Kitchen Lead Cook

QUALIFICATIONS

• Culinary Management Diploma, culinary training, or an equivalent combination of three (3) or more years of relevant experience in kitchen operations or kitchen management, preferably within a residential, housing, shelter, community-based or similar service environment. education and relevant experience.
• Knowledge of food safety, food storage, sanitation, cross-contamination prevention and safe commercial kitchen practices.
• Knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, WHMIS, Safe Food Handling requirements and other legislation applicable to kitchen operations.
• Knowledge of safe storage, preparation and handling requirements applicable to traditional foods and wild game.
• Ability to plan and prepare nutritious, varied and culturally relevant menus while considering dietary requirements, available resources and program needs.
• Ability to support participants in developing food-related life skills, including cooking, meal planning, budgeting, grocery planning, food safety and healthy eating.
• Knowledge of, and respect for, traditional food practices and Indigenous approaches to food, wellness and community.
• Strong organizational, time-management and prioritization skills.
• Strong leadership, coaching and interpersonal skills. Ability to provide clear work direction, establish expectations and monitor assigned work.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Sound judgment and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to remain composed and respond effectively when urgent or unexpected kitchen or program situations arise.
• Ability to maintain accurate kitchen, inventory, financial and program records.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and appropriate professional boundaries.
• Ability to operate and monitor commercial kitchen equipment safely.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including shift work, days, evenings, weekends and statutory holidays, as required by program needs.
• Commitment to providing respectful, culturally safe, trauma-informed, harm-reduction-informed and participant-centered services.
• Standard First Aid Level C with CPR/AED certification and Valid Safe Food Handling certification. Or ability to maintain certification as required by TBIFC
• Submission Date: November 4, 2026
• Please submit resume with three (3) references to the:
• Attention: Hiring Committee
• Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre
• 401 North Cumberland Street
• Thunder Bay, Ontario P7A 4P7
• For a complete job description, please visit our website https://tbifc.ca/get-involved/job-postings/
• Email: [email protected] or Fax: (807) 344-8945
• The Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre is an equal opportunity employer.
• Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for all parts of the recruitment process.
• Miigwetch to all who apply, however only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted