Job Description

Housing and Food Services (HFS) has an outstanding opportunity for a Chef de Cuisine to join their team.

Housing & Food Services (HFS) supports over 10000 student residents and operates 40 dining locations on campus. With a team of over 1200 staff and students HFS is dedicated to enhancing student life through teamwork and excellent service.

PURPOSE

Manages the day-to-day culinary operations and is responsible for culinary performance and leadership of staff of assigned unit.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Leadership 20%

• Develops and maintains positive and professional relationships with students. Provides outstanding customer service and ensure specialty diets and other nutritional needs are met.
• Develops and maintains positive and professional relationships with guests and department colleagues.
• Develops and maintains positive and professional relationships with culinary and front-line service staff through two-way communication timely feedback collaboration and consistent visibility in the kitchens and work units.
• Leads weekly culinary planning and/or production meetings tastings and other meetings with staff.
• Monitors performance in unit safety cash handling customer service and food safety as assigned.
• Identifies and utilizes multiple venues for soliciting customer feedback and responding to complaints questions and special requests.
• Consults appropriately with HFS Human Resources to ensure that UW HFS and bargaining unit policies guidelines are followed in administering progressive corrective action principles and union contracts are followed in addressing employee performance problems.
• Effective presentation skills that demonstrate preparation research and delivery are scaled for small large and diverse groups.

Operations and Customer Service 20%

• Directs staff on dining operation policies and procedures.
• Maintains proper controls over resources including cash inventory and labor.
• Manages the inventory from ordering to utilization including purchasing receipt storage payment processing distribution production and sale.
• Monitors attendance and adjusts staffing to meet daily production needs.
• Establishes and ensures that inventory par levels are maintained to minimize waste; manage the documentation and disposal of waste.
• Ensures that displays freezers and prep and storage areas are in clean and orderly condition and meet health department standards.
• Identifies and corrects unsafe conditions such as poor equipment or work habits that might lead to an accident.
• Utilizes the Online Accident Reporting System (OARS) for every work accident and injury notifying appropriate authorities and personnel.
• Works with students and student groups in planning special events.

Fiscal Management 10%

• Monitors performance of products services and programs and collaborates with vendors to make adjustments as necessary to meet established sales and service goals.
• Contributes to the units business plan and budget in collaboration with Food Services leadership.
• Monitors and reviews reports including financial statements production records staffing schedules and inquiries from the HFS Financial team.
• Identifies probable causes for budget variances or financial discrepancies and contributes to implementation of corrective action.
• Ensures that there are appropriate controls on resources including separation of controls between purchasing receiving and counting inventory.

Culinary Focus and Results 20%

• Develops menus product consistency and costs out recipes in collaboration with the campus executive chef and the Administrator.
• Collaborates with the executive chef onsite management team and Dining Administrator in the development of menus and services.
• Trains staff in food preparation production and display.
• Designs and implements quality control measures to ensure consistent taste presentation and food safety.
• Ensures that displays and presentations of prepared food deli items meat and seafood are attractive and designed to encourage sales including appropriate labels and signage.
• Monitors performance indicators for production quality and service. Intervenes when necessary to ensure goals are met.
• Develops and implements new concepts and products that align with customer needs as well as the promotion of campus and HFS activities and events.
• Keeps up with dining trends and communicates new ideas to the leadership team.
• Provides product information for newsletters promotions and customer inquiries through the Communication & Marketing department.

Supervision 20%

• Interviews and selects staff and ensures staff are on-boarded at the work unit and attend required HFS and UW-required training.
• Supervises the work completed by direct reports ensuring appropriate productivity quality customer service and adherence to UW and departmental policies and procedures.
• Provides guidance to direct reports on requirements and/or opportunities for learning and professional development.
• Engages when necessary in performance management of employees within the organization.
• Prepares and conducts ongoing and timely performance appraisals for all employees providing proper performance-based feedback.
• Supervises culinary staff.

CBORD 10%

• Under the general direction of the Campus Executive Chef supports the recipe input and validation process for CBORD FSS. This may include drafting recipes following established format and process answering clarifying questions for Dining Systems team and performing or facilitating production testing for accuracy.
• Supports the recipe input and validation process for CBORD FSS. Writes recipes for input following established process answer clarifying questions for Dining Systems team and performs or facilitates production testing for accuracy.
• Performs periodic reviews of system data and reports related to recipe costing and production methods to inform decisions related to menu recipe and pricing changes. Works with Dining Systems team to make updates to system data.
• Reviews current system data and reports to inform decisions on vendor and product selection.
• Runs and/or reviews system reports to analyze KPIs related to recipe costing menu mix and operational compliance with recipe specifications and/or established purchasing practices.

IMPACT TO THE UNIVERSITY

The dining facility provides a high-quality dining experience for the residential students and greater campus communities.

POSITION COMPLEXITIES

• Maintains a regular full-time onsite work presence.
• Depending on assignment may travel to different sites on the Seattle Campus.
• Adapts to a variety of working conditions and venues:
  • Use a variety of tools and work methods since menus equipment and staffing differ depending on the location including operating equipment and lifting of up to 25 pounds.
  • Maintain a daily presence in the office to perform administrative work meet with employees and to address any operational issues that arise in the front or back of the house.
  • Maintain a daily presence in the production and service areas to provide training test recipes observe and interrupt unsafe food and occupational health practices.
  • Daily use of a computer workstation or laptop to review/approve transactions correspond via email and participate in virtual meetings and training.
• Complies with essential staff designation that requires onsite presence during inclement weather and suspended operations to ensure consistent food service to our residents.
• Participates in special events that occur during events and weekends to support the Department and the University.

REPORTS TO

Residential Dining General Manager

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

-Bachelors degree in hospitality or related.

Experience and references must demonstrate:

-Two years of sous chef-level management experience in culinary operations.

• Leadership experience working within a high-volume seated restaurant hotel or university dining venue.
• Effective execution of cook to order menu items in a restaurant setting.
• Effective expediting on the kitchen and service sides of a restaurant.
• Depth and breadth in concept development kitchen management food and labor cost controls and plating and presentation.
• Effective training and leadership of staff.
• Depth and breadth in concept development kitchen management food and labor cost controls and plating and presentation.
• Effective interpersonal organizational analytical communication and critical thinking skills.
• Effective supervision of staff including training giving constructive feedback and addressing performance through progressive corrective action.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (such as Word Excel Outlook PowerPoint Project).

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements such as a license/certification/registration.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Success working in a contemporary college/university dining environment.

Possession of a valid Washington Drivers License to drive UW vehicles.

Certification by a recognized culinary institution

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• A satisfactory outcome from the employment reference check processes and education verification.

• Possession of a Washington State Food Handlers Card.

• ServSafe certification within three months of hire and maintenance of certification thereafter.

• Maintenance of a valid Washington State Drivers License to drive UW vehicles.

Compensation Benefits and Position Details

Pay Range Minimum:

Pay Range Maximum:

Other Compensation:

Benefits:

Temporary or Regular

FTE (Full-Time Equivalent):

Union/Bargaining Unit:

About the UW

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Our Commitment

The University of Washington is committed to fostering an inclusive respectful and welcoming community for all. As an equal opportunity employer the University considers applicants for employment without regard to race color creed religion national origin citizenship sex pregnancy age marital status sexual orientation gender identity or expression genetic information disability or veteran status consistent with UW Executive Order No. 81.

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Applicants considered for this position will be required to disclose if they are the subject of any substantiated findings or current investigations related to sexual misconduct at their current employment and past employment. Disclosure is required under Washington state law.