Lead Sous Chef: Elevate Kitchen Ops & Team

Mia's Italian Kitchen; Alexandria (VA); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Mia's Italian Kitchen in Alexandria is seeking a Sous Chef to provide Back of House leadership and supervise hourly staff to ensure consistent execution of ARP’s quality standards, operating systems, procedures, philosophies, and cultural icons at the restaurant level. You will model behavior, promote a safe work environment, and support openings as needed.

This position requires strong organizational skills, English proficiency, and the ability to manage changing priorities in a high-volume

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year experience as a Back of House manager in a high volume restaurant or minimum 6 months experience in Back of House with ARP
• Strong organizational skills with multi-tasking capabilities
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage workloads with minimum direction
• High attention to detail and follow through
• Dependable, reliable, and highly motivated
• Ability to communicate effectively in English
• Ability to speak and understand Spanish is a plus

Responsibilities

• Supervise and develop hourly Back of House staff. When necessary, assist employee counseling and corrective action (which may include terminations).
• Ensure complete and proper documentation for all personnel actions (hiring, performance review, etc.).
• Develop employees by providing ongoing feedback, establishing performance expectations and by conducting performance reviews/conversations.
• Assist in new hire training for Back of House hourly staff to ensure all required training materials, schedules and guidelines are followed.
• Continuously evaluate hourly Back of House staff, and actively assist the identification and development of key hourly talent through sponsorship of high potentials.
• Support a culture of transparency and trust in the restaurants through ongoing, direct communication and open two-way feedback.
• Monitor staff morale, and partner with Executive Chef to correct breakdowns in employee satisfaction and engagement at the restaurant level.

Skills

Back of House management

Organizational skills

Multi-tasking

English communication

Spanish a plus

Job description

Mia's Italian Kitchen in Alexandria is seeking a Sous Chef to provide Back of House leadership and supervise hourly staff to ensure consistent execution of ARP’s quality standards, operating systems, procedures, philosophies, and cultural icons at the restaurant level. You will model behavior, promote a safe work environment, and support openings as needed.

This position requires strong organizational skills, English proficiency, and the ability to manage changing priorities in a high-volume