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SFC Northern Colorado LLC dba Sticky Fingers Cooking® of Northern Colorado is looking to hire a part-time Director of Chef Operations to help us Cultivate COOLinary Curiosity in Kids®!
Are you ready to TURNIP the BEET on what KIDS EAT® ?
Are you looking for a fun, part-time job?
Do you love the magical combination of children and cooking?
Applications will be open until October 1st, 2026.
ABOUT STICKY FINGERS COOKING
Sticky Fingers Cooking® (SFC) is a cooking school for children that teaches after-school enrichment classes and summer camps in hundreds of locations across the country. We love sharing our passion for cooking through our fun, hands-on, and deliciously healthy cooking classes and camps. We strive to inspire and celebrate comprehensive education directly related to the essential role of real healthy food, cooking , and nutrition in our everyday lives.
The Director of Chef Operations (DoCO) is a key player in the oversight of day-to-day program operations at Sticky Fingers Cooking®. SFC is a hospitality company within a children's cooking school, which means that positive communication on every level is a necessity. This role is responsible for ensuring that chef instructors are trained, equipped, and assigned to classes and camps via The Dash™ (our proprietary technology platform).
The DoCO role is integral to the core of Sticky Fingers Cooking® as this position maintains all communication with our Chef Instructor team in a timely, positive manner. This position actively communicates with and co-manages a SFC territory with the Area Director. The primary goal of this position is to provide instructors with a positive and organized work experience, ensuring that they feel supported and encouraged in their roles through upbeat communications. Staff engagement and retention is a priority for the DoCO, keeping in mind that all instructors teach part-time for SFC and many may have other jobs as well. The DoCO must be a leader, who is organized, remains calm under pressure, and also is extremely organized and detail-oriented.
This position is part time, 10-15 hours per week. This person must be available between 2 and 5 pm on weekdays .
RESPONSIBILITIES
Co-manage a SFC territory with the Area Director
Assist in oversight of day-to-day program operations of SFC programing within a territory
Support our staff of chef instructors in implementation of SFC curriculum, recipes and classroom management
Conduct hiring, interviewing, onboarding, and training of new staff members, both virtually and in-person
Coordinate with the Area Director and chef instructors to ensure all locations are fully-staffed
Utilize The Dash™ to update and edit class info and schedule instructors
Communicate with instructors and school-based personnel regarding questions or concerns about classes, missing/absent students, student behavioral issues, classroom/space, child pick-up and drop off, etc.
Conduct and maintain up-to-date training for after school, summer camp, birthday party, online class, and/or private events offerings for chef instructors
Cultivate and maintain positive relationships with SFC instructors and staff
Manage the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and HR platform
Daily updating of spreadsheets and other documents in google drive
Building and sending routine newsletters to the chef instructor team
Work closely with Area Director in developing long-term operational strategies that help meet company objectives
Conduct in-person observations
Plan and conduct regular team meetings, trainings, and gatherings with chef instructors along with the Area Director
Ensure work and teaching environments are adequate and safe; reporting any issues to Area Director
Serve as boots-on-the-ground support to chef instructors within the classroom settings
Substitute in a classroom as a Chef Instructor when needed
QUALIFICATIONS
Highly effective, positive, and enthusiastic verbal and written communication skills
Team player with a flexible, positive, and creative approach to problem-solving
Extremely detail-oriented and organized knowledge of Google and Excel spreadsheets is a must!
Self-directed, independent work ethic
Experience managing a team and strength in coaching and empowering team members
Proficiency with Google Workplace and comfortable learning new technology and software systems
Passion for children and cooking; teaching experience strongly preferred
A knowledge of the SFC territory and area schools is preferred
Experience working with a group of kids required
Social Media experience would earn additional hours
Benefits Included: Accrued Leave: Up to 48 hours of paid leave per year, for use of a variety of health- and safety-purposes, which employees "earn" at a rare of 1 hour of leave for 30 hours worked.
Public Health Emergency (PHE) Leave: Up to 80 hours of PHE-related leave when a PHE is declared.
ARE YOU READY TO JOIN US?
If you feel that you would be a GRATE fit. We look forward to meeting you!
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Worksite address
fort collins, CO, 80523, US
Who can apply
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