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Proctors Collaborative is the Capital District’s leading regional arts organization with performing arts venues in Albany, Schenectady and Saratoga, and education, civic engagement and economic development initiatives throughout the region. We’re changing expectations about how the arts serve a community.

Proctors Collaborative seeks a full-time Kitchen and Café Supervisor to join its Food and Beverage team. Full-time employees are eligible for benefit packages including health insurance, life insurance, retirement plan employer match, access to programming at a greatly reduced cost and a robust vacation time schedule.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

+ Supports the Food & Beverage Manager

+ Oversees and supports show-night kitchen operations and a daily café

+ Creates daily specials, preps menu items, bakes specialty items

+ Integrate ethic foods to expand food choices

+ Trains employees in accordance to Proctors Human Resources procedures.

+ Maintains standards through consistent application of rules

+ Maintains food standards and consistency in all menu items via preparation specifications. Regularly reviews the product range to ensure that all key quality standards are maintained

Along with the Food and Beverage Manager:

+ Uses portion control and spoilage reports

+ Takes full responsibility for managing and meeting all committed budgets related to the café and all other food and beverage operations

+ Provides and practices inventory system which includes rotation standards. Institutes effective loss prevention controls through consistent receiving, stocking and inventory systems

+ Minimizes waste through efficient menu itemization

+ Institutes daily, weekly and monthly cleaning schedules for the kitchen and dining areas and tracks results and participates when needed

+ Maintains strict compliance of all NYS Health code requirements

+ Creates, maintains and verifies safety procedures for daily operation

+ Guarantees the best dining experience possible by ensuring a visually pleasant open service area, cleanliness of tables and floors in the dining area and positive customer interaction

+ Trains and supports staff to meet the needs of diverse patrons

+ Supports EDIA (Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Access) efforts of Proctors Collaborative and ensure their reflection in the café staff

+ Possess a solution-driven attitude, with strength in efficient minute-by-minute problem solving

+ Proficient in conflict resolution to defray issues be it between fellow café employees or displeased customers

+ Demonstrates strong communication skills, ie: verbal and written communications with employees and customers

+ Serves a wide number of external and internal customers. Maintains close, professional, effective links with all café staff

+ Ensures that kitchen and cafe are fully staffed and is available to cover unfilled shifts as needed

+ Coordinates shifts to ensure there is always a manager on duty

+ Duties as otherwise required.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

The candidate must:

+ be quality-driven while maintaining aggressive financial returns

+ have a minimum of five years kitchen experience and three years supervisory experience

+ demonstrate a creative approach to executing daily menu items and specials

+ be able to work a varied schedule that includes nights, weekends and some holidays

+ have experience working in environments and interacting with with a diverse staff and customer base.

Safe-Serve accreditation is a plus.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The candidate must have the ability to:

+ stand for long periods of time

+ walk several miles in a day

+ lift 50 pounds

Proctors Collaborative is committed to building a workplace that is both creative and progressive. To that end, we seek a broad spectrum of candidates including women, people of color, all cultural backgrounds and persons with disabilities. We celebrate individual differences and we strive to treat everyone with fairness and respect.

Proctors Collaborative does not discriminate in practices or employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veterans’ status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.