Food Services Manager - Recuperative Care at Colorado… · Denver

This position will be posted for a minimum of 5 days

The mission of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for homeless and at-risk families, children, and individuals throughout Colorado. The Coalition advocates for and provides a continuum of housing and a variety of services to improve the health, well-being, and stability of those it serves.

Our Philosophy of Service: We believe all people have the right to adequate housing and health care. We work to remove the barriers that restrict access to these rights. Society benefits when adequate housing and health care are available to everyone. We create lasting solutions to homelessness by:

· Honoring the inherent dignity of those we serve, affirming their capabilities and fostering their hope that a better life is possible.

· Building strong, caring and trauma-informed communities through the integration of housing, health care and supportive services.

· Advocating for social and racial equity, inclusion and diversity, and challenging the status quo in partnership with our workforce members and those we serve.

· Achieving excellence through continuous quality assurance, innovation and professional development.

· Using resources judiciously and effectively.

The Food Services Manager will manage and oversee all functions of food production at our Stout Street Recuperative Care Center. The Food Services Manager will oversee the food preparation, dining services and schedule, and kitchen management for persons experiencing homelessness requiring recuperative care and support for an acute medical need. The facility features a commercial kitchen that serves three meals a day and snacks. Operational and administrative oversight includes but is not limited to budgetary compliance, grant management, supervision, staff scheduling, supply chain management, meal planning, and the coordination of external vendor relationships, contracts, and invoices for food. The Food Services Manager will also oversee the food and kitchen budget of the program. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience in the food industry who wants to make a daily impact supporting some of Denver’s most vulnerable neighbors.

Additional Requirement

• Valid driver’s license required. This requirement may be waived, if necessary, based on overall candidate experience and current needs of the business and/or role.

Coalition Benefits

• Choice of HMO or PPO health insurance coverage options: full-time employees contribute only 1% of their earnings for their own HMO health coverage and no more than 4% of their earnings for coverage of eligible dependents. We’re proud to offer same-and opposite-sex domestic partner coverage.
• Choice of dental insurance or discount plan.
• Vision insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts for health care / dependent care / parking expenses.
• Free basic life and AD&D insurance coverage.
• Employee Assistance Program**,** a problem-solving resource available to you and your household members.
• Dollar-for-dollar retirement plan matching contributions up to 5% of earnings with 3-year vesting.
• Extensive paid time-off, including 9 holidays, 12 days of sick leave, and three weeks of vacation for new full-time employees in their first year.

The effective date for your benefits will be the first of the month following your date of hire.

Essential Job Functions

• Have the ability and willingness to develop and motivate team members to embrace culinary innovation and seek out and incorporate patient input into menu planning as often as possible.
• Ensure that all meals and snacks meet nutritional requirements.
• Uses culinary knowledge, enhances product quality by managing menu cycles and recipe development and prepares new recipes, documents result, and implements accordingly.
• Manages purchasing, menu compliance, inventory, food cost analysis and food production forecasting based on number of patients.
• Maintains food costs within budgeted amounts.
• Shops for and/or order food from vendors, food banks, and other food service sources.
• Maintains kitchen and dining area per Department of Public Health and Environment, state, local, city, and county regulations and internal policies.
• Receiving, picking up, and stocking supply orders; ensures that stock rotation is followed and all store rooms/refrigerated items, coolers, equipment, and freezers are in order.
• Responsible for proper documentation of temperatures (food items, refrigerators, and freezers), production records, sanitation, food safety, and any other necessary documentation. Checks logs frequently for accuracy of data and conducts weekly kitchen safety/sanitation audits.
• Attends training provided by the Department of Public Health and Environment, and the City and County of Denver for food service as required.
• Assists kitchen team in daily tasks and supports preparation and service duties.
• Trains new and existing kitchen team members on the preparation, arrangement and plating of dishes per the current menu. Trains kitchen cooks on preparation.
• Structures the day-to-day operations of the food production and service; dining room management; and assists in the supervision of the staff; serves as a liaison with leadership.
• Performs duties as assigned.

Qualifications Summary

• 2+ years cooking/kitchen management experience is required.
• Understands or is able to learn how to support compliance with HACCP standards.
• Some experience with budget oversight and documenting financials by maintaining records expenditures, meal counts, and compiling end of the month financial reports is required.
• Some experience creating schedules for staff operations required; experience creating schedules in a daily food service environment preferred.
• Experience in training of staff and supervisory experience coaching direct reports preferred.
• Working knowledge of automated food inventory, ordering, and production and management systems preferred.
• Current Colorado Serve Safe Certificate needs to be obtained before kitchen opens.
• Experience working in settings with people experiencing homelessness is preferred.

Employee must be able to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to safety or health of self or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Employee will perform job according to applied laws. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We offer a full suite of benefits for our eligible employees and their dependents. We’re proud to offer same-and opposite-sex domestic partner coverage.

• Health Insurance - HMO or PPO
• Dental plans, vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, supplemental life insurance
• Company paid basic life and AD&D insurance coverage, Employee Assistance Program, 403(b) retirement savings matching,
• Extensive paid time-off, including holidays, sick leave, and vacation

The effective date for your benefits will be the first of the month following your date of hire.

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is committed to delivering services, making employment-related decisions, selecting volunteers, and selecting vendors without regard to age over 40, race, sex, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, military status, or any other applicable status protected by law.