About Pardes:
The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem and Pardes North America together form an open and non-denominational Jewish learning community with programs worldwide. Learners encounter and grapple with classic texts and traditions of Judaism while exploring their meaning and relevance both to their personal lives and to today’s most pressing issues. Pardes empowers students with the knowledge and tools to take ownership of their Jewish experience.
Position Summary:
The Pardes kitchen manager is responsible for providing communal meals and food supplies for the Pardes community.
Meals are served twice weekly: a community lunch for 60-90 people and a dinner for 20-30 people. In addition to these meals, the kitchen manager will supply/order whatever is needed for periodic trips, Friday-night tisches, and at times even a communal meal on Shabbat. These extra events occur approximately once per month. The average time commitment is approximately 18 hours a week.
The manager must be able to plan appropriate menus for the various types of meals. Meals should be vegetarian, nutritious, and provide options for students who cannot eat gluten or dairy. There are also a couple of students with life-threatening nut allergies.
On a regular basis, the kitchen manager orders from approved suppliers whatever is needed to stock the student coffee station (coffee, tea, milk and milk alternatives), kitchen (adequate plasticware, sponges, dish soap, etc.) and whatever is needed for the meals themselves, beyond what is cooked in the kitchen (for example, spreads, gluten-free breads, borekasim, rugelach). Approval of invoices for food and supplies and submission to the bookkeeping department for payment is an integral part of kitchen management.
The Pardes kitchen would be available to the kitchen manager for private use – be it catering or other food services. A candidate interested in utilizing this opportunity is viewed favorably by Pardes as it will allow for work to be better spread over the course of the week. We are seeking someone who will be interested in building a friendly rapport with students and who is “rosh gadol” – someone who understands that supplying food relates to more than the food itself. Community meals are an important basis for the type of community we strive to build at Pardes: inclusive, healthy, attentive to individual needs, while also building unity.
Please send a resume to [email protected]. Only select candidates will be contacted.
