Company description

What sets Hawthorne Valley apart is not just its mission or its dedicated team, but its unconventional approach to everything it does. We take pride in being unconventional by nature when it means:

Recognizing the innate capacities and individual potential in each student when convention moves toward increasing standardization.
Leaving horns on cows, and calves with their mothers, when convention treats animals as units of production in an industrial food chain.
Following the precautionary principle in navigating our relationship to technology when convention rushes at unchecked speeds to adopt the next new thing.
Fostering economic associations based on compassionate mutuality and conscious collaboration when convention sharpens its elbows to out-compete and monopolize.
Celebrating our diversity and complexity as an organization when convention embraces homogeneity and further specialization.

As we confront the challenges of our time, we understand that simply improving upon the status quo won’t be enough. We need to embrace new possibilities, even when they challenge convention. With your support, Hawthorne Valley will continue to lead the way towards a more resilient and generative future.

Job description

The mission of Hawthorne Valley Bakery is to provide the highest quality biodynamic and organic food to the community at reasonable prices and in a profitable manner; in so doing the
bakery will support the ongoing mission of Hawthorne Valley Farm and Association (Education, Arts, and Agriculture). Each staff member is asked to help create an environment which encourages respect, honesty and trust amongst all co-workers and also offers the highest degree of quality products to our customers. Each staff member is asked to help maintain the bakery as an ethical and positive place to work. In addition the Hawthorne Valley Bakery is committed to being an educational resource to the community on ecological, environmental and food related issues.

PURPOSE:
To assist the bakery operations supervisor and co-workers in the production of products to meet sales, margin and labor goals.

REPORTS TO:
Reports to Bakery Operations Supervisor

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Bread production including mixing, caring for pre-ferments, scaling, kneading and shaping, proofing and baking of dough’s as well as milling of grains.
• Producer of laminated products
• Proficiency at pastry cart set up
• A capability to produce all bakery formulas
• Participate in lot tracking and stocking of inventory including flours and grains
• Participate in packing and invoicing orders
• Participate in cleaning, maintaining and sanitation of equipment and work spaces
• Participate in educational endeavors that support Hawthorne Valley Farm missions

GENERAL

• Attend department meetings
• Perform other tasks assigned by Bakery Operations Supervisor or designated staff trainer

QUALIFICATIONS

• Well-organized, pays attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to follow through on commitments
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple demands
• Ability to do manual work in a production environment, be able to lift 50lbs., move pallets with a pallet jack, stand for an 8 hour shift
• Good communication skills
• Regular, predictable attendance
• Willingness and ability to learn and grow to meet the changing requirements of the job
• Professional baking experience, or a culinary degree in Baking and Pastry Arts preferred

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $16.00 - $20.00

Application instructions

Deadline

January 20, 2025