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Kitchen Director

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Gig Harbor, WA, United States
Full-time
YMCA Camp Seymour

Would you like to use your food preparation and management skills in a fun and unique setting?


Ignite your Passion, Live the Y Cause

The YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap County offers a competitive salary and benefits package as well as the opportunity to impact the lives of the people we serve. We strive to draw the most talented leaders to make an impact each day in Pierce and Kitsap Counties. We invite individuals who are motivated servant leaders to apply to be an active, inspiring part of the team.

Would you like to use your food preparation and management skills in a fun and unique setting? At Camp Seymour, you will manage all areas of food service, including preparing, servicing, and cleaning up after meals all while enjoying the beautiful outdoor camp atmosphere in the Pacific Northwest.

If hired for this position you will run daily meal operations as needed, including preparing and serving all meals for campers. You will be responsible for maintaining a clean and safe kitchen program that provides meals to all participants in all YMCA camp programs throughout the year.  Following the Y’s healthy initiatives, you will direct in the planning and preparation of nutritionally balanced camp meals.

Areas of Responsibility: 

In this position you will be able to use your skills to:

Develop staff to their fullest potential:

  • Interview and hire cooks and all food service staff.
  • Plan, coordinate, schedule, and supervise the work of other food service staff.
  • With your team of kitchen staff, help create memorable camp experiences for all ages.

Make great decisions:

  • Order food and kitchen supplies consistent with menus and enrollment counts.
  • Coordinate menu planning for user groups as needed.
  • Promote practices that seek to reduce waste, reuse items, and recycle as much as possible.

Provide quality results by:

  • Maintain high standards of cleanliness, sanitation and safety.
  • Inspect equipment and ensure equipment is repaired as necessary.
  • Meet performance measurements in annual giving, major gifts, and/or endowment by telling the Y story and raising charitable dollars to fulfill our mission.

Be innovative

  • Prepare and serve all meals.
  • Direct in the planning and preparation of nutritionally balanced camp meals, snacks, and pack-out food.
  • Promote practices that seek to reduce waste, reuse items, and recycle as much as possible.
Skills/Experience: 

Are you a good fit?

  •  I have experience in food preparation and management.
  •  I have a food handler’s certificate.
  •  I am willing and able to adjust to camp resources, conditions and programs.
  •  I have knowledge of safe practice and procedures for required tasks. 
  •  I know how and am able to manage upkeep and care of kitchen equipment. 
Job Function: 

Organization Info

YMCA of the USA

Overview
Headquarters: 
Chicago, IL, United States
Annual Budget : 
$100-500M
Founded: 
1983
About Us
Mission: 

The YMCA mission is: To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. YMCA of the USA (Y-USA) is the national resource office for the Y, one of the nation's leading nonprofits strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Across the U.S., 2,700 Ys engage 22 million men, women and children – of all ages, incomes and backgrounds – to nurture the potential of children and teens, improve the nation's health and well-being and provide opportunities to give back and support neighbors. Anchored in more than 10,000 communities, the Y has the longstanding relationships and physical presence needed not just to promise, but also to deliver, lasting personal and social change.

Programs: 
  1. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: Nurturing the potential of children and teens
  2. HEALTHY LIVING: Improving the nation’s health and well-being
  3. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: Giving back and providing support to neighbors

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Oct 31 2017
Active Until: 
Dec 1 2017
Hiring Organization: 
YMCA of the USA
industry: 
Nonprofit