Relish Cafe Teaching Assistant (Part-Time)

State of South Carolina; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

The Culinary Institute of Charleston is seeking a Part-Time Relish Café Teaching Assistant to support student learning and daily café operations. This role provides hands-on instruction and guidance to students while assisting with customer service, POS transactions, product handling, and inventory support.

Ideal candidates will reinforce industry best practices, work with faculty to ensure quality and safety standards, and help create a welcoming environment for guests, students, and staff.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience in café, restaurant, or service operations.
• Basic understanding of food safety, storage, and sanitation practices.
• Strong customer service, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to lift and move materials weighing up to 30 pounds.
• Availability for part-time schedule.

Responsibilities

• Assist in operating a fully functioning instructional café.
• Train and mentor students in café service and customer service.
• Operate POS systems and support bakeshop packaging and storage.
• Provide feedback to promote learning and success.
• Maintain a welcoming environment for guests, students, faculty, staff.
• Ensure food safety, sanitation, and workplace safety standards.
• Collaborate with faculty to support quality and improvement.
• Assist with inventory receiving and storage.
• Perform other duties supporting departmental operations.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

High school diploma

Tools

POS software

Job description

Job Responsibilities

The Culinary Institute of Charleston is seeking a Part-Time Relish Café Teaching Assistant to support student learning and daily café operations. This position provides hands-on instruction and guidance to students while assisting with the operation of the Relish Café, including customer service, point-of-sale transactions, product handling, and inventory support. The successful candidate will help create a positive learning environment, reinforce industry best practices, and support instructional activities that prepare students for careers in hospitality and food service.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the operation of a fully functioning instructional café.
• Train and mentor students in café service and customer service practices.
• Operate and assist students with Point of Sale (POS) systems.
• Support bakeshop product packaging, pricing, storage, and distribution.
• Provide constructive feedback to promote student learning and success.
• Maintain a welcoming environment for guests, students, faculty, and staff.
• Help maintain food safety, sanitation, and workplace safety standards.
• Collaborate with faculty and department leadership to support quality and continuous improvement.
• Assist with inventory receiving and storage activities as needed.
• Perform other related duties in support of departmental operations.

Minimum And Additional Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience in café, restaurant, or service‑related operations. Current students and graduates of the Culinary Institute of Charleston, as well as individuals who have completed a dining room class in another program, are encouraged to apply.
• Basic understanding of food safety, storage, and sanitation practices.
• Strong customer service, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Ability to lift and move materials weighing up to 30 pounds.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate degree in Culinary Arts, Hospitality Management, Business, Logistics, or a related field.
• Experience teaching, training, or mentoring others.
• Experience in culinary, hospitality, educational, or food service environments.
• Experience using POS software systems.
• ServSafe Manager Certification or ability to obtain certification within three months of hire.

Part-time employees may work up to 30 hours per week during the spring and fall semesters. Typical schedules may include:

• Monday through Thursday during portions of the semester, 4- to 5-hour shifts
• Tuesday and Thursday during portions of the semester, 4- to 5-hour shifts
• Typical workday: 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Candidates must have flexibility to work morning and afternoon hours as needed to support instructional café operations, inventory activities, and special events.

Benefits For State Employees

• health and dental insurance
• retirement and savings plan options
• and paid vacation and sick leave.
• Plus, work-life balance programs such as telecommuting and flexible work schedules are available to employees of some state agencies

Insurance Benefits

• health insurance, which includes prescription coverage and wellness benefits
• dental
• vision
• term life insurance
• long term disability
• flexible spending accounts for health and child care expenses

Retirement Benefits

• defined benefit and defined contribution plans.
• South Carolina Deferred Compensation Program, which is a voluntary, supplemental retirement savings plan offering 401(k) and 457 plan options.

Workplace Benefits

• tuition assistance
• holiday, annual and sick leave
• discounts on purchases, travel and more

Note: The benefits above are available to most state employees, with the exception of those in temporary positions. Employees in temporary grant and time-limited positions may be eligible for all, some or none of these benefits as benefits are associated with each position type. For these positions, contact the hiring agency to determine what benefits may be available.