Part-time Culinary Assistant

Juice Plus+ Technical Training Center of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis

Job Summary

The Culinary Assistant helps the Culinary Director facilitate meaningful learning of culinary competencies to trainees ages 16 – 22 by developing and sometimes leading hands-on food preparation and sanitation classes in a commercial kitchen environment. They will supplement the Culinary Director in administering a Food Handler’s Permit Certification while working in the program.

The Culinary Assistant also helps manage the “Garden to Groceries” project, an advanced form of culinary arts training at the Technical Training Center. Keeping the students engaged in the “Garden to Groceries” project; helping with any culinary catering events throughout the summer; and preparing, cooking, and administering Summer Lunches that are provided through the Technical Training Center for their participants are all job duties to be performed by the Culinary Assistant.

The Culinary Assistant will help the Culinary Director in overseeing aspects of the classroom, lunches, the greenhouse, inventory, and our outdoor tower gardens.

Key Job Elements

Provides competency-based education

Helps design and implement culinary curriculum with the Director of Culinary

Helps Culinary Director manage Greenhouse

Promotes student success by engaging students in the learning process

Keeping accurate records and enforcing training center policy

Keeping inventory and developing purchasing list

Prepares students for career in the culinary profession

Job Requirements

Pass background check

Professional training in the culinary field

Preferences:

Education: American Culinary Federation Certification

Experience: Teaching experience in postsecondary education, culinary-related experience of at least 2+ years

Certifications: ServSafe Food Protection Manager, or ServSafe Food Handler

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrate BGCM mission driven values of integrity, excellence and inclusion and integrate into work environment and ways of work.
• Adhere to organizational policies and procedures as described in BGCM’s Employee Handbook, Ethics Policy and elsewhere.
• Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

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PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

High energy level, comfortable performing multi-faceted projects in conjunction with day-to-day activities. Superior interpersonal abilities. Ability to get along with diverse personalities, at all times displaying tact, maturity and flexibility. Must have good reasoning abilities and sound judgment. Physical requirements include sight, hearing, sitting for four plus hours per day. Must be physically able to travel by air, car, train, or other modes of transportation. Skills essential for successful communications include speaking and writing.

• Event set-up and tear-down as needed, moderate lifting and long days as required by events
• Office-oriented work, off-site meetings with donors and site tours of Clubs

DISCLAIMER:

The information presented indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, nor to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.