ALCS Kitchen Coordinator

Impactcs; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization is seeking a Kitchen Coordinator who is passionate about preparing healthy lunches for staff and students at Abundant Life Christian School. This position requires collaboration with the kitchen team, effective communication of menu updates, and adherence to health and safety standards. The role may be part-time or full-time based on the needs of the school, ensuring high-quality service in a supportive educational environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required; preference for food service degree/certificate.
• Must lift 50 lbs and stand for 6-8 hour shifts.
• Experience with kitchen best practices and health/safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with kitchen staff to ensure quality school lunches.
• Manage kitchen inventory and order necessary supplies.
• Implement food rotation and verify proper storage for quality assurance.

Skills

Time management

Problem solving

Collaboration

Excellent service

Education

High school diploma

Degree or certificate in food service production

Tools

Commercial dishwasher

Job description

Kitchen Coordinator

Reports directly to the Director of Finance & Operations and serves as a member of the kitchen team.

High school diploma is required; Degree or certificate in food service production is given preference.

Scheduled for 190 school days (approx. .73 FTE) but may consider full-time (1.0 FTE; Average 40 Hours/Week for 12-Months)

Summary of Position

As the Kitchen Coordinator, you will need a passion for cooking healthy lunches for the staff and students of Abundant Life Christian School. Total enrollment of the school is approximately 400 students.

Spiritual Qualifications

• Be a spiritually mature and growing Christian who is active in his/her Christian life, able to serve as a positive Christian role model in speech, actions and attitudes (both on and off campus) and model a consistent daily walk with Christ.
• Be a servant leader
• Must enjoy working with young people
• Follow the Matthew 18 principle in interactions with faculty, staff and students
• Be willing to pray for ALCS regularly.

Please review our Statement of Faith (click to review prior to completing application)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Familiar with best practices in the kitchen industry as it relates to food preparation and food storage
• Time management and ability to multitask
• Collaborative attitude with emphasis on excellent service to staff and students of the school
• Problem solving capability and willingness to thrive in a fast-paced and sometimes high-pressure environment
• Familiar with existing health and safety standards for kitchens
• Familiar with use of commercial dishwasher
• Ability to lift 50 lbs and maneuver set-up of cafeteria is required
• Able to stand for most or all a 6-8 hour shift.

Key Responsibilities

• Ability to collaborate with other kitchen staff to efficiently execute quality school lunches according to published menus
• Responsible for posting menus and communicating any menu updates necessary in a timely fashion
• Implement and maintain a system for daily lunch counts to ensure adequate servings are prepared while minimizing food waste to the extent possible
• Organizes kitchen inventory and ingredients ensuring that supplies, coolers and dry goods are stocked weekly and that necessary food and supplies, based on menus, are ordered and available each week.
• Ensures a first-in, first-out food rotation system and verifies all food products are properly dated, organized and stored for quality assurance.
• All kitchen staff are responsible daily to assist with cleaning dishes and returning them to appropriate storage areas
• Responsible for turning on the dish machine and draining/sanitizing daily
• Provide guidance to kitchen team members including, but not limited to, delivery of food, servings sizes, and production records

Other Duties

This is not an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required and this job description is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign or direct the work of any employee under his/her supervision.