culinary activity. This includes Future Chefs’ primary programs: FC Prepares and FC Delivers, overseeing kitchen programming with school and community partners, and kitchen activities in service of fundraising and community engagement. The Culinary Director collaborates with the Director of Program and Partnerships to develop and manage all culinary-based youth programming and school partnerships. The Culinary Director will work with the Culinary Program Manager to supervise and manage the Culinary Instructional staff. This role requires consistent communication with youth employees and Program Staff to align and support outcomes measurement with the work experience. This position is a leadership position in the organization, reporting directly to the Executive Director.

Qualifications

We will consider exceptional candidates who demonstrate a strong combination of the specific qualifications and skills described below.

  • Five or more years managing culinary operations in a professional kitchen: i.e. full service restaurant or institutional kitchen.
  • Proven success in managing catering and food production for external events.
  • Experience supervising a team of five or more in a culinary setting.
  • Strong background in savory cuisine in upscale or fine dining setting.
  • Has a depth of culinary knowledge in a variety of cuisines and the ability to share that knowledge.
  • Experience with, or strong interest in, working with ethnically diverse young people from low income communities.
  • Capacity to think and act intentionally and strategically to develop young people and help make positive shifts in attitudes and behavior.
  • Experience in applying the principles of Positive Youth Development in a Culinary setting or willingness to attend professional development opportunities to build that skill.
  • Commitment to serving historically marginalized youth of color.
  • Effective, clear communication and organizational skills.
  • Coaching and mentoring supervision style to support career goals for supervisees.
  • Ability to work collaboratively as part of a responsible, productive team.

Special job requirements:

  • Available to work during school year and mandatory summer program participation.
  • Must have a valid driver’s license, good driving record and an ability to drive the company van.
  • CORI check and driving record check required.
  • ServSafe Managers Certification.

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Compensation this position is : salaried, 75k-100k Application instructions
This job expired on October 15, 2022
DeadlineOctober 14, 2022

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