Cafeteria Manager/Cook

Description:
The successful candidate will be working in a team, managing the cafeteria and short order operation and equipment for cost recovery food services on the Fort St John Campus. The Cafeteria Manager/Cook will contribute to the delivery of exceptional student experience at NLC through the provision of quality food service for students, staff, and the public. This will include preparing inventory and sales reports and business plans for administration, as well as planning menus, promoting food services, and attracting customers, accurate costing, monitoring, and pricing of menu items and food orders within the budget and organizing catering events. They will assist the Cafeteria Cook with preparation and cooking a variety of nutritious and appealing food options in a clean and safe environment, ensuring that FOODSAFE regulations are adhered to. Within the scope of responsibility, the manager will be responsible for ordering goods and materials for the cafeteria including generating purchase orders, receiving, and managing inventory and forwarding invoices to finance for payment.

Cafeteria hours of operation will be Monday to Friday from 8:00am – 2:00pm, with the possibility of additional hours of service depending on campus and/or catering events.

Qualifications:
Professional Cook Training Level 3 preferred. FOODSAFE is required. Experience with successfully managing a cafeteria or cafe, working within set budgets, implementing revenue generating ideas and solutions that appeal to our students, developing nutritious meal and snack options and short order cooking are all requirements. Experience preparing ethnic or traditional cultural and indigenous foods and incorporating locally, or regionally sourced ingredients is desired. Excellent customer service, communication and interpersonal skills are a must. You will need to be familiar with an advanced till system that tracks inventory, using interact machines and preparing deposits. The successful candidate will have the ability to effectively communicate with vendors and suppliers. A combination of experience and education may be considered.