Kitchen Manager (Part-time)

Berkeley Hillel

Role Overview

The Kitchen Manager will oversee Berkeley Hillels two kosher kitchens ensuring smooth daily operations that support our programs weekly meals and cooking events and student initiatives. This role combines culinary management supervision and mentorshipideal for someone who loves both cooking and Jewish community. The Kitchen Manager leads a team of student kitchen interns maintains a kosher kitchen environment manages food purchasing and inventory and helps foster creative food-based programming for students.

What Youll Do

• Oversee daily operations of Berkeley Hillels two kosher kitchens ensuring compliance with kosher standards and health regulations.
• Lead train and supervise a team of student kitchen interns.
• Plan and execute menus for weekly BBQ Shabbat dinners events and Jewish holidays in coordination with program staff and kitchen interns.
• Order food and supplies manage vendor relationships and monitor inventory and budget.
• Develop and implement systems to minimize food waste and promote sustainability.
• Collaborate with student leaders to design and facilitate additional kitchen-based programs such as pizza nights cooking classes and baking events.
• Maintain a clean organized and welcoming kitchen environment.
• Work collaboratively with other Hillel staff to ensure the kitchen supports the organizations mission and community goals.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a professional kitchen catering environment or food service management.
• Understanding of (or willingness to learn about) kosher food preparation and supervision.
• Strong organizational and leadership skills with experience managing staff or volunteers.
• Creative approach to menu planning and event support.
• Commitment to fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment for Jewish college students.
• Flexibility to work evenings and occasional weekends particularly for Shabbat and Jewish holiday programs.

Schedule and Hours

This is a part-time hourly non-exempt position. The typical schedule is 2025 hours per week with a combination of some weekday daytime hours and some evening and weekend shifts to support Shabbat and Jewish holiday programs. Scheduling is flexible and exact hours will be determined in collaboration with the supervisor based on program needs.

Preferred Qualities

• Culinary degree catering experience or professional chef background.
• Passion for mentoring students and engaging in Jewish community life.
• Interest in sustainability and innovative approaches to food systems.

Compensation

$35-45 per hour commensurate with experience for 20-25 hours/week.

About Berkeley Hillel

Berkeley Hillel serves as the center for Jewish student life at UC Berkeley. We are committed to creating a vibrant inclusive and welcoming community where Jewish students can explore identity build relationships and find a sense of belonging.

Berkeley Hillel is affiliated with Hillel International. Hillel International enriches the lives of Jewish students so they may enrich the Jewish people and the world and envisions a world where every student is inspired to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life learning and Israel.

About Hillel International

In 1923 Rabbi Benjamin Frankel started Hillel with humble means a noble mission and a breathtaking vision: to convey Jewish civilization to a new generation. Today Hillel International continues to enrich the lives of Jewish students and is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world at nearly 1000 colleges and universities across North America and around the world. As Hillel evolves as an organization the mission remains steadfast: to create lasting connections with every Jewish student that foster an enduring commitment to Jewish life learning and Israel and train them to become the next Jewish leaders.

Hillel is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an accepting and inclusive environment for all.