Head of Kitchen - Green Hills Academy Umurimo

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Head of Kitchen - Green Hills Academy

Employer: Green Hills Academy

Posted: 5 August 2022

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Green Hills Academy (GHA) serves 1,850 students in Kigali, Rwanda. Green Hills Academy wishes to fill the below vacant position with qualified, experienced, talented, capable and dedicated individual to join the team to make a difference. The position’s details are outlined below; -

Job Title: Head of Kitchen

Job Summary:

The Head of Kitchen position will report to the Director of Operations. They will coordinate and direct the activities of the school kitchen, including, but not limited to: creating duty assignments as needed, performing skilled cooking duties, directing and supervising personnel assigned to the facility in a pleasant and helpful manner, as well as maintaining the food supply.

Essential Job Functions:

This list of essential job functions is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary. Depending upon individual assignment, the employee may perform all or a combination of several of the following duties:
- • Direct and participate in food preparation according to standard menu, recipes and verbal instructions. This will be done economically, efficiently and on schedule.
- • Guide the production and understand the regulations of preparing and serving in matters of temperature, appearance and portion size.
- • Requisition routine supplies, keep records and make reports.
- • Numerical and clerical ability to calculate and record production quantities and inventory.
- • Repeatedly lift and/or otherwise move cases and pans of food and other materials.
- • Pack food properly for transportation to area schools and meal sites and assist with deliveries.
- • Assist with serving meals.
- • Assist in serving students by following school guidelines and ensuring that their needs are recognized and acknowledged.
- • Maintain confidentiality.
- • Operate kitchen equipment, mechanical dishwasher and other equipment as needed.
- • Order food, produce, dairy and bread products weekly.
- • Rotate stock on shelves to insure freshness of products.
- • Safely operate any equipment introduced into the kitchen.
- • Maintain a sanitary and safe kitchen.
- • Perform other duties by the Supervisor of Nutrition Services.
- • Clean kitchen areas, equipment, mechanical dishwasher, and other equipment as needed.
- • Store food as directed.
- • Assist in upholding and enforcing school district rules, administrative regulations, and board policies.
- • Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
- • Requires the use of multiple communication systems, such as electronic mail and computers.
- • Inspect school or district facilities for the purpose of ensuring that the site is suitable for safe operations, maintained in an attractive and clean condition, and/or identifying necessary repairs due to vandalism, equipment breakage, weather conditions, etc.
- • The employee shall maintain a consistent presence at the assigned work site(s) and work the regular work hours specified by the contract.
- • Professionally interact with colleagues, members of the public, and students.
- • Comply with all District policies and all applicable laws.
- • Perform special assignments and other duties as assigned or required by the supervisor.
Desired Skills:
- • Experience in quantity food production and preparation preferred.
- • Must be pleasant, cooperative, and able to work with students, teaching staff, co-workers, and the public.
- • Must have good leadership skills; ability to plan, organize, direct, coordinate and delegate responsibilities to food service staff.
- • Must be willing to maintain and update food service abilities by attending workshops, conferences, food shows, and/or in-service programs.
- • Ability to scratch bake.
- • Must be able to read, write, and do basic mathematics such as extrapolation recipes, keeping records, making changes, counting money, and making reports.
- • Knowledge of measuring, weighing, following recipes, and operating equipment in a production kitchen.
- • Maintain the ability to stand, reach, lift, bend, kneel, stoop, climb, push, pull, and lift items weighing 25 kgs or less. Stand or walk 95% of the workday.
- • Demonstrates ability to communicate clearly and effectively in both oral and written communication.
- • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- • Ability to establish cooperative working relationships with students and staff to enhance the completion of assigned tasks.
- • Flexible in learning new concepts, cooperates with others, and adapts to a variety of assignments and conditions.
- • Sets and attains high level of expectations with a commitment to using available resources in a way that accomplishment occurs.
- • Demonstrates the ability to learn new ideas and skills for solving problems in a dynamic team environment.
- • Demonstrates ability to relate and work effectively with staff and community.
- • Demonstrates personal characteristics of flexibility, high-stress tolerance, reliability, punctuality, dependability, and an ability to maintain confidentiality.
- • Ability to maintain high standards of professionalism and diplomacy in dealing with the students and staff.
Minimum Qualifications:

• Must hold a Bachelor’s degree in food production or hotel management.
• Minimum of 5 years of previous experience in kitchen management

Interested candidates are requested to submit their applications including a brief cover letter, detailed CV, copies of relevant degree as well as the names and contact information of three recent referees who have been direct supervisors to; email;- humanresources@greenhillsacademy.rw by 5.00 p.m. on Friday 12th August 2022.

To learn more about GHA, please visit our website at www.greenhillsacademy.rw

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interviews.