Manager of Community Kitchen
About the role
withcontaining that paragraph. Next: "Responsibilities & Essential Duties" then a long list. We'll put
Responsibilities
with- each bullet.
We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract bullet points.
List after "Responsibilities & Essential Duties":
- Lead and oversee daily Community Kitchen operations, ensuring the consistent preparation and service of nutritious, high-quality meals for approximately 100-200 guests.
- Ensure a welcoming, dignified, and high-quality experience for Community Kitchen guests and volunteers.
- Plan weekly menus and provide direction for meal preparation, food utilization, kitchen workflow, and service operations.
- Lead, supervise, develop, and hold accountable Community Kitchen team members, including staff scheduling and coverage, delegation of responsibilities, regular 1:1s and team meetings, performance management, and cross-training.
- Oversee inventory management, and ensure FIFO inventory management system is maintained for both onsite and offsite inventory.
- Establish clear roles, workflows, operational procedures, checklists, and expectations that support effective daily operations and appropriate backup coverage.
- Responsible for oversight of food safety, sanitation, health code compliance, kitchen safety, and readiness for required inspections.
- Oversee Community Kitchen program data, documentation, reporting, and other critical program measures to ensure information is accurate, timely, and useful for program decision-making.
- Maintain strong working relationships and active communication with the partner site leadership and other Community Kitchen partners, vendors, and community stakeholders.
- Assist guest conflict resolution and behavior de-escalation, ensuring team members are supported and challenging situations are managed effectively.
- Work collaboratively with the Food Club, Food Rescue and Partnerships, and Logistics teams to ensure effective flow of food between programs.
- Work collaboratively with the Volunteer Experience Champion to expand volunteer opportunities, creating training documentation and pathways for easy onboarding and training of new volunteers to work in our ‘One Team’ approach to service.
- Provide overall leadership and direction for the Community Kitchen, including annual goals, operational planning, staffing and volunteer utilization, process improvement, special projects, and monitoring overall program quality.
- Collaborate with the Director of Housing Access and other organizational leaders to identify program needs, address challenges, evaluate opportunities, and support the long-term development of the Community Kitchen.
- Other duties as assigned.
We'll include all.
Next: "Education & Experience" then bullet list:
- 6+ years of relevant experience required
- 1+ years of supervisory experience required
- Bachelors degree or culinary certificate required, or in place of a degree, equivalent years of experience
- Preferred: Culinary degree / Certification, Food Safety Certification, Nutrition knowledge
- Basic conversational Spanish proficiency desired
We can treat as Requirements section.
Next: "Qualifications" then a long paragraph list of qualifications. We'll put under
Qualifications
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List:
- Previous experience cooking for large groups of people (100-200 people/meal).
- Previous experience in menu planning nutritious meals from scratch, preferably with proven ability to work with uncertain inventory.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks independently.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret information to support decision making.
- Fosters trust with others by consistently conducting work with honesty, reliability, and mutual respect, while also demonstrating transparency and emotional openness.
- Cultivates a collaborative and supportive work environment, empowering team members, fostering collaboration and teamwork, and providing guidance and mentorship as needed.
- Ability to mitigate and resolve guest conflicts, fostering a calm and constructive environment where team members feel supported and conflicts are effectively managed.
- Demonstrate a genuine passion for our mission and a commitment to upholding our team’s values: Radically Welcoming, Guest-Centered, Lead with Kindness, Curiosity-Driven, Always Improving, Collaborative by Design, Contagious Commitment, & One Team
- Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people.
- Willingness and interest in continuous learning and adaptation based on your professional interests and organizational needs.
- A high standard of performance and integrity, and ability to lead by example to foster a positive workplace culture.
- Proficiency in clear and effective written and verbal communication, and ability to develop trusting professional relationships.
We'll include all.
Next: "Position Details" includes:
- Position Type: Full-time Regular
- Overtime Status: Exempt
- Reports To: Director of Housing Access
- Direct Reports: Community Kitchen Specialist, Community Kitchen Associate
- Department: Community Kitchen
- Primary Location: Community Kitchen
- Compensation & Benefits: $53,500 - $61,500 /year , eligible for benefits
- Supervision Received, General Direction: Receives broad guidance and direction and has some autonomy in decision-making and flexibility in determining how to achieve goals. Supervisor provides support and resources as needed but may not be directly involved in day-to-day decision-making or task assignments.
- Supervisory Responsibilities, Primary Supervisor: Serves as a People Leader (supervisor). Develops a healthy working relationship to support those they directly supervise. Manages workload, up-skilling and training of employees, and provides regular feedback. Responsible for timesheet approval, approving employee time off, and scheduling. Has influence on compensation, hiring, and termination decisions.
- Physical Requirements: list of items.
