Culinary Instructor

Job Title: Faculty, Lead Culinary Instructor

Campus: Upper School Grades 9-12

Qualifications:

Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy is seeking a 9-12th Grade Lead Culinary Instructor within our entrepreneurship program who will focus on forming students through culinary excellence, hospitality, and a biblical vision of food as fellowship.

This role will include accountability for:

· Hands-on instruction in our state-of-the-art teaching kitchen, resulting in practical long-term outcomes for our students

· Integration of core business concepts into daily instruction (i.e. structural economics of recipes, consumer and market research, cost optimization, etc.)

· Leadership and co-creation of vision setting for CHCA's partnership with The Teaching Kitchen Collaborative (https://teachingkitchens.org/)

· Shared accountability for CHCA's K-3rd grade Health & Wellness programming (i.e. field trips to teaching kitchen, healthy recipes, collaboration with the school greenhouse)

Beyond the ability to teach cooking skills, safe food handling and sanitation to classes of 5-15 high school students, this dynamic and exciting role requires:

- 5 years of professional culinary experience

- Clear sense of Christian vocation: mature Christian faith evidenced by viewing food, hospitality, and shared meals as expressions of fellowship, service, and stewardship

- Commitment to excellence and craft: High standards for technique, preparation, sanitation, sourcing, and presentation, modeled consistently for students

- Willingness to work beyond regular school hours on occasion (school events, open houses)

- Passion to serve as the steward of the kitchen assets (equipment, pizza and bread ovens, smokers, etc.) to serve the CHCA and surrounding communities

- Ability to design, host, and teach field trips for K-8 grade

Duties and Responsibilities:

· Provide strategic oversight for the culinary pillar of the Entrepreneurship program

· Lead lectures and hands-on sessions that deliver practical short/long term impact for students

· Use culinary frameworks to teach students core business principles (accounting, consumer research, marketing, cost saving)

· Grade students on their performance

· Maintain order and cleanliness of the entire kitchen space

Requirements:

· Bachelor or 4-year degree

· Certificate or degree in culinary arts

· Strong communication skills

· ServSafe Certification

· Teaching or training experience (preferred)

CHCA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will be considered.

Essential functions under the Americans with Disabilities Act may include any of the duties, knowledge and skills listed above. This list is illustrative only and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by employees in this position. Regular attendance is an essential function of this job.

The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

MENTAL FUNCTIONS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to compare, analyze, communicate, copy, coordinate, instruct, compute, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile and negotiate.