We are seeking a Catering Team Lead who will be responsible for supervising the catering team in a structured and daily routine to ensure the highest standards are met. The Catering Team Lead will work in conjunction with the Catering Operations Manager to oversee all catering operations. This role will be responsible for working hand-in-hand with the Catering Operations Manager to develop new SOPs, policies, and processes to improve the workflow of our department.

Focusing on the guest experience and quality execution will be vitally important in the role. This position will assist in the development and growth of the catering team and help develop and drive the vision for the catering operations on campus.  The Catering Team Lead will need to be able to manage relationships and partnerships within the department, in addition to developing relationships with campus partners to anticipate their event needs.  The Catering Team Lead will report to the Catering Operations Manager.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Administrative

• Work with the hourly team members to ensure adherence to schedules so there is no disruption in service and to reduce overtime labor.
• Supervise and make recommendations for discipline to the Catering Operations Manager.

Operations

• Supervises daily catering operations on campus.
• Supports all operational needs and requirements for day-to-day tasks and event planning, prep, and execution.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with students, campus constituents, and team members.
• Ability to listen to team member suggestions and needs, translating this into improving operations.
• Communicates service issues to the Catering Operations Manager, Catering Director, and/or Catering Executive Chef/Catering Sous Chef.
• Supports team members with the tools necessary to complete their jobs.
• Ensures quality standards are maintained at all times; Supports and communicates university initiatives.
• Works with the Catering Operations Manager to develop operational systems by determining product handling and storage needs/requirements.
• Troubleshoots issues with the ability to think quickly on their feet to manage all potential service recovery aspects.
• Fosters a positive work environment that boosts morale and productivity, and improves communication between managers, clients, and university constituents.
• Responsible for the overall setup, flow and operations as it pertains to event food and beverage operations.
• Ensure compliance with food standards and presentation via recipes, and food production sheets in collaboration with the culinary team and location manager.
• Ensure all sanitation and safety regulations are being followed in collaboration with the Safety and Sanitation Manager

Finance

• Supports the financial outcomes and profit goals set by the Catering Director and/or Executive Chef.

Controls

• Assists in ensuring that all security, safety, and sanitation standards are achieved.
• Employs good safety and sanitation practices.
• Assists in the control of all catering inventories, product cost, and purchasing. Assists with regular auditing of inventory.

Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to maintain organization in a changing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment, which requires a high level of independent thinking, integrity, attention to detail and flexibility.
• Self-directed: Able to establish timelines and complete assigned tasks with minimal supervision.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to articulate issues clearly to a diverse audience.
• Exhibits initiative, responsibility, flexibility, and leadership.
• Ability to taste and evaluate food and beverage products.
• Attention to detail in all areas of responsibility.
• Walking, standing, pushing, pulling, lifting occurs approximately 90% of the time.
• Team members may be required to lift or carry items 40 pounds or heavier.

• High School Diploma and/or GED.
• Additional education can be substituted for experience to the extent permitted by the JHU Equivalency Formula.
• A minimum of 2 years of Food & Beverage Management experience.
• Current ServSafe certification or the ability to be certified within 3 months of employment.

• Associates or Bachelors Degree preferred.

Classified Title: Dining Services Coordinator 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Catering Team Lead   
Role/Level/Range: ATO 37.5/02/OE  
Starting Salary Range: $18.20 - $33.90 HRLY ($54,106 targeted; Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: 5 Days/ Event Based 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: Homewood Campus 
Department name: ???????Hopkins Dining  
Personnel area: University Student Services 

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Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal...timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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