Description

BASIC PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Above all, to grow closer to Jesus Christ. Through intentional, daily time with the Lord, seek to keep Jesus Christ as the priority of your life, realizing that prayer, Bible study, and Christian discipleship are essential to growing in God’s will each day.
2. Seek to emphasize quality, Christ-centered relationships for both family and friends. We therefore highly encourage a strong work-life balance for all employees.
3. Actively seek to be an individual who emphasizes a spirit of teamwork, flexibility, and quality in all aspects of daily work.

JOB SUMMARY: Provides customers with excellent customer service and quality food and beverage products in a Christ-centered, customer-centric environment. Focus is on back-of-the-house kitchen duties, operations management and leadership responsibilities; however, front-of-the-house duties are also required.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Ensures kitchen and front-of-house operations and cleanliness are in accordance with Department of Public Health standards.
• Takes the lead in establishing and training the highest standards of food handling and best practices for kitchen operations. This includes the handling of raw food and adherence to appropriate shelf-life standards.
• Prepares and oversees the preparation of food and drink in accordance with established recipes and quality standards including proper serving temperature, appearance and portion size.
• Manages all back of house ordering, which includes but not limited to food orders, chemical orders, etc.
• Maintains kitchen equipment in good working order; ensures proper usage by staff and adherence to standard cleaning policies and schedules.
• Maintains organization of kitchen supplies and food items.
• Assists in training team members in kitchen duties and responsibilities.
• Responsible for costing out all new food menu items and monitoring existing menu prices to maintain proper profit margins.
• Clearly communicates knowledge about menu, product availability, pricing, ingredients and preparation techniques for all foods and beverages served.
• Assists in general organization and daily operations.
• Performs opening duties for Kitchen, beginning at 6AM each day.
• Efficiently and accurately operates cash register including handling cash, credit card and other payment types in accordance with standard policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties as requested by Café General Manager.
• Attend and participate in all regular staff meetings, functions, retreats, training, etc. when requested by Café General Manager.
• Support the Senior Pastor and all other church staff.

Qualifications

TEAM VALUES & CRITICAL SKILLS

• Team Values
  • Trust - We are for one another. We have the courage to offer and receive honest thoughts and feedback, while also protecting our relationships.
  • People-First - We believe that people are our first ministry priority. Events and programs are important only to the extent that they allow us to love and serve people.
  • Health - We desire to be the healthiest version of ourselves: relationally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically.
  • Collaboration - Our overall mission and vision drive what we do. We work hard to destroy ministry silos and believe that we are better when we work together.
  • Development - We desire to grow and improve in our work. We strive to multiply our impact by training and developing others to follow God’s calling.

• Critical Skills
  • 1-2 years’ experience with knowledge of food and beverage preparation, service standards a plus.
  • Dedication to excellent quality standards.
  • Self-motivated and hard worker.
  • Good communicator with excellent time management skills.
  • Ability to lead with little or no supervision.
  • Ability to analyze and solve problems.
  • High energy level and ability to tolerate stress well.
  • Must be ServSafe Certified.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Prolonged periods of standing, pacing, reaching, and repeated tasks. Standing includes the ability to stand for 6 plus consecutive hours each day.
• Able to lift up to 50 lbs.