Catering and Café Services Coordinator

Have you often felt like you wanted your work to have meaning? Every day, Resurrection staff members are doing work that matters with people who care. Resurrection’s purpose since its conception in 1990 is to “build a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people are becoming deeply committed Christians.” Join our team and see how your contributions move the needle in transforming the World.  

Resurrection has an opening for a Catering & Café Services Coordinator within our Locations Division! The position is part-time, non-exempt and is located at the Leawood campus at 13720 Roe Ave. Please see below for a full job description.

Job Summary  

The Catering & Café Services Coordinator works in collaboration with the Café Manager and Catering Director by assisting with café, kitchen, and catering operations, providing administrative support, and ensuring smooth day-to-day functions. As part of the Operations Team, this role collaborates with ministries delivering high-quality food and accurate, timely service. Additionally, the coordinator serves as a Café Sales Associate, maintaining excellent customer service, driving sales, and supporting merchandising efforts.

Essential Responsibilities and Expectations: 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Position-Specific 

• Acknowledge and track all internal catering orders.  Coordinate with Café Manager to ensure all internal catering orders are acknowledged, prepared, and delivered to the church’s ministries with excellent quality and on a timely basis.
• Monitor stock and place orders when there are shortages as directed by the Catering & Food Services Team Director & Café Manager.
• Monitor stock of food in the café and assist with prep as needed.
• Oversee the cleaning, organization, tagging, storage, and purchase of tablecloths.
• Set up a workstation with all needed ingredients and cooking equipment.
• Ensure all food and other items are stored properly.
• Establish and maintain staff, volunteer, and guest relationships.
• Model behavior with respect to excellence in customer service, housekeeping, and stock maintenance.
• Comply with regulatory requirements for appropriate sanitation and safety.
• Assist in daily coffee and food service operations; efficiently operate Point of Sale (POS) system.
• Efficiently prepare all items offered in the café while following established café procedures. 
• Maintain an attractive, inviting space which encourages congregants to fellowship and purchase quality products.
• Help with periodic inventory of café & kitchen supplies as well as Year End Inventory.
• Other duties as assigned.

Churchwide 

• Follow Jesus and engage in the “five essential practices” of the Christian life: worship, study, serve, give, and share.
• Support the church’s purpose of “building a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people become deeply committed Christians.”
• Exemplify the church’s values and support its theological direction as a United Methodist Church.

Competencies

• Adapting – remains flexible and modifies behaviors quickly to help the church meet the dynamic needs of congregants and employees.   
• Collaborating – shares knowledge, builds partnerships and promotes a culture of thinking from the users’ perspective while working across divisions to meet shared goals and objectives.
• Following Processes – gets work done as effectively and efficiently as possible by following optimal processes.
• Problem Solving – makes good decisions quickly, solves problems effectively to help move the church forward. 
• Resourcing – secures and deploys resources as effectively and efficiently as possible.  

Qualifications 

• Café experience recommended.
• Able to stand for up to 8 hours and regularly lift, push, or pull up to 40 pounds.
• Proven Results in food preparation, price pointing products, and vendor relations.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.