Kitchen and Facility Manager

Hillel at the University of Vermont

Role Overview

Hillel at the University of Vermont is seeking a reliable, organized, and hands-on Kitchen and Facility Manager to support Jewish student life through food, hospitality, and care for the Burack Hillel Center.

Food and welcoming spaces are central to how UVM Hillel builds community. This role helps make sure students are nourished, welcomed, and connected through Shabbat dinners, holiday meals, student programs, brunches, and special events.

The Kitchen and Facility Manager will help prepare meals, maintain Hillel’s kosher kitchen, manage kitchen supplies, support setup and cleanup, and keep Hillel’s shared spaces organized and ready for students.

This is a part-time, in-person position based at the Burack Hillel Center on the University of Vermont campus.

Schedule and Compensation

This is a part-time, non-exempt hourly position averaging approximately 20 to 25 hours per week during the academic year.

Regular availability on Friday afternoons and early evenings is required for Shabbat preparation and dinner. Some Sunday, evening, holiday, and special event hours will also be needed, especially around Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover, and other major Hillel programs.

The hourly range is $25 to $30 per hour, commensurate with experience.

What You’ll Do

Kitchen and Meal Support

• Prepare, cook, and help serve meals for Shabbat dinners, Jewish holidays, Sunday brunches, student programs, and special events.
• Help plan menus with Hillel staff and student leaders.
• Prepare meals for both small gatherings and larger community meals.
• Support meals that meet common dietary needs, including vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, and allergy-sensitive options.
• Coordinate food purchasing, shopping lists, and kitchen supply needs with Hillel staff.
• Maintain food, paper goods, cookware, serving supplies, cleaning supplies, and kitchen equipment inventory.

Kosher Kitchen Care

• Maintain Hillel’s kosher kitchen standards and procedures.
• Ensure that food preparation, storage, labeling, equipment use, and cleanup follow Hillel’s kosher practices.
• Help students, volunteers, and staff understand and follow kitchen expectations.
• Keep the kitchen clean, organized, safe, and ready for use.

Facility and Building Support

• Help maintain a clean, organized, and welcoming environment throughout the Burack Hillel Center.
• Support the care of shared spaces, including the kitchen, dining areas, lounge, meeting spaces, study areas, storage areas, and supply closets.
• Set up and reset rooms for Shabbat dinners, holiday gatherings, student programs, meetings, and community events.
• Move tables, chairs, couches, and other furniture as needed.
• Identify basic facility needs, maintenance concerns, supply issues, and safety concerns, and communicate them clearly to Hillel staff.
• Coordinate with UVM Facilities, Residence Life, vendors, and service providers when needed.

Setup, Service, and Cleanup

• Set up tables, chairs, tablecloths, dishware, silverware, napkins, cups, kiddush cups, candles, kippot, siddurim, decorations, and other materials as needed.
• Help serve food, bus tables, wash dishes, put away supplies, and reset spaces after programs.
• Support student employees and volunteers in setup, service, cleanup, and room reset responsibilities.

Student Hospitality

• Create a warm and welcoming environment for students in the kitchen, dining spaces, and throughout the building.
• Support student kitchen interns, student employees, and volunteers in cooking, food safety, setup, service, and cleanup.
• Help students experience Jewish life through meals, hospitality, tradition, and community.

What You’ll Bring to the Job

• Cooking and baking skills, with comfort preparing meals for groups.
• Experience in a communal kitchen, commercial kitchen, catering, dining services, hospitality, facilities, or food service environment preferred.
• Experience working in a kosher kitchen preferred, or willingness to learn kosher food practices. Previous kosher experience not necessary.
• Comfort with hands-on facility tasks, including tidying rooms, moving furniture, organizing supplies, and resetting spaces.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities in a busy, student-centered environment.
• A warm, dependable, flexible, and collaborative approach.
• Comfort working with students, volunteers, vendors, university personnel, and Hillel staff.
• Knowledge of food safety practices and willingness to maintain required certifications.
• A driver’s license and access to transportation preferred.

About Hillel at the University of Vermont

Hillel at the University of Vermont enriches the lives of Jewish students so they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. We support Jewish students through community, learning, holidays, Shabbat, Israel engagement, leadership development, wellness, and meaningful relationships.

The Burack Hillel Center is located inside the 439 College Street Residence Hall, steps away from the historic campus green. The building includes staff office space, a kosher kitchen, and a third-floor open space that hosts religious services, meals, meetings, student programs, and quiet space for studying.

Our team is small, mission-driven, and student-centered. We are looking for someone who understands that food and space are powerful ways to create belonging, build trust, honor tradition, and help students feel at home.

Hillel at the University of Vermont is affiliated with Hillel International. Hillel International enriches the lives of Jewish students so they may enrich the Jewish people and the world, and envisions a world where every student is inspired to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life, learning and Israel.