About Amity:
Amity Foundation is a safe place where people can change in an environment that fosters trust; where new values can be formed; responsibility developed, and lasting relationships built. Amity is dedicated to the inclusion and habilitation of people marginalized by addiction, homelessness, trauma, criminality, incarceration, poverty, racism, sexism, and violence. Amity is committed to research, development implementation, and dissemination of information regarding community building.
Remembrance, Resolution, Reconciliation, Restoration, Renewal
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$22.70 - $25.43 an hour
Job Summary:
The Director of Food Services (Chef) is responsible for ensuring training, safety and conducts the planning, preparation, and serving of community meals. This position is responsible for the weekly scheduling of kitchen faculty as well as safely supervises students in training in food preparation, waste disposing, serving standards. In addition, the Chef will maintain safety standard documentation, equipment, and supply inventory, and storage.
Essential Duties:
• Oversee the safe and efficient operation of the kitchen and culinary department. Oversees food preparation, ensuring that all kitchen support is performing their duties and developing their skills.
• Ensures that all dishes are cooked to community standards and presented in an aesthetically pleasing way.
• Purchases and properly stores food practicing state mandated health and safety standards and compliance.
• Ensure kitchen activities conform to Amity policy and procedures and with State and local health department sanitation requirements.
• Assigning of kitchen support weekly work schedules, ensuring the kitchen is adequately supported for community nutrition needs.
• Creates daily menus as well as regular alternative menu options that are within budget and nutritional guidelines.
• Ensures the quality of all food prior to serving and maintains appropriate documentation to track potential food contamination.
• Monitors equipment quality and order new equipment as needed.
• Provide ongoing teaching and demonstration for the cooks in our kitchen the community.
• Attend workshops, meetings, and trainings as requested by supervisor.
• May serve as Community Advocate role in addition to job as requested by community leadership.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
Education and Experience: Required:
• High School diploma OR equivalent training or work experience.
• 1-2 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Current state driver’s license Preferred:
• Experience with plant-based meal planning.
Certifications or Licenses: Required:
• SERV Safe Food Handler’s Certification.
• Current valid CPR and First Aid certification.
• Valid AZDPS Fingerprint Clearance card.
• CPI (Crisis Prevention Intervention) & ESR (Emergency Service Response) certification
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Skills/Abilities
• Experience managing or leading a team in culinary environment.
• The ability to meet culinary standards consistently in a fast-paced environment.
Title: Director of Food Services (Chef) Reports To: Associate Director Job Number: Department: Program Position Number: Location: Circle Tree Ranch FLSA Exemption Status: Non-Exempt Supervises: Not applicable Position Status: Full Time, Accrual Level FT1 Revised: 09.26.22
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to maintain confidential information.
• Demonstrates an understanding of human emotions with a high level of empathy.
• Good verbal and written communication skills with a genuine enthusiasm for helping people.
• Ability to maintain sensitivity and objectively under pressure generated by association with substance abuse students.
• Demonstrates proper attitudes and techniques and techniques to residential students
• Applies high performance standards to all work-related activities.
Salary : $23 - $25
