Kitchen Team Lead

Position Overview

Reporting to the Kitchen Manager and Kitchen Supervisor, the Kitchen Team lead will be responsible for mentoring and training new staff (First Cook, Cooks, Prep Cooks, Servers and Dishwashers).

Larga Baffin’s kitchen prepares savoury high-quality food products quickly and efficiently for our clients and staff. The team lead will assist in implementing high standards in food quality, food service and kitchen cleanliness. In addition, the team lead will play a key role in training and fostering a collaborative team environment. These duties will be in addition to the kitchen responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

Kitchen Operations

· Assist the Kitchen Manager and Kitchen Supervisor with:

o ordering all food items, cleaning supplies, and take out items as needed for a smooth kitchen operation.

o scheduling to ensure proper shift coverage.

o planning and preparing menus.

• Ensures kitchen staff are following procedures and policies for kitchen cleanliness, sanitation, safe food handling, safe equipment use and general health and safety; provides input to the Kitchen Manager and Kitchen Supervisor for improving these procedures and policies.
• Assist in mentoring and training new staff such as First Cook, Cooks, Prep Cooks, Servers and Dishwashers
• Additional tasks may be assigned.

Meal Preparation

· Prepares high-quality foods

· Assists clients with special food requests

· Understands and communicates food restrictions (when necessary)

Minimum Qualifications

• Culinary accreditation or education
• Red Seal certified or working towards certification OR Five to Seven years of culinary experience with at least 1-2 years of experience supervising at small team
• Previous kitchen experience in a hospital or industrial type (buffet style cooking) setting which includes public interaction
• Must provide a recent Criminal Reference Check

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to work independently to make staffing decisions
• Demonstrates above average communication skills (both written and spoken)
• Demonstrates a strong orientation for customer service; shows patience and maturity to tactfully and diplomatically interact with clients, visitors and staff
• Strong knowledge of operating and maintaining equipment in a commercial kitchen
• Knowledge and experience with proper sanitation procedure and food safe guidelines
• Ability to lift/carry supplies, etc. up and down stairs and perform repetitive physical tasks such as standing for extended periods, bending, crouching
• Ability to organize and prioritize work assignments to completion
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHIMIS) trained (or willingness to learn)
• First Aid/CPR/AED and WHIMIS certified (or willingness to learn)
• Positive attitude and a consistent display of professionalism
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Promotes professional work habits, encourage fellow staff to work with integrity
• Ability to work without direct supervision
• Ability to make accurate observations and exercise independent judgement and calmly take action in a variant of situations including emergency situations

Preferred Qualifications

• Beneficiary status with the ability to speak Inuktitut
• Previous experience working in a multicultural environment an asset

Salary and Benefits

· Larga Baffin offers a competitive total compensation package. Employees are provided with an exceptional benefits plan which includes major medical and dental coverage for the employee and their dependents, and employee life insurance.

· Larga Baffin also offers a Group RRSP benefit plan for eligible staff.

· Larga Baffin provides paid sickness, personal leave days, and a 24/7 confidential Employee and Family Assistance Plan.

· Vacation (earn 2 weeks/year).

Larga Baffin welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

The successful candidate must be able to obtain a recent police records check (for the vulnerable sector) with results acceptable to Larga Baffin as a mandatory condition of employment.

Priority will be given to qualified Nunavut Beneficiaries. Larga Baffin does not provide housing and is not responsible for re-location costs.