Sodexo’s partnership with AAU began in 2004 with just a single 60 seat residing dining café. Today, Academy of Art Dining Services employs over 120 people that serve over 1,100 students every day through three resident dining cafes and three retail cafes. Our catering department, Sodexo Catering Services SF, provides catering and event services for over 250 special events throughout the year including AAU’s Spring Show and Fashion Show as well as for third party clients throughout the Bay Area. Total revenues for fiscal year 2019 were $5 million and for fiscal year 2022 were $2.5 million.

iHouse Café at 860 Sutter and 620 Café at 620 Sutter feature made to order dishes that can easily be pre-ordered online or upon arrival via touch screens located in the dining rooms. Both cafes offer dine-in and carry out. Café Da Vinci at 2550 Van Ness is our newest café. We opened a pop up there this fall and renovations for the fully equipped restaurant space are on schedule to be completed by January 2023.

Our retail locations on campus, Café Dior at 625 Polk and 180 Café at 180 New Montgomery, offer Starbucks coffee, refreshments and Sodexo’s Simply to Go grab go options for those students on the move. Art Café, located within the Sutter Housing corridor, offers a wide variety of grocery and convenience products, made to order sandwiches and snacks, and a full line of Starbucks beverages. Online ordering and delivery services, promotions, limited time offers, and loyalty rewards are available via our signature Everyday app.

Academy of Art Dining Services defines the art of collegiate dining through its diverse and inspiring venues that foster creativity, innovation and collaboration. In supporting the development of the professional artists, our focus is on the common good of the community that we serve.

The Lead - Food may work in any type of food location on client premises. This individual, under the leadership of on-site management and/or supervisors, will coordinate the activities of workers and/or service employees engaged in food operations or services at smaller, less complex facilities or locations in the areas of commercial, health care, schools, universities or other establishments. The general responsibilities of the position include those listed below, but Sodexo may identify other responsibilities of the position. These responsibilities may differ among accounts, depending on business necessities and client requirements.

• Understands and follows all policies and procedures.
• Assists in ensuring a safe working environment throughout the facility for all employees.
• Assists in monitoring employee productivity and provides suggestions for increased service or productivity.
• Responsible for the supervision of day-to-day activities of subordinates and assigns responsibility for specific work or functional activities as directed by on-site management.
• Responsible for orientation and training of employees.
• Performs day-to-day assignments in addition to supervision duties.
• Works with customers to ensure satisfaction in such areas as quality, service and problem resolution.
• Takes an interest and initiative in the development of the foodservice team.
• Attends all allergy and foodborne illness in-service training.
• Complies with all Sodexo HACCP policies and procedures.
• Reports all accidents and injuries in a timely manner.
• Complies with all company safety and risk management policies and procedures.
• Attends training programs (classroom and virtual) as designated.
• Maintains key control of operations and responsible for activities to ensure opening, closing and daily procedures are completed.
• Serves as working lead coordinating activities of workers or service employees engaged in food operations or services at smaller less complex facilities of commercial, health care facility, school, campus or other establishments.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Willingness to be open to learning and growing.
• Maturity of judgment and behavior.
• Maintains high standards for work areas and appearance.
• Maintains a positive attitude.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule helpful.
• Must comply with any dress code requirements.
• Must be able to work nights, weekends and some holidays.
• Attends work and shows up for scheduled shift on time with satisfactory regularity.

• High School diploma, GED or equivalent experience.
• 1 or more years of related work experience.

• Must be able to coordinate the routine responsibilities of staff and resources.
• Presents self in a highly professional manner to others and understands that honesty and ethics are essential.
• Ability to communicate with co-workers and other departments with professionalism and respect.
• Maintains a professional relationship with all coworkers, vendor representatives, supervisors, managers, customers and client representatives.
• Ability to provide clear directions and respond accordingly to employees.
• Ability to use a computer.

• Close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus, with or without corrective lenses.
• Significant walking or other means of mobility.
• Ability to work in a standing position for long periods of time (up to 8 hours).
• Ability to reach, bend, stoop, push and/or pull, and frequently lift up to 35 pounds and occasionally lift/move 40 pounds.

• Generally in an indoor setting; however, may supervise outside activities and events.
• Varying schedule to include evenings, holidays, weekends and extended hours as business dictates.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is primarily in a controlled, temperate environment; however, may be exposed to heat/cold during support of outside activities.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Benefits Eligibility: Part Time Benefits: At Sodexo, we believe every employee should have the resources to be their best. As part of our overall rewards, we offer benefits like paid time off, financial and savings programs and access to our employee assistance program and other discounts (eligibility varies by unit and may not be available to all employees).