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Congregation Olam Tikvah, located in Fairfax, VA, is a conservative synagogue of 620 families who consider the synagogue their second home. The community gathers together every week for a Shabbat seudah. We also gather for communal meals during holidays and social events.
The Kitchen Manager position is a part time position (approx. 25 hours/week). The person for this position must be well organized; have customer service experience; be able to plan creative and diverse menus for weekly shabbat lunches, holidays, and special occasions; have a basic knowledge of Jewish holidays, lifecycle events, traditions and of kashrut in general (will be trained in our kitchen); catering or kitchen management experience.
The job hours may vary from week to week and may include some evening or weekend hours. The Kitchen Manager will work with his/her supervisor to arrange flexible hours as appropriate.
Congregation Olam Tikvah is a small team environment where duties of the staff sometimes overlap, and we all work together to provide the best services to our congregants.
For additional information contact Rochelle Goldberg rgoldberg@olamtikvah.org
Requirements
Responsibility: Managing and executing all functions of the kitchen
Duties:
- Menu planning for holiday events, services and kiddush lunches when there is no other catering being used
- Shopping list development
- Shopping for food with help of volunteers
- Cooking
- Scheduling kitchen staff and volunteers
- Maintaining Kitchen cleanliness and order
- Maintaining kashrut
- Acting as mashgiach (kashrut supervisor) as necessary
- Monitoring inventory of food, paper goods, linens, equipment
Responsibility: Financial accountability
Duties:
- Authorizing payment to kitchen staff
- Coding of food and supply purchases to appropriate budget category or other Olam Tikvah group for reimbursement/payment
Responsibility: Manage all aspects of vendor relations
Duties:
- Vendor selection
- Price comparison
- Managing ordering process, including timeliness
This applies to all meals at Olam Tikvah, including, but not limited to:
- Shabbat kiddush
- Holiday (Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, Shavuot/Slichot, Passover snacks, etc)
- Simcha Catering (working with congregants to plan meals, ordering, cooking, coordinate with Simcha Catering volunteers)
- Scholar in Residence meals
- Special Events (Friday night dinners, Labor Day picnic, etc)
- Rabbinical Candidate luncheons
- Sisterhood, Men’s Club’s and Preschool, other auxiliary group functions
- Mitzvah Corps meals
- So Others Might Eat (provide support and purchase of items)
Job Information
- Job ID: 64651956
- Location:
Fairfax, Virginia, United States - Position Title: Kitchen Manager
- Company Name For Job: Congregation Olam Tikvah
- Job Function: Other
- Job Type: Part-Time
- Job Duration: Indefinite
- Min Education: H.S. Diploma/Equivalent
- Min Experience: 3-5 Years
- Required Travel: 0-10%
- Salary: $25,000.00 - $30,000.00 (Yearly Salary)
