Salary: $21.00 – $24.00 Hourly
Location: Central Campus, Jackson, MI
Job Type: Staff, full-time
Department: Dining & Catering Services
Opening Date: 05/26/2026
Closing Date: 6/23/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Description
SUMMARY
Under the Executive Director of Auxiliary Services, the Chef de Cuisine is responsible for leading, developing and executing culinary solutions to meet customer needs and tastes. Oversees and manages culinary operations to meet production, presentation, and service standards. Applies culinary techniques to food preparation and manages the final presentation and service food.
Must be available for nights and weekends when required.
Essential Functions
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Responsible for the preparation and quality of food items prepared and served
- Train and mentor staff to use the best practice of food production techniques while promoting a positive, cohesive work environment
- Manage culinary team to ensure quality in final presentation of food
- Accountable for accurate inventory and supply levels needed for the cafeteria and catered events
- Develop orders to meet the needs of the cafeteria, events and budget
- Create special menu items to promote engagement with internal and external customers
- Manage waste, menus, recipes and ingredients for food production
- Considerable knowledge of quality food production and serving techniques and food safety/sanitation requirements.
- Monitor industry trends to provide the freshest in-season food options available
- Deliver on food and labor targets.
- Maintain excellent customer service and positive attitude towards students, staff, other customers, co-workers, etc.
- Deliver a fabulous catering cuisine to enhance and solidify the College’s local and regional reputation
- Lead other strategic catering opportunities and initiatives
- Responsible for understanding, supporting and actively demonstrating the College’s beliefs, values, mission and vision and being in agreement to be evaluated by same.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Reports to and works under the Executive Director of Auxiliary Services. Work is performed independently according to college policies and procedures and State health and nutritional guidelines. Employee is responsible to assign tasks, provide priorities, train and monitor the duties of food preparation staff including the Sous Chef and Cook.
CONTACTS AND PURPOSE OF CONTACTS
Internal:Frequent contact with college employees regarding dining services and catering orders.
External:Frequent contact with customers regarding special events catering and food service vendors.
Minimum Qualifications
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Knowledge of:
- Methods of preparing and serving food in large quantities.
- Catering and banquet set-up.
- Common kitchen appliances and utensils.
- Cleaning methods.
- Campus food service procedures.
- Safety and sanitation principles as they relate to food service and kitchen maintenance.
Ability to:
- Lead, train and oversee the work of assigned personnel.
- Develop and prepare menus.
- Organize tasks and see that they are carried out.
- Operate food services equipment/appliances.
- Understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
- Observe safety requirements and safe work practices and methods as required.
- Establish and maintain cooperative work relationships.
- Ability to communicate with other departments with professionalism and respect both written and verbal
- Demonstrate understanding of, sensitivity to, and respect for the diverse academic, socio-economic, ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds, disability, and sexual orientation of community college students, faculty and staff.
- Work independently and under minimal supervision.
The knowledge, skills and abilities required are often obtained with an Associate’s Degree in Culinary Arts, or minimum five years of culinary management experience in a high-volume catering environment, or an equivalent combination of education and culinary management experience. ServSafe Manager Certificate required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Frequent reaching, walking, standing, lifting, stooping, or carrying of equipment and materials may be required. Incumbents may be required to lift and carry up to 50 pounds. Incumbent may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, risk of electrical shock, and fumes.
WORK ENVIROMENT
Work is generally performed in a commercial cafeteria environment, with frequent interruptions and irregularities in the work schedule. Work hours may vary and frequent evening and weekend hours are required. Travel may be required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
“This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that will be required and shall not be construed as declaring the specific duties and responsibilities. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his or her supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level
Supplemental Information
Jackson College only accepts on-line applications though this system. For assistance with this, please call 517-796-8468.
Please use your legal first and last names on your application. If you are hired, you will have the opportunity to identify and utilize your preferred name.
The Jackson College Nepotism policy prohibits hiring of a relative or someone with a familial relationship to work in the same instructional department, office or administrative unit of the College including spouse, child, stepchild, parent, stepparent or sibling of the employee or spouse, aunt, uncle, niece/nephew, grandparent, grandchild, and members of the same household including domestic partner.
It is important that your application show all the relevant education and experience you possess (even if you are repeating it from your resume or cover letter). For instance, do not say, “See Resume or C/V.” Your resume, cover letter, and if a degree is required an unofficial transcript must be attached to your application. Applications will be rejected if incomplete.
When you apply for the position, you will get to the document upload area where you will be given an opportunity to attach your documents such as your vita, transcripts, etc.. Instructions will also be found there.
The College reserves the right to request proof of degree or certification at a later date if these documents are required as part of the qualifications for the position.
Final candidates will be subject to a criminal background as part of the employment process.
If selected you will be required to complete the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Eligibility Verification form I-9 and provide documentation verifying identity and eligibility to work in the United States. Jackson College is NOT able to support Visa applications for employment at the college. Applicants must already be eligible to work in the United States to be considered.
Applicants with disabilities may request accommodation to complete the application and interview process. Please notify Human Resources at least three (3) working days prior to the date of need.
A copy of Jackson College’s Annual Security Report and Annual Fire Safety Report is available on the JC Campus Safety & Security website. The security report contains crime statistics for the previous three years for all of our campus locations and the annual fire safety report, which contains statistics for any reported fires in campus housing units and fire safety systems in these buildings. Additionally, the report contains policies, available resources and information concerning personal safety, fire safety and reporting procedures for both crimes and fires.
Applicants have rights under Federal employment laws (Download PDF reader). Jackson College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that actively supports workforce diversity.
