Overview
The High Mountain Institute is seeking a Kitchen Manager. This is a year-round position, .75 – full time, which includes responsibilities in the areas of: on-campus food service, menu planning, food ordering, budgeting, training adults and students, and kitchen curriculum development.
Position Details:
– Oversee food service for all HMI programs
– Cook meals and order food for 75+ students and employees (and larger events for approx. ~200 people 2+ times per year)
– Plan creative menus including dietary restrictions with high level of detail
– Supervise and train faculty, staff, and apprentices on kitchen systems and meal prep
– Teach students to meal plan and cook
– Intensive on then off schedule, including weekends and nights
– Oversee health code compliance
– Manage on-campus food budget
– Manage and oversee campus food allergy plan
– Oversee general nutrition
– Provide varied and healthy meals
– Health Insurance provided
– Retirement benefits (TIAA-CREF) after 1 year
– Starting salary $27,000 – $45,000 DOE
– Start date: May 2022
Qualifications:
Desired Qualifications:
- Inspired by HMI Mission
- Highly motivated & organized individual with prior relevant experience
- Significant prior experience with providing healthy, nutritious, and alternative meals
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Budgeting experience
- Experience with, and passion for, diverse and interesting foods
- Teaching experience, culinary curriculum development
- Prior experience in rationing for backcountry expeditions
- Computer Skills (Google Suite, Microsoft Office, Wi
Required Skills:
Minimum Qualifications: 1-2 years of prior food service experience, experience supervising others in a food service setting, and experience cooking for large groups.
About High Mountain Institute
A semester school for high school juniors, the High Mountain Institute (HMI) combines the best of a traditional independent school with outstanding outdoor education. HMI connects students to the natural world and teaches them essential leadership and communication skills through participation in a rigorous, experiential academic program, extended wilderness trips, and an intentional community. HMI also offers a Summer Term for high school students and a variety of adolescent and adult programming. For more information, please visit www.hminet.org.
HMI’s Diversity Statement: The High Mountain Institute is an equal opportunity employer that strives for diversity by honoring the differences of each member of the community. We seek to build a community (of trustees, faculty, staff, and students) that represents ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic diversity and that brings a diversity of experience, background, talent, and perspective.
