Executive Pastry Chef

Job Posting Title:

Executive Pastry Chef

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Hiring Department:

University Housing and Dining

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

May 07, 2024

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

BENEFITS: UT Austin offers a competitive benefits package that includes:  

• 100% employer-paid basic medical coverage 

• Free Capital Metro bus rides

• Retirement contributions  

• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays

• Career growth and professional development

Please visit our Human Resources (HR) website at https://hr.utexas.edu/   to learn more about the total benefits offered when you join our team!

Purpose

The Executive Pastry Chef will manage the day-to-day operation of a bakery that supports 3 residential dining locations, 4 retail locations, 6 coffee shops, and catering events for University Housing and Dining (UHD). Responsible for recipe oversight, menu development, daily baking process, and managing daily orders from dining operations and catering department.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing Food Pro (food management system) and completing the following: product updates, inventory book management, invoices, product ordering updates, and weekly inventory analysis for the bakery. Checks product inventory in all areas daily. Separates weekly production run for residential, retail, catering and completes daily production and usage reports. Manage food cost through inventory, transfers, and cost of goods. Responsible for financial reporting and providing necessary data.   

• Oversee multiple bakers in the production kitchen while being hands-on with the production of all baked goods in Jester Bakery to ensure product accuracy, quality, and taste meet and exceed UHD expectations. Oversees, trains, implements menu, food preparation, presentation, and portioning. Recommends changes to menus, recipes, and baking methods. Consistently strives to improve food quality, attractiveness, and efficient preparation. Maintains current knowledge of all areas of responsibility.  

• Help to anticipate and identify issues and areas of improvement and produce viable and logical solutions by training bakery staff to ensure that excellent service is provided to guests and food is prepared and presented in an appetizing manner. Ensure the proper level of labor is used to perform the required level of service without impacting production by managing schedules, weekly workday time approval, biweekly and monthly time sheets of the bakery staff.

• Develop a wide range of pastry and dessert menus that meet dietary and cultural needs and trends. Monitors and trains staff in safe allergen practices at all stages of food production and service. Ensures that ingredient, allergen, and trait information is accurate in bakery recipes. Works in collaboration with culinary, nutrition directors and/or UHD Food Pro team to develop new recipes and continually improve and standardize existing recipes.

• Participates in hiring and developing culinary staff, including evaluation, and testing for culinary hiring and promotional opportunities. Continually works to develop the team and individual members (full-time, temporary, and student staff) to be more knowledgeable and better prepared for next-level opportunities through constant training and communication. Support departmental initiatives such as student engagement and sustainability. Participates in professional organizations, conferences, and training activities, representing the department as required or assigned. Attends weekly production and catering meetings to ensure business needs are taken care of. Holds weekly meetings with bakery staff and other pertinent meetings related to residential, retail, or catering bakery production needs.  

• Continually maintains and trains the staff on food and physical safety practices and procedures. Ensures compliance with UT, UHD, and health department and safety regulations and maintains high standards of sanitation as a unit priority. Demonstrates and enforces Hazardous Analysis of Critical Control Points (HACCP) principles to include the supervision and maintenance of the sanitary conditions of food storage, production, serving, and other front/back of the house areas. Conducts routine inspection of preparation, storage, and service areas ensuring proper sanitation is maintained.  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree.

• At least 3 years of experience in a supervisory/manager capacity.

• Experience with operating standard kitchen equipment.

• Ability to complete and maintain University Housing and Dining Food Safety Training and or ServSafe.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Culinary Degree with a baking diploma.

• 4 or more years of experience managing a high volume bakery and staff that provide product to multiple dining operations including catering with different baking needs and necessary paperwork.

• Scratch baking experience.

• Training, coaching, and directing staff, including evaluation and corrective action.

• Exceptional interpersonal communication skills and professional demeanor.

• Demonstrate ability to receive, respond, and follow through with requests from supervisors, customers, and co-workers.

• Experience with Microsoft Office.

• Experience with a food management program and/or an inventory system.

• Demonstrated ability to perform strategic planning and work independently.

Salary Range

$70,000+ depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

• Uniforms and/or personal protection equipment (furnished).

• May work in extreme temperatures.

• May work around chemical fumes.

• May work around standard office conditions.

• May work around chemicals.

• Repetitive use of keyboard at a workstation.

• Use of manual dexterity.

• Climbing stairs.

• Climbing of ladders.

• Lifting and moving.

Work Shift

• Work days and hours may vary depending on University Housing and Dinging's needs.

Required Materials

• Resume/CV

• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.  Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

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Employment Eligibility:

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

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Retirement Plan Eligibility:

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

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Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

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Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer , complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

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Pay Transparency:

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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Employment Eligibility Verification:

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form.  You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States.  Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment.  Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

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E-Verify:

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

• E-Verify Poster (English) [PDF]
• E-Verify Poster (Spanish) [PDF]
• Right To Work Poster (English) [PDF]
• Right To Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

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Compliance:

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031 .

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.