** Kitchen Supervisor**

**Job Category****:** Food Services **Requisition Number****:** KITCH004372 Showing 1 location **Job Details**

**Description**

**QUALIFICATIONS:**

* Graduate of an accredited food service program.

* Minimum of 1-year experience in institutional cooking with management responsibilities.

* Must hold valid California drivers license and be able to show proof of insurance.

**PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:**

* Ability to stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist on an intermittent or continuous basis.

* Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

* Ability to work in an environment of extreme heat.

* Ability to see and make visual inspections and to read, interpret and follow recipes.

* Ability to smell and taste to determine freshness and proper seasoning.

* Ability to perform various repetitive motion tasks

* Able to operate a motor vehicle

**ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:**

- Schedule kitchen workload to allow for timely meal preparation, serving and clean- up.

- Train and supervise kitchen personnel, including beneficiaries on proper cooking techniques in the preparation of meals.

- Train and supervise kitchen personnel, including beneficiaries, on food safety, work safety and kitchen sanitation. Assure that proper kitchen sanitation standards are maintained.

- Assure that kitchen equipment is maintained in good working condition, scheduling preventative maintenance repairs and emergency repairs as needed.

- Perform bi-weekly inventory of all unused items and rotate stock to ensure freshness.

- Order food consistent with nutritional considerations and within budget restrictions.

- Develops and maintains vendor relations with multiple suppliers including the local Food Bank.

- Responsible for petty cash bank used for weekly food purchases. Follow approved Accounting procedures for reimbursement of bank.

- Work with the Center Administrator for menu planning and for special events.

- Assist with the cooking and service as needed.

- Consult with professional staff as necessary concerning beneficiary services.

- Keep Resident Manager and/or Center Administrator informed as to manpower needs.

- Assure that established personnel policies and directives (smoking regulation, lunch break times, Etc.) are followed by all assigned personnel (beneficiaries and employees) and the disciplinary measures are taken when necessary.

- Assure that safety measures are established and maintained consistently according to TSA Policy and governmental regulations.

- Maintain confidentiality as needed and required for operation of program.

- Overtime: Any and all overtime must have the written approval of Center Administrator.

- Other duties as may be assigned by the Administrator or designate.

Title I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, protect qualified individuals from discrimination on the basis of disability in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment. Disability discrimination includes not making reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant or employee, barring undue hardship.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. The Salvation Army is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified job applicants, job candidates, and employees with disabilities to ensure they enjoy equal access to all employment opportunities and benefits of employment as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. EEO is the Law.

The Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended, 38 U.S.C. 4212, prohibits job discrimination and requires affirmative action to employ and advance in employment disabled veterans, recently separated veterans (within three years of discharge or release from active duty), other protected veterans (veterans who served during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized), and Armed Forces service medal veterans (veterans who, while on active duty, participated in a U.S. military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded).

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email your request to sara.osborne@usw.salvationarmy.org.

"Per California State Public Health Order dated August 5, 2021, the person hired for this position will be required to receive either the single dose COVID vaccine by September 30, 2021 or the second dose of the 2-dose COVID vaccine by September 30th, unless there is an approved medical or religious exemption on file."

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**Preferred**

**1 year:** experience in institutional cooking with management responsibilities.

**Licenses & Certifications**

**Preferred**

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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 contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)