Executive Chef

SUMMARY: The Executive Chef directs the day-to-day operations of the Food Center which prepares and serves three free meals a day, 365 days a year, to the hungry and homeless; provides opportunities for them to have daily showers and obtain clean clothes through the Personal Hygiene Programs and caters meals for the clients of the Center of Hope.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES : (These essential job functions are not to be construed as a complete statement of all duties performed. Employees will be required to perform other job-related duties as required. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at this time)

• Supervise Food Center personnel and tutor them in various aspects of food preparation and service.
• Prepare work schedules and submit timecards to the Chief Financial Officer. 
• Evaluate individual employee performance annually, noting pluses and minuses and approaches for improvement.
• Schedule, direct and supervise volunteers. 
• Develop menus and organize special occasion dinners on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. 
• Supervise filling food basket vouchers prepared by the District Office and/or SVDP Conferences. 
• Inventory food and supplies and prepare purchase orders to assure that the freezers and pantries are amply stocked.
• See to the rotation of perishable foods on a "first-in-first-out" basis. 
• Check equipment to assure it is operating properly and arrange for any necessary repairs. 
• Comply with all standards and regulations regarding food service established by federal, state, county, and local agencies. 
• Monitor clients' behavior and their adherence to the Center's "Ten Commandments of Service". 
• Work closely with the various church groups that provide clients' evening meals. 
• Prepare and monitor the Food Center's annual budget. 
• Supervise the tracking and weighing of all food donations and provide a weekly report to the District Office. 
• Organize regular maintenance/clean-up days to include all equipment, walls, floors, storage rooms, bathrooms and assign personnel to remove trash and clean up outside areas around the Food Center. 
• Attend mandatory staff meetings of the Chief Executive Officer. 
• Purchase of all food, food supplies and equipment. 

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SVdP CARES is a non-profit organization committed to ending homelessness: making it rare, brief, and one-time. With “Housing First” principles at the core, all SVdP CARES programs are built on the belief that everyone has the right to live in dignified and affordable housing with a healthy disregard for all community-perceived barriers to housing including employment history, criminal/credit background, mental health, addiction, or religious practices. SVdP CARES works to rapidly house those experiencing homelessness within 30 days and concurrently connect them to resources and stabilization support services to assist their needs. SVdP CARES serves 19 counties across 7,678+ square miles of Florida including Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, Desoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Lee, Manatee, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, Seminole, and Sumter counties. Everyone is welcome through our doors, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, and gender identity.