POSITION SUMMARY:

The Traveling Sous Chef is responsible to provide direct support, direction, and oversight of the Culinary Department at communities, with vacancies, to sustain continuity of culinary standards until a replacement can be identified. This position will also provide new employee training, perform audits and complete special assignments. The Culinary Specialist will travel daily to assigned communities and be on call 24/7.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE FOR CULINARY SUPPORT SPECIALIST:

• Must have minimum of three years of management experience and three years of Executive Chef experience
• Must have demonstrable knowledge and experience using Microsoft Office in a Windows environment, with a capacity to master company specific software
• Experience with Yardi, Teams, Smartsheet, and OneDrive is preferred

SKILLS FOR SUCCESS:

• Deep Devotion: Demonstrated ability to develop caring relationships with direct reports.
• Strives for Excellence: Ability to teach, coach and mentor, optimizing the team towards a goal or vision.
• High Integrity and High Trust: Consistently delivers on commitments; maintains confidences and is humble.
• Motivates Others: Creates an environment where employees can be their Best Version.
• Decisive: Makes decision based on analysis, wisdom, experience, and good judgement.; uses curiosity and logic to solve difficult problems effectively.
• Collaborator: Easily gains trust and support of peers; seen as a team player
  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Act as the community Executive Chef during a vacancy
• Run day to day operation of the culinary department; to include cooking, serving meals, monitor safety/sanitation practices, order supplies and labor scheduling
• Keep accurate records for all culinary department specific items
• Oversee and monitor culinary staff to ensure quality standards are maintained
• Use declining budget to keep community on track and within budget
• Provide 24/7 on call support for any emergencies within the community
• Provide hands on training for all new Chef Managers
• Coordinate and communicate with home office team to ensure smooth transition of outgoing and incoming community culinary team members
• Promote a positive work environment and encourages collaboration, teamwork, and effective communication with members of the team
• Conduct audits to ensure community is up to company standards
• Support Chef Managers with ongoing training
• Perform any other duties as requested within the scope of responsibility and requirements of the job
• Travel to assigned community daily (which may include overnight stays to include weekends)