Southwind - Chef I

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**SOUTHWIND — CHEF I**:
**Ocklawaha, FL**:
**Camping Commitment Statement**:
As a follower of Jesus Christ and a minister of His gospel, demonstrate a basic understanding of Young Life’s ministry strategy and participate in providing excellent camping experiences for individuals to encounter Jesus Christ and know the truth of God’s love for them.

**Mission & Authority**:
Through both formal training and direct experience, learn how to create, and then participate in, an environment where guests, staff, and volunteers are well cared for using the cornerstones of service, food, and systems. This is an entry level, hands on, training position.

**Essential Duties**:
**Spiritual Formation**: _Intentionally provide opportunities for staff to grow deeper in their relationship with Jesus._
- Participate in opportunities for growing deeper in your relationship with Jesus.
- With direction from supervisor, develop an annual personal spiritual growth plan.
- Participate in a culture where the spiritual formation of Food Service volunteers is both a priority and responsibility.

**Attentive Hospitality**:_Equip servant leaders who anticipate and respond to the needs of our guests, staff and vendors through Christ-like service._
- Demonstrate a posture of service that anticipates guest needs and responds with professionalism through intentional decisions and systems.
- Participate in planning, developing and evaluating the menu with Young Life Food Service Standards in mind.
- Develop a recognition and action plan for guest needs/requests in order to partner with our guests; meeting their needs and supporting an environment where guests are heard.

**Interpersonal Relationships**: _Help build relationships that reflect the character of God with guests, staff, vendors and neighbors to foster healthy community._
- Build relationships that reflect the character of God with guests, staff, vendors and neighbors to foster healthy community.
- Participate in interdepartmental staff relationship by engaging in partnerships throughout the property.

**Comprehensive Stewardship**:_Manage with integrity the finances, people, buildings and equipment that have been entrusted to our ministry._
- Manage with integrity the finances, people, buildings and equipment that have been entrusted to our ministry through Food Services.
- Develop and equip interns and volunteers to participate in comprehensive stewardship of the Food Services Department.
- Support an environment where Food Service volunteers feel valued both as contributors and as people.

**Talent Development**:_Through a consistent and accountable evaluation process, we identify and provide opportunities for staff in continuing education, leadership development, career-pathing and cross-training._
- Demonstrate a desire to grow through engagement in the Individual Development Plan process and participation in training and development opportunities.

**Embracing Excellence**: _Standing on the platform of national standards and metrics we gladly prepare an environment that glorifies Jesus Christ._
- Execute daily responsibilities with attention to the standards and metrics required for excellent camp operations.
- Develop a commitment to uphold the Young Life Food Service Standards as listed in the Food Service Manual.

**Training Expectations**:

- Must become ServeSafe certified within 6 months of employment.

**Camp or Job-Specific Working Conditions**
- This role lives in, and is responsible for all aspects of typical food production: cleaning, fixing and troubleshooting equipment, prep work, shift leadership, cooking meals and other tasks normal to a food service environment. This consumes 95% of time and seasonally will require 100% of available hours.
- May be required to lift materials weighing 60 pounds waist high.
- May be exposed to cleaning chemicals when following proper cleaning methods.
- Overseeing certain summer/ school season programs
- Operating under a Guest-keeping model
- Southwind is located in beautiful Central Florida near Orlando, Gainesville, and offers many outdoor adventure opportunities. The Southwind staff live in the surrounding communities of Ocala. Throughout the year, Southwind serves every Young Life ministry brand and various church groups, private Christian schools and outreach ministries. In addition to a full calendar of serving guests, Southwind is in an exciting stage of a master plan build-out, including new structures and the remodel of existing facilities. Staff culture is held intentionally, focusing on seeking Jesus Christ, developing professionally and creating an environment where Southwind guests experience God's transformative love.

**Note**: _This description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with this job. It is intended to be an acc