Soups & Sweets Chef Instructor

Job Description

Job Description

SAMOST JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN’S SERVICE OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

Soups & Sweets Instructor (27–30 hours/week)

Do you love teaching, cooking, and making an impact? Join the Soups & Sweets program as a hands-on Cooking/Baking Instructor and support individuals with disabilities build real-world skills for meaningful careers in food service.

What You’ll Do

• Design and deliver engaging, interactive cooking and baking instruction
• Teach essential culinary techniques, food safety, and presentation
• Plan menus, shop for ingredients, and prepare lessons for instruction
• Foster a safe, supportive learning environment modeling positive workplace communication
• Maintain a clean, organized Kosher kitchen that meets health department standards

What You Bring

• Proven skills instructing individuals with disabilities
  
• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Culinary Arts (or equivalent professional training)
• Minimum two years as a chef, sous chef, or culinary instructor in a professional kitchen or food service operation
• Strong culinary knowledge in cooking, baking, food safety, and presentation
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills with flexibility to adapt

Benefits include: Generous PTO; Medical, dental, and vision care; 403b plan eligible; Group term life insurance; Voluntary disability insurance plan; FSA & HSA options available; and other employee discounts are available

EEO Statement:

The Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey, and our family of agencies, is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon a person’s actual or perceived gender, race, creed, color, sex (including pregnancy), affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital/civil union status, domestic partnership status, familial status, religion, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, veteran or military status, disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions, or other legally protected characteristics.

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The Federation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us via the link on this posting. EOE