Director of Chef Operations
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Job Location:
Lemont, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
SFC Chicagoland LLC dba Sticky Fingers Cooking is looking to hire a hybrid (remote & in-person) full-time Director of Chef Operations to help us Cultivate COOLinary Curiosity in Kids!
ABOUT STICKY FINGERS COOKING
Sticky Fingers Cooking (SFC) is a cooking school for children that specializes in after-school enrichment classes and summer camps.. We love sharing our passion for cooking through our fun hands-on and deliciously healthy cooking classes and camps. We strive to inspire and celebrate comprehensive education directly related to the essential role of real healthy food cooking and nutrition in our everyday lives.
The Director of Chef Operations (DoCO) is a key player in the oversight of day-to-day program operations at Sticky Fingers Cooking. SFC is a hospitality company within a childrens cooking school which means that positive communication on every level is a necessity. This role is responsible for ensuring that chef instructors are trained equipped and assigned to classes and camps via The Dash (our proprietary technology platform).
The DoCO role is integral to the core of Sticky Fingers Cooking as this position maintains all communication with our Chef Instructor team in a timely positive manner. This position actively communicates with and co-manages a SFC territory with the Area Director. The primary goal of this position is to provide instructors with a positive and organized work experience ensuring that they feel supported and encouraged in their roles through upbeat communications. Staff engagement and retention is a priority for the DoCO keeping in mind that all instructors teach part-time for SFC and many have other jobs and responsibilities as well. The DoCO must be a leader who is extremely organized remains calm under pressure and is detail-oriented.
This position is full-time and the salary is $60000 with profit share after 90 days.
The typical work day is 9:00a- 5:30p with peak responsibilities and timely communication needed 2:30 - 5:30p.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Co-manage a SFC territory with the Area Director
- Assist in oversight of day-to-day program operations of SFC programing within a territory
- Support our staff of chef instructors in implementation of SFC curriculum recipes and classroom management
- Conduct hiring interviewing onboarding and training of new staff members both virtually and in-person
- Coordinate with the Area Director and chef instructors to ensure all locations are fully-staffed
- Utilize The Dash to update and edit class information and schedule instructors
- Communicate with instructors and school-based personnel regarding questions or concerns about classes missing/absent students student behavioral issues classroom/space child pick-up and drop off etc.
- Cultivate and maintain positive relationships with SFC instructors and staff
- Manage the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and HR platform
- Daily updating of spreadsheets and other documents in google drive
- Building and sending routine newsletters to the chef instructor team
- Work closely with Area Director in developing long-term operational strategies that help meet company objectives
- Conduct in-person observations and trainings
- Manage chef instructors timesheets and reimbursement requests
- Plan and conduct regular team meetings trainings and gatherings with chef instructors along with the Area Director (in-person and virtual)
QUALIFICATIONS
- Highly effective positive and enthusiastic verbal and written communication skills
- Team player with a flexible positive and creative approach to problem-solving
- Extremely detail-oriented with knowledge of Google and Excel spreadsheets
- Proficiency with Google Workplace and comfortable learning new technology and software systems
- Self-directed independent work ethic
- Experience managing a team and strength in coaching and empowering team members
- Experience with teaching elementary aged students; after school enrichment experience preferred
- Passion for education and cooking
- A knowledge of the SFC territory and area schools is preferred
ARE YOU READY TO JOIN US
If you feel that you would be a GRATE fit please fill out our application. We look forward to reviewing your application!
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Risk Management
- Negiotiation
- Operational management
- Smartsheets
- Strategic Planning
- Team Management
- Budgeting
- Leadership Experience
- Program Development
- Supervising Experience
- Financial Planning
About Company
Sticky Fingers Cooking provides fun, healthy cooking classes for kids! Shop online cooking classes, after-school programs, and summer camps for kids & teens.
