Culinary Arts Center Coordinator & Manager

JOB SUMMARY: The Culinary Arts Center Coordinator and Manager oversees all daily operations, programming, and fiscal management of the Caroline Culinary Center. This role integrates school nutrition programs, career and technology education, and community outreach. The Manager serves as a key liaison to enhance student learning and lead regional food security initiatives.

Qualifications & Competencies:

• Experience: Proven track record in culinary management, commercial kitchen operations, or hospitality leadership.
• Education: College degree or Culinary Arts degree preferred
• Certifications: Current ServSafe Manager certification required (or ability to obtain immediately).
• Communication: Exceptional collaborative skills to work effectively with students, educators, community partners, and the public.

Responsibilities:

Facility & Operations Management

• Oversee Spaces: Staff management for the retail storefront, "living classroom," catering services, and community kitchen incubator.
• School Nutrition Support: Direct the commissary kitchen operations specifically supporting Caroline County Public Schools (CCPS) Food Services.
• Maintenance & Safety: Ensure absolute cleanliness, regulatory safety compliance, and routine maintenance of the culinary center, equipment, and grounds.
• General Duties: Perform all other operational duties as assigned within the CCPS Food Services program.
• Safety and Sanitation: obtain train the trainer certification to conduct servsafe and safe food handling classes for staff and community.
• Management: Directly supervisor full time and part time staff of the culinary arts center

Education & Community Engagement

• CCTC Liaison: Partner directly with the Career and Technology Education (CCTC) Culinary Arts instructor to build hands-on learning opportunities for students.
• Public Programming: Coordinate, schedule, and manage culinary classes for the public and community events.
• Outreach & Advocacy: Actively engage with the local movement for food resiliency in the region to drive regional food access, distribution, and community outreach initiatives.

Financial & Professional Development

• Fiscal Responsibility: Manage the center''s budget, track retail/catering revenue, and optimize operational expenditures.
• Professional Growth: Attend industry conferences and professional meetings to advance self-development and bring innovative practices back to the center.

PAY & HOURS: This position is a 12 month, full-time position and is on the Caroline County Board of Education, Support Services Salary Scale. Placement on the appropriate salary step will be based on knowledge, experience, skills and abilities related to this position.

Caroline County Public Schools prohibits discrimination in its educational programs, and in employment, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or disability. This prohibition pertains to enrollment in courses and program offerings, participation in school-sponsored activities, hiring, promotion, compensation, job classification, assignment, and all other functions and activities of the school system affecting either its student population or its employees.