Kitchen Manager/Sous Chef, Highlands Ranch Golf Course

University of Denver Golf Club at Highlands Ranch is an 18-hole, semi private golf club featuring a Hale Irwin designed championship golf course. The course, which opened in 1998, features a great variety of immaculately groomed holes. The 7179 yard, par 72 layout boasts expansive bentgrass greens that many say are the best in the region. The Golf Club is a part of the Division of Athletics & Recreation.

Position Summary

Kitchen Manager/Sous Chef is responsible for leading and managing the back of the house food and beverage operation for the golf club in the absence of the Director. The position is responsible for servicing all customers within the golf club and also maximizing the profit within the food and beverage operation. The position also ensures that the kitchen, bar and restaurant facilities meets and adheres to all codes and licenses and that all presentation of facilities, food and beverage are presented in a quality way.

Essential Functions

Kitchen Manager/Sous Chef is responsible for leading and managing the back of the house food operation in the absence of the Director. The position ensures that the kitchen facilities meets and adheres to all safety and sanitation codes. This position is responsible for food service, completing and filling customer orders properly and in a timely manner, and have full availability in either morning or evening shifts. Delivery of superior food and beverage product/service which exceed the customer expectations.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, bilingual in Spanish preferred but not required
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, product calibration, percentages.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization may exist.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or schedule form.
• Candidate must have the capability to communicate with customers and potential clients in a constructive and optimistic fashion.
• Excellent organizational skills are required.

Required Qualifications

• 3 years experience, golf course, upscale dining, banquet, special event planning and production
• Food Safety Procedures training and certifications
• Purchasing, Inventory Control, Costing and Menu Development and Culinary Skills
• Strong Leadership Service Skills
• Special Event Planning and Execution
• Ability to work Flexible Schedule, Nights and Weekends

Preferred Qualifications

• Culinary Degree or Hospitality Certifications

Working Environment

The employee operates and manages the kitchen and spends a significant amount of time within this space.

Physical Activities

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to hold or feel, reach with hands and arms, walk, talk, smell and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, sit, climb, balance, stoop, crouch and crawl. Specific vision abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, and depth perception. The employee regularly lifts and/or moves up to 50 pounds.

Work Schedule
Monday - Sunday, ability to work Flexible Schedule, Nights and Weekends

Application Deadline
For consideration, please submit your application materials by 4:00 p.m. (MST) April 28, 2025.

Special Instructions
Candidates must apply online through jobs.du.edu to be considered. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.

Salary Grade Number:
The salary grade for the position is 8.

Salary Range:
The salary range for this position is $55,000-$65,000.

The University of Denver has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the position at the time of posting. The University may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Benefits:
The University of Denver offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit