Kitchen Lead & Events Sous Chef

Saint Joseph's College of Maine is hiring for the position of Kitchen Lead & Events Sous Chef!

Are you a talented culinarian seeking a better quality of life? Leave the restaurant industry stress behind - apply to join our small college community and take our unique food program to new heights. While other colleges outsource their cafeteria services, here at Saint Joseph’s our dining program is 100% internally operated. That means all of our chefs have the opportunity to craft a menu every shift and execute it to high standards. 

In addition to acting as a kitchen lead in Pearson's Cafe this position also acts as the events Sous Chef at our beautiful Stone Barn at Sebago Lake during the events season, located right here on campus. From weddings to meetings to community suppers, you can expand and elevate your talents to create high-end meals throughout the year.

This position is perfect for someone who has a passion for food service and is seeking a more sustainable work life balance.  Are you looking to change fields or finish a degree? We offer tuition remission to all of our full time employees and immediate family members, which includes children and spouses. We offer over 40 majors on campus and online, and our nursing program is one of the best in the state. 

Just fifteen miles from the nationally renowned food hub of Portland, Saint Joseph’s is fully integrated into Maine’s local food system. We use the best ingredients to provide our students, faculty and staff the highest quality meals. Our pledge of excellence includes sourcing 40% or more of our products from local farms and dairies, and we even operate a hydroponic freight farm that provides 80% of all greens served on campus. 

Minimum Requirements:

• High School diploma or GED equivalent is required
• Five years kitchen operations experience or applicable culinary experience in a similar volume, quality food service establishment
• Two years of management experience
• Events and catering experience preferred
• ServSafe certified or equivalent safe food handler certified - must provide valid certification within 120 days of hire and must maintain certification
• CPR certified, or ability to become certified - must provide valid certification within 120 days of hire and must maintain certification

Benefits include:

• Competitive pay
• Tuition remission for employees, as well as immediate family
• Paid vacation time
• 15 Paid holidays
• Paid sick time
• Inclement weather pay
• Jury duty pay
• Health, dental, life- even pet insurance!
• FSA/HSA spending accounts
• Retirement Plan
• Paid food safety training
• Access to fitness center, pool and Sebago lakefront beach/trails 
• Free shift meals
• Clean uniforms provided daily and non slip shoe allowance 

Submit your application now, and come talk to us about how you can become an integral member of our community!

About Saint Joseph’s College of Maine

Founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1912, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s only Catholic college. Located on the shores of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine, the 460-acre campus offers 46 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to approximately 800 on-campus students. In addition to its on-campus offerings, Saint Joseph’s College provides certificates, undergraduate, and advanced degrees to approximately 1,200 working adults residing throughout the United States and in more than 20 other countries through its online learning program. 

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine seeks to attract, retain, and develop personnel who support its mission and are committed to nurturing highly competent and deeply compassionate leaders ready to serve in a vulnerable world. Inspired by the life and vision of Catherine McAuley, it welcomes persons from all backgrounds as part of its community which is guided by the following values:

• to seek and embrace truth and wisdom wherever it may be found;

• to combine faith with reason in the pursuit of academic excellence;

• to commit ourselves to honesty in all relations with each other;

• to welcome the perspectives, cultures, and abilities of all people of good will, especially the disenfranchised;

• to value and respect the contribution of each member of the community;

• to reach out beyond the College’s boundaries to serve the needs of others with compassion and mercy;

• to address instances of injustice that impact people and the earth in solidarity with those we serve and from a position of informed advocacy.

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to providing an inclusive work environment that supports a diverse faculty and staff. We consider all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person’s race (including traits associated with race, including hair texture, Afro hairstyles, and protective hairstyles), color, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, genetic information, military status, sex or gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disabilities, familial status, protected whistleblower activity, previous assertion of workers’ compensation claim, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. 

Employees wishing to report sex-based discrimination, harassment, or  misconduct should contact the Title IX Office (titleIX@sjcme.edu, 207-893-6606, 115A Heffernan Center).

In order to be considered for the position, submit an application electronically by clicking on “Apply.”  Be sure to also read and sign the Pre-Employment Statement. Offers are contingent upon successfully passing a background check. Specific questions may be emailed to: sjcemployment@sjcme.edu or call 207-893-7757.