- Other Factors: Access to consistent and reliable transportation
We need to decide which sections to output: Benefits, Pay, Schedule. The posting includes compensation and benefits: "$53,500 - $61,500 /year , eligible for benefits". That's pay and benefits. We can combine into Pay section maybe also Benefits. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could have Pay section with salary range and mention benefits. Benefits section maybe not needed if we include benefits in Pay. But they said include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. There is specific content about compensation and benefits. Could make a Pay section with salary and mention benefits. Could also make Benefits section if there are details beyond "eligible for benefits". Not much detail. So better to have Pay section with salary and note eligible for benefits.
Schedule: The posting mentions Monday through Friday in first paragraph: "providing access to free and healthy meals to those in need in our local Holland community Monday through Friday." That's schedule. Also maybe other schedule details not given. So we can include Schedule section with that.
We also have "Position Type: Full-time Regular" and "Overtime Status: Exempt". Could be part of Schedule or separate but we can include in Schedule.
We also have Physical Requirements etc. That could be under Requirements? But we already have Requirements (education/experience). Could add a separate section for Physical Requirements but not in allowed headings list. The allowed headings are: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Physical Requirements not allowed, so we must either drop or incorporate into another allowed section. Could incorporate into Requirements or Qualifications? Probably Requirements could include physical requirements. But the instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could add physical requirements under Requirements as extra bullet. But we must not invent headings not allowed. So we can add a bullet under Requirements for physical requirements.
Similarly "Other Factors: Access to consistent and reliable transportation" could go under Requirements or Qualifications.
We also have "Supervision Received, General Direction" and "Supervisory Responsibilities, Primary Supervisor". Those could go under Qualifications or Requirements? Might be better under Qualifications as they describe supervisory responsibilities. But we already have Qualifications list. Could add them there.
But we must not create sections like "Supervision". So we need to fit into allowed sections.
Let's map:
- About the role: intro paragraph.
- Responsibilities: list of duties.
- Requirements: education/experience + physical requirements + other factors + maybe supervision received? Actually supervision received is about how much guidance; could be under Requirements as "Supervision: Receives broad guidance..." but that's more about job nature. Could also go under Qualifications. But we need to decide.
- Qualifications: list of qualifications (skills, abilities, values). Could also include supervisory responsibilities.
- Skills: maybe we could separate skills from qualifications but we have both allowed. The posting includes many skill-like items. Could put them under Skills. But we already have Qualifications list that includes skills. To avoid thin sections, we could combine Qualifications and Skills into one section, but we have both headings allowed. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe we should not create both Qualifications and Skills if they'd be thin. Better to have one section, maybe Qualifications, and omit Skills. Or we could have Skills with some content and Qualifications with some content. Let's see if we can split meaningfully.
Qualifications list includes things like "Previous experience cooking for large groups...", "Ability to prioritize...", "Analytical and problem-solving skills...", "Fosters trust...", etc. Those are qualifications/skills.
Skills heading could be used for specific skill sets like "Proficiency in clear and effective written and verbal communication", "Ability to develop trusting professional relationships". But those are also in qualifications.
Given the instruction to prefer few substantive sections, I'd combine Qualifications and Skills into one section called Qualifications (or Skills). Since Qualifications is already present in the posting as a heading, we can use that. We'll omit Skills section.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Pay, Schedule.
We need to ensure we don't create empty sections.
Now compile content.
About the role: combine the intro paragraph(s). Could also include the sentence about mission? Already there.
Let's craft:
As the Manager of the Community Kitchen, you’ll lead a hospitality-focused team focused on providing access to free and healthy meals to those in need in our local Holland community Monday through Friday. This position partners with our Lakeshore Food Rescue as well as our Outreach and Housing Access teams, using rescued food to create healthy meals for our guests. The Community Kitchen manager will focus on meal planning, guiding and directing staff and volunteers through daily prep and cooking, and keeping operations running smoothly and safely. Beyond managing the kitchen, you’ll help build a warm, welcoming space that uses food as a bridge to connect neighbors with essential health and support services. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, brings a creative approach to scratch cooking and menu planning with variable inventory, and is deeply passionate about community impact.
Responsibilities:- with each bullet.
Requirements: include education/experience, physical requirements, other factors, supervision received? Let's decide.
Education & Experience bullets:
- 6+ years of relevant experience required
- 1+ years of supervisory experience required
- Bachelors degree or culinary certificate required, or in place of a degree, equivalent years of
- .
List:
- Previous experience cooking for large groups of people (100-200 people/meal).
- Previous experience in menu planning nutritious meals from scratch, preferably with proven ability to work with uncertain inventory.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks independently.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret information to support decision making.
- Fosters trust with others by consistently conducting work with honesty, reliability, and mutual respect, while also demonstrating transparency and emotional openness.
- Cultivates a collaborative and supportive work environment, empowering team members, fostering collaboration and teamwork, and providing guidance and mentorship as needed.
- Ability to mitigate and resolve guest conflicts, fostering a calm and constructive environment where team members feel supported and conflicts are effectively managed.
