Centre Street Church in Calgary, AB is looking for a Chef.

Full-time Position

(40 hours/week, weekend and evening work required)

If you have a heart for using your skills and abilities to make a difference in people’s lives, and are excited about how your experience can help us accomplish our mission, we would love to talk to you!

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Preparing menu plans and sourcing ingredients.
• Ordering supplies and ensuring safe and proper storage of all food products.
• Ensuring good stewardship of financial resources provided to the Café.
• Training staff and volunteers.
• Connecting with potential volunteers and processing their applications.
• Scheduling staff and volunteers.
• Ensuring all food preparation and serving areas are properly cleaned and sanitized, and meet all public health requirements.
• Overseeing staff and volunteers to ensure a safe work environment.
• Maintaining and troubleshooting food service equipment.
• Building productive and supportive working relationships with volunteers, staff and vendors.

Qualifications:

• 5 years’ experience as a chef/cook in a commercial/restaurant environment with experience supervising kitchen staff.
• Demonstrated experience in menu planning, sourcing and ordering.
• Demonstrated ability to attract, empower, develop, and retain staff and volunteers.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office with above-average excel skills.
• Understanding of public health and occupational health & safety regulations.
• Understand, support and live out CSC’s membership covenant and statement of faith.
• Role model to others of what is means to be a fully devoted follower of Christ.
• Willingness to commit to and uphold CSC’s Human Resources Policies, Code of Conduct, Confidentiality Agreement, Job Performance Expectations, Staff Values Based Behaviours, Lifestyle Agreement and Staff Expectations.

Core Skills:

• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Exceptional organizational and time/self-management skills.
• Curiosity to learn and ask crucial questions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to respectfully deal with conflict using the principles set out in Matthew 18.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• Ability and/or experience of working in a collaborative team environment.
• Ability to problem-solve/troubleshoot “on the fly”
• Detail-oriented and able to complete tasks quickly and effectively

Please apply by completing our CSC Employment Application and sending it along with your resume and cover letter to careers@cschurch.ca.