We’re Hiring a New Kitchen Manager: is it You?
For more than twenty years, Donald has worked hard to make our kitchen a hub of community life—planning and cooking delicious meals to gather us together, integrating old and new community members onto the kitchen team, and offering personal care and encouragement to many of us. We are looking for a new team member to fill the Kitchen Manager position as Donald prepares for a well-deserved sabbatical and anticipates transitioning out of the Kitchen Manager role and into a new role on the team upon his return.
Check out the details below! If you are interested in the position, please apply here: Kitchen Manager Job Application
COMPANY: Sanctuary Ministries Toronto
LOCATION: Toronto, ON
TYPE: Full-time
SALARY: $50000 — $62500
Pastoral Kitchen Manager Job Description
We are Sanctuary, a church community in downtown Toronto, and we’re looking for a Kitchen Manager who loves creating an environment of hospitality and mentorship in the kitchen and beyond.
You have strong interpersonal skills, a passion for social justice, and have the skills and creativity to lead a professional kitchen. Now, you want to put your experience to work for a greater purpose and serve in the community.
The Kitchen Manager’s role is primarily to lead a team of contract workers and volunteers to serve meals at our community drop-in (~300+ meals per drop-in). As the kitchen manager, your work will be a combination of “kitchen facilitator” with “team coach”. As kitchen facilitator, you need a vision for a collaborative and creative kitchen, where you patiently train your team and manage them according to their unique skills and needs. As team coach, you create community in the kitchen, and are ready to provide on the spot conflict resolution, non-judgmental listening, and personal/spiritual mentoring.
You will be interacting with vendors, community partner agencies, and donors to ensure we have all necessary supplies. You will be working with your team to create meals based on a mixture of purchased and donated food. You will be kept on your toes, as unexpected staffing changes are common; Backup plans are always necessary (and sometimes backup plans for your backup plan!).
Specifically you will:
Serve up to 3,000 meals a month at community drop-ins.
Budget, shop and plan menus
Use and maintain all kitchen equipment according to health and safety protocols
Ensure equipment and work areas are clean and sanitized according to recognized health, safety and sanitation guidelines
Ensure that kitchen and drop-in areas are consistently kept cleaner than public health guidelines
QUALIFICATIONS
These are our “must haves:”
Experience in a kitchen/hospitality role
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Strong time management/organization skills
Basic computer skills, such as email, Word, Excel, and web-based applications
And these are our “nice to haves:”
Food handler’s certification required but can be completed prior to start
First Aid & CPR level C or A, WHMIS Training
Experience in a food production facility or commercial kitchen
Experience working with budgets
Experience working within indigenous communities and/or a high level of familiarity with indigenous culture and customs
Experience working with oppressed people groups
Training in Non-Violent Crisis Intervention or De-escalation
If you have some of the qualifications we are looking for, but all the energy and drive – please get in touch. We’re always interested in people with unique experiences.
HOURS AND COMPENSATION
Full-time, permanent
Flexible hours, with 2-4 evenings/wk and 1 weekend/month
Competitive salary commensurate with experience ranging from $50,000 to $62,500 per year
Generous benefits package (both financial and other benefits)
4 weeks of paid vacation per year
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Involvement in fundraising required for all staff
A long period of orientation/training will be provided before you begin
Participation in weekly all-staff meetings
Participating in training on anti-racism, anti-oppressive practices, and non-violent de-escalation required
ABOUT SANCTUARY
At Sanctuary, we are becoming a healthy, welcoming community where people who are poor or excluded are particularly valued. This community is an expression of the good news embodied in Jesus Christ.
Our faith and relationship with God inform us in identifying the following as some of our core values:
Dignity: We believe that each person is created in the image of God and, as such, has the right to be treated with the utmost dignity.
Mutuality: We have come to our relationships recognizing that each person has gifts to be shared and gifts to be received.
Inclusivity: We intend that our community at Sanctuary will be as inclusive as Jesus was in his life.
The words we often use to describe ourselves are “community” and “family”. Our staff and those we serve “do life” together. It can be challenging, complicated and messy. We find that it’s also enlivening, fulfilling, and deeply meaningful.
Sanctuary is a freeing place to work. While accountable to each other, we have a lot of autonomy to manage our own schedules and workflow, because we trust one another. We each have a deep commitment to this community, as well as to our roles within it.
Each of our team, regardless of their unique focus within the community of Sanctuary, is committed to viewing ourselves first and foremost as members of the community.
By joining us, you’ll become an important part of our close-knit community. We hope that you’ll feel at home here, you’ll be with us for the long haul.
You’ll succeed at Sanctuary if you have these characteristics:
You’re comfortable with tension and ambiguity. This community includes a wide range of people. We don’t always agree, but we always care for one another. Sanctuary tends towards being a harm-reduction community, and the tension of wanting the best for people while supporting them where they’re at part of our reality.
You’re a strong communicator. You listen more than you talk, and want to understand other people’s viewpoints. You’re clear in your words, and you’re able to convey empathy and conviction.
You’re resourceful. When something goes wrong, you know how to bring together resources on hand to make it right, whether the challenge is logistical or interpersonal.
You’re flexible. Schedules around here are written in pencil, and you’ll probably be asked to do things you’ve never done before. You can change plans when the need arises.
You engage intentionally with self-care. This is a community that puts you at risk for trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout & compound grief. It’s essential that you are someone who regularly accesses a personal support network and strives to maintain health through activities and resources that ground and inspire you.
Your Christian faith informs, motivates and inspires all facets of your life.
Apply Here: Kitchen Manager Job Application