- Demonstrate a genuine passion for our mission and a commitment to upholding our team’s values: Radically Welcoming, Guest-Centered, Lead with Kindness, Curiosity-Driven, Always Improving, Collaborative by Design, Contagious Commitment, & One Team
- Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people.
- Willingness and interest in continuous learning and adaptation based on your professional interests and organizational needs.
- A high standard of performance and integrity, and ability to lead by example to foster a positive workplace culture.
- Proficiency in clear and effective written and verbal communication, and ability to develop trusting professional relationships.
We'll include all.
Next: "Position Details" includes:
- Position Type: Full-time Regular
- Overtime Status: Exempt
- Reports To: Director of Housing Access
- Direct Reports: Community Kitchen Specialist, Community Kitchen Associate
- Department: Community Kitchen
- Primary Location: Community Kitchen
- Compensation & Benefits: $53,500 - $61,500 /year , eligible for benefits
- Supervision Received, General Direction: Receives broad guidance and direction and has some autonomy in decision-making and flexibility in determining how to achieve goals. Supervisor provides support and resources as needed but may not be directly involved in day-to-day decision-making or task assignments.
- Supervisory Responsibilities, Primary Supervisor: Serves as a People Leader (supervisor). Develops a healthy working relationship to support those they directly supervise. Manages workload, up-skilling and training of employees, and provides regular feedback. Responsible for timesheet approval, approving employee time off, and scheduling. Has influence on compensation, hiring, and termination decisions.
- Physical Requirements: list of items.
- Other Factors: Access to consistent and reliable transportation
We need to decide which sections to output: Benefits, Pay, Schedule. The posting includes compensation and benefits: "$53,500 - $61,500 /year , eligible for benefits". That's pay and benefits. We can combine into Pay section maybe also Benefits. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could have Pay section with salary range and mention benefits. Benefits section maybe not needed if we include benefits in Pay. But they said include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. There is specific content about compensation and benefits. Could make a Pay section with salary and mention benefits. Could also make Benefits section if there are details beyond "eligible for benefits". Not much detail. So better to have Pay section with salary and note eligible for benefits.
Schedule: The posting mentions Monday through Friday in first paragraph: "providing access to free and healthy meals to those in need in our local Holland community Monday through Friday." That's schedule. Also maybe other schedule details not given. So we can include Schedule section with that.
We also have "Position Type: Full-time Regular" and "Overtime Status: Exempt". Could be part of Schedule or separate but we can include in Schedule.
We also have Physical Requirements etc. That could be under Requirements? But we already have Requirements (education/experience). Could add a separate section for Physical Requirements but not in allowed headings list. The allowed headings are: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Physical Requirements not allowed, so we must either drop or incorporate into another allowed section. Could incorporate into Requirements or Qualifications? Probably Requirements could include physical requirements. But the instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could add physical requirements under Requirements as extra bullet. But we must not invent headings not allowed. So we can add a bullet under Requirements for physical requirements.
Similarly "Other Factors: Access to consistent and reliable transportation" could go under Requirements or Qualifications.
We also have "Supervision Received, General Direction" and "Supervisory Responsibilities, Primary Supervisor". Those could go under Qualifications or Requirements? Might be better under Qualifications as they describe supervisory responsibilities. But we already have Qualifications list. Could add them there.
But we must not create sections like "Supervision". So we need to fit into allowed sections.
Let's map:
- About the role: intro paragraph.
- Responsibilities: list of duties.
- Requirements: education/experience + physical requirements + other factors + maybe supervision received? Actually supervision received is about how much guidance; could be under Requirements as "Supervision: Receives broad guidance..." but that's more about job nature. Could also go under Qualifications. But we need to decide.
- Qualifications: list of qualifications (skills, abilities, values). Could also include supervisory responsibilities.
- Skills: maybe we could separate skills from qualifications but we have both allowed. The posting includes many skill-like items. Could put them under Skills. But we already have Qualifications list that includes skills. To avoid thin sections, we could combine Qualifications and Skills into one section, but we have both headings allowed. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe we should not create both Qualifications and Skills if they'd be thin. Better to have one section, maybe Qualifications, and omit Skills. Or we could have Skills with some content and Qualifications with some content. Let's see if we can split meaningfully.
Qualifications list includes things like "Previous experience cooking for large groups...", "Ability to prioritize...", "Analytical and problem-solving skills...", "Fosters trust...", etc. Those are qualifications/skills.
Skills heading could be used for specific skill sets like "Proficiency in clear and effective written and verbal communication", "Ability to develop trusting professional relationships". But those are also in qualifications.
Given the instruction to prefer few substantive sections, I'd combine Qualifications and Skills into one section called Qualifications (or Skills). Since Qualifications is already present in the posting as a heading, we can use that. We'll omit Skills section.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Pay, Schedule.
We need to ensure we don't create empty sections.
Now compile content.
About the role: combine the intro paragraph(s). Could also include the sentence about mission? Already there.
Let's craft: