Food Services Manager - Ridgeview - 10530

The mission of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for homeless and at-risk families, children, and individuals throughout Colorado. The Coalition advocates for and provides a continuum of housing and a variety of services to improve the health, well-being, and stability of those it serves.

Our Philosophy of Service: We believe all people have the right to adequate housing and health care. We work to remove the barriers that restrict access to these rights. Society benefits when adequate housing and health care are available to everyone. We create lasting solutions to homelessness by: 

·         Honoring the inherent dignity of those we serve, affirming their capabilities and fostering their hope that a better life is possible. 

·         Building strong, caring and trauma-informed communities through the integration of housing, health care and supportive services. 

·         Advocating for social and racial equity, inclusion and diversity, and challenging the status quo in partnership with our workforce members and those we serve. 

·         Achieving excellence through continuous quality assurance, innovation and professional development. 

·         Using resources judiciously and effectively.  

The Food Services Manager will manage and oversee all functions of food production at our Ridgeview location.  The Food Services Manager will oversee the food preparation, dining services and schedule, and kitchen management for persons experiencing homelessness requiring recuperative care and support for an acute medical need. The facility features a new commercial kitchen that serves three meals a day and snacks. Operational and administrative oversight includes but is not limited to supervision, staff scheduling, supply chain management, meal planning, and the coordination of external vendor relationships, contracts, and invoices for food. The Food Services Manager will also oversee the food and kitchen budget of the program. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience in the food industry who wants to make a daily impact supporting some of Denver’s most vulnerable neighbors.

• Choice of HMO or PPO health insurance coverage options: full-time employees contribute only 1% of their earnings for their own HMO health coverage and no more than 4% of their earnings for coverage of eligible dependents. We’re proud to offer same-and opposite-sex domestic partner coverage. 
• Choice of dental insurance or discount plan. 
• Vision insurance.  
• Flexible spending accounts for health care / dependent care / parking expenses. 
• Free basic life and AD&D insurance coverage. 
• Employee Assistance Program, a problem-solving resource available to you and your household members. 
• Dollar-for-dollar retirement plan matching contributions up to 5% of earnings with 3-year vesting. 
• Extensive paid time-off, including 9 holidays, 12 days of sick leave, and three weeks of vacation for new full-time employees in their first year. 

• Ability and willingness to develop and motivate team members to embrace culinary innovation and seek out and incorporate patient input into menu planning as often as possible.
• Ensure that all meals and snacks meet nutritional requirements.
• Uses culinary knowledge, enhances product quality by managing menu cycles and recipe development and prepares new recipes, documents result, and implements accordingly.
• Manage purchasing, menu compliance, inventory, food cost analysis and food production forecasting based on number of patients.
• Maintain food costs within budgeted amounts.
• Maintain kitchen and dining area per Department of Public Health and Environment, state, local, city, and county regulations and internal policies.
• Attend training provided by the Department of Public Health and Environment for food service as required.
• Assist kitchen team in daily tasks and supports preparation and service duties.
• Train new and existing kitchen team members on the preparation, arrangement and plating of dishes per the current menu.
• Structure the day-to-day operations of the food production and service; dining room management; and assist in the supervision of the staff; serves as a liaison with leadership.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Knowledge of nutritional requirements for adults.
• Microsoft Office experience, including Excel strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of Department of Health regulations for food service and sanitation.
• Consistently superb customer service skills; excellent interpersonal/assertive communications skills demonstrating a high degree of emotional intelligence.
• Demonstrated sensitivity to and a desire to work with underserved populations.
• Must have a valid Colorado Driver’s License and meet CCH automobile insurance eligibility.

• 2+ years cooking/kitchen experience is required; Kitchen management experience preferred.
• Understand or ability to learn how to support compliance with HACCP standards.
• Experience with budget oversight and documenting financials by maintaining records expenditures, meal counts, and compiling end of the month financial reports is required.
• Experience creating schedules for staff operations required.
• Experience in training of staff and supervisory experience coaching direct reports preferred.
• Current Colorado Serve Safe Certificate needs to be obtained before kitchen opens.
• Experience working in settings with people experiencing homelessness is preferred.

Employee must be able to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to safety or health of self or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Employee will perform job according to applied laws. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is committed to delivering services, making employment-related decisions, selecting volunteers, and selecting vendors without regard to age over 40, race, sex, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, military status, or any other applicable status protected by law.