Sous Chef

Salary Range: $52,000-62,000

Workdays: Monday- Friday

Work Hours: 5 am-1:30 pm

About St. Anthony's

Founded in 1950, St. Anthony's is the most comprehensive safety net service center in San Francisco, directly providing food, clothing, medical care, addiction recovery services, access to technology, job training, and other critical resources to the community. Every day we support and are supported by thousands of San Franciscans. Everyone who comes through our doors joins the St. Anthony's family and helps us create a future where all people flourish.

Principal Responsibility

Fr. Alfred Center (FAC) provides a residential recovery program to homeless men who are ready to create sober and stable lives for themselves. The Fr. Alfred Center's year-long, abstinence-based program empowers men with no income or resources with the tools to overcome addiction and the support to establish productive and healthy lives. The holistic treatment offered through St. Anthony's multiple services is rare in the field of recovery, and allows for immediate assessment and thoughtful resolution of clients' medical, legal, vocational and educational needs, most or all of which have been affected profoundly by the cycles of poverty and addiction. The Sous Chef assists with the preparation, planning, and serving of 3 meals a day for a residential facility of 80 men plus staff. The Sous Chef works as a member of a kitchen team to ensure high quality, tasty food is served in a respectful environment. In the spirit of our Franciscan values and heritage, our team provides compassion and care daily. As a steward of healing and social justice, you are expected to meet the following duties:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities   Staff Performance and Development

• Assists with the training and supervision of 4 kitchen assistants/dishwashers working in the kitchen area.
• Provide timely and regular feedback on staff performance.
• Ensure staff are professional, demonstrate good customer service skills towards guests and other community members. Role model and set the expectation that staff treats all individuals with dignity and respect.
• Facilitate team huddles for staff as needed.

Program Administration and Operations

• Complete reports and all other paperwork neatly, legibly, and thoroughly.
• Enter data and information electronically as required. Looks up data and reports electronically through a database as requested.
• Understand and follow the organization's programs, policies, and procedures
• Participate in regular training and development opportunities to increase personal capacity to apply innovative approaches to daily workflows, service delivery, and functions of the position.
• Responsible for all aspects of preparing nutritious, good-tasting, well-presented, creative meals, in a climate of dignity and respect, for residents of the Father Alfred Center recovery program and staff.
• Responsible for cleanliness of the kitchen work area including the ovens, range, serving line, prep area, walk-in, food preparation equipment, and storage areas.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with sanitary food handling procedures and stock rotation systems.
• Assists with menu development, planning, and ordering.
• Monitors use of supplies in the kitchen. Utilizes donated foods and completes and maintains appropriate records and forms neatly and accurately.
• Facilitates and ensures a safe environment (with respect to health and safety hazards) in the kitchen. Observes safety procedures and precautions. Maintains awareness of and assists in the identification of workplace and job hazards.

Teamwork

• Participate in relevant meetings supporting team communication and the program's capacity to fulfill organizational goals and mission.
• Collaboratively works with others to achieve team success.
• Manage stress and pressure situations calmly and responsively. Maintain the capacity to control reactions and awareness of how their behavior or response can impact others.
• Consistently demonstrate integrity while working and representing St. Anthony's.
• Practice direct, respectful, open, and honest communication with their colleagues. Proactively seeks support from team members or management.
• Demonstrate cooperation with coworkers, management, and the community at large.

Minimum Qualifications

• Culinary Degree or equivalent experience. Food knowledge and creativity in order to produce quality menu items from varied food sources (purchases, donations, food