Job Details

Food Service Associate

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Job Posting Date:
March 19, 2025

Application Deadline:

Salary Information:
$17.31 - $19.04

Department:
Dining - Kitchen

Job Description:

Madison College's Dining & Kitchen Services is seeking a Food Services Associate to join their team and collaborate with the Back of House Supervisor, focusing on executing services, initiatives, projects, and events for Madison College Dining Services.

The Food Services Associate, who reports to the Back of House Supervisor, plays a key role in creating innovating menu ideas and service strategies to enhance operational efficiency. Responsibilities include resource management, informed decision-making, fostering customer relationships, and supplying data to department heads about daily operations. This position does not have any direct reports.

Regularly scheduled hours Monday through Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm, subject to change based on operational needs.

Madison College offers an excellent benefits package including vacation, holidays, health/vision/dental/life insurance options and participation in the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS).

Madison College's dedication to promoting equity, inclusion and diversity is reflected in our Mission, Vision, and Values. We believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design, and deliver solutions. We value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. Therefore, we seek applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits of diversity in a higher education community. Hiring a diverse workforce that mirrors our student population is more than just a commitment at Madison College-it is the foundation of what we are striving to do. Come be part of our great team!

This position will be opened until filled, with a first review date of March 30, 2025, at 11:59pm. After this date, the recruitment may close without further notice.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS (1):

• Resume

*Failure to include this document by the first consideration date will RESULT IN THE DISQUALIFICATION OF YOUR APPLICATION.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Performs general and technical routine hot food preparation/production duties for all venues.
• Performs general and technical routine cold food preparation/production duties for all venues.
• Ability to perform duties for all venues in food Services.
• Food and supply cost control. The position will utilize knowledge of labeling, dating, rotating, recipe conversion, time/temperature controls, time management, product/inventory management, portion control, and waste management Use communication skills and processes to inform leadership of needed products and possible shortages.
• Ensure public and multi-functional workstations are clean and sanitized in adherence to Dane County Public Health Department regulations.
• Develop junior FT, PT, and student staff per kitchen leadership assignment. Proficient knowledge of opening, closing, and operating processes and procedures. Communication to junior staff of Food Services standards of food quality, customer service and time management. Provide continual training or retraining of junior staff as required.
• Communication to departmental leadership of information essential to providing quality services.
• Maintain positive customer experience.
• Maintains a commitment to the college mission, vision, and values.
• Other duties as defined by department, college, or officials.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Skill in communicating effectively and professionally, both orally and in writing.
• Demonstrated skill in communications and human relations with populations of diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds and persons with disabilities.
• Knowledge of basic food service and preparation techniques, recipe conversion, knife skills, kitchen function and safety and sanitation practices.
• Knowledge of basic math to perform recipe conversion for large volume cooking.
• Knowledge of mechanical kitchen equipment such as slicers, dishwashers, ovens, fryers
• Time management and organizational skills
• Ability to lift 25lbs.

Minimum Requirements:

• High School/GED or equivalent working experience. *Experience used as an equivalent of an educational requirement is in addition to any experience required by the position

• Six (6) months of work experience directly related to the skills required for successfully performing the duties of this position.

Madison College does not offer H-1B or other work authorization visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and maintain work authorization throughout the employment term.

If you are experiencing application issues, please contact us at the Talent Acquisition email Talent@madisoncollege.edu or HR hotline (608) 246-6900.

To ensure that emails from us regarding your application do not go to your spam folder, please add the @madisoncollege.edu domain as a safe sender in your email.

Madison Area Technical College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability or age in employment, admissions or its programs or activities. Madison College offers degrees, diplomas, apprenticeships and certificates in Architecture & Engineering; Arts, Design & Humanities; Business; Construction, Manufacturing & Maintenance; Culinary, Hospitality & Fitness; Education & Social Services; Health Sciences; Information Technology; Law, Protective & Human Services; Science, Math & Natural Resources; and Transportation. Admissions criteria vary by program and are available by calling our Enrollment Office at (608) 246-6210 or (800) 322-6282 Ext. 6210. The following person has been designated to coordinate Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and to handle inquiries regarding the college's nondiscrimination policies: Lisa Muchka, Director, Civil Rights and Compliance, 1701 Wright Street, Madison, WI 53704 (608) 246.5221


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