Job Details

Salary: $58,968.00 - $76,668.80 Annually
Location : Prescott, AZ
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 2026-00071
Department: Food Service
Opening Date: 02/23/2026

Description of Position

This role manages, maintains, and expands projects and programs for the Department of Culinary Experience. This role oversees engagement, outreach, administration, data tracking, and reporting to advance the department's operational and administrative sustainability goals. The manager collaborates widely across campus and with community partners to promote environmentally responsible practices and will support the ongoing operations of the Eatery and the launch department's new sustainable café opening in August.

Key Responsibilities

Administrative & Operational Support

• Serve as primary support for the Executive Director and Director on departmental sustainability initiatives.
• Manage communication among staff, students, external partners, and cross-departmental collaborators (including Facilities, The Eatery leadership, academic programs, and community partners).
• Convene stakeholders, facilitate meetings, and maintain partnerships with local organizations, farms, and sustainability networks.
• Maintain organized grant records and provide sustainability-related grant management to ensure alignment with institutional procedures and audit requirements.
• Assist with marketing and promotion of sustainable culinary services, including hands-on support at outreach events and with the department's mobile food cart, The Eatery, and new cafe opening in August 2026.
• Perform related duties as assigned to support departmental needs.

Sustainability Initiatives & Program Management

• Lead and support initiatives related to waste reduction, recycling, composting, food recovery, source reduction, and sustainable procurement.
• Manage the LeanPath platform, including daily data review, staff training, system updates, corrective action planning, and analysis/reporting of food-waste data.
• Track and report sustainability metrics such as food waste reduction, recycling totals, composting outcomes, emissions-related indicators, and other institutional sustainability measures.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate sustainable dining programs and environmentally aligned procurement practices, including partnerships with local and sustainable producers.
• Promote environmental awareness through the campus Sustainability Club, training, creation of SOPs, development of educational materials, community engagement, and social-media-supported communications.
• Support campuswide sustainability reporting and contribute to institutional metrics that track progress toward sustainability goals.
• Support the startup, launch, and continued operation of the new sustainable café, including planning, operational setup, stakeholder coordination, and integration of sustainability practices into café workflow.
• Support long-term planning to scale and refine sustainability programs, including those launched through the Eatery, mobile food cart, and new café.

Project Development, Education & Outreach

• Manage and actively participate in constructing and maintaining the department's on-site compost system and culinary garden.
• Plan and support sustainability-focused presentations, guest speaker events, and other educational or community engagement activities.
• Create a replicable sustainability toolkit for other community colleges and institutions seeking to advance their sustainability initiatives and programs.
• Use the toolkit as a resource for external outreach, including speaking events, workshops, and presentations to promote departmental sustainability innovations.

Minimum Expectations & Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred in a related field.
• At least four years of general office, clerical, or bookkeeping experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Interest and/or experience in food service operations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Experience with email marketing software (e.g., Constant Contact).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to multitask.
• Availability to work evenings, weekends and holidays.

Essential Functions

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements and competencies listed represent the required knowledge, skill, and ability. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee must frequently use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. In addition, the employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
Yavapai College offers its full-time employees a comprehensive benefit package:

HEALTH/LIFE BENEFITS

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance: College's partial payment of premiums toward medical with pharmacy and/or dental plan options picked by employees for themselves (and eligible dependents)
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Pre-tax pay deductions to use for eligible medical or dependent daycare costs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Counseling and referral services for employees and their immediate families for depression, stress, family/marital conflict, and alcohol/drug issues
• Vision: Provides an amount per plan year for eligible expenses such as vision exams, lenses, frames, prescription sunglasses, and contact lenses
• Life Insurance: The College provides Basic Life Insurance coverage at twice of the employee's annual salary. Dependents have automatic coverage of $2,000/spouse and $1,000/per child if enrolled in medical plan.
• Voluntary Individual And Family Term Life Insurance: Additional term life insurance coverage available for employee, spouse and children.
• Other Insurance Coverage: Short Term and Long Term Disability (replacement income insurance), and Workers' Compensation (compensation, medical expenses and death benefits for on-the-job injuries or occupational diseases)

RETIREMENT BENEFITS

• Retirement Benefits: Arizona State Retirement System or Optional Retirement Plan, and Social Security (which provides a basic retirement annuity based on age and years of contribution)
• Tax Deferred Annuities: Employees' contributions to designated tax-deferred annuities
• Unemployment Compensation: Employees who are laid off or terminated may receive benefits in covered wages meet requirements

LEAVE BENEFITS

• Vacation : 15 days of Vacation leave annually. NOTE: For employees who work an amount of contractual days, there will be no earned vacation.
• Sick Leave: 12 days sick leave annually. NOTE: Employees working less than full time or an amount of contractual days will receive a proration of sick leave.
• Personal Leave: Use of up to three personal leave days per year which are charged against accumulated sick leave to take care of items of personal business
• Other Leave: Bereavement leave, Civic Duty Leave (Jury duty, active military duty, military training), and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Holidays: 24 days during the year as paid holidays for full-time employees which include Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, 3 days at Thanksgiving, 10 days at Winter/year-end break, Martin Luther King Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, and Juneteenth.

OTHER BENEFITS

• Breaking Bread: 32 meal swipes for use at the Prescott Campus Eatery. All Other Campuses and Sites receive a $140 credit each semester (fall and spring) to be used at the Open Market on campus/center
• Spanish Interpreter Incentive Program: Employees interested in additional compensation for their Spanish speaking skills agree to assist YC by attending two recruiting events and being available for Spanish Interpretation needs as they arise. Compensation is added to the employee's regular pay at the rate of $175 per month. Employees that are interested in participating let your HR Business Partner know, so they can schedule you for the ACTFL language proficiency test at the YC testing center.
• Direct Deposit: Paychecks deposited directly into the employee's bank account(s)
• Tuition Waiver: Eligible Full-time Faculty and Staff, their legally married spouse, and eligible dependents may enroll in a partial or full program of coursework without payment of tuition, exceptions may be lab fees and market-based additional fees
• Sabbatical: Faculty, professional, and administrative staff may apply for compensated leave of up to a year after six years of continuous service
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Additional Benefits and Services: Local community discounts to faculty and staff, computer loan program, mail and notary service.

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Do you have a bachelor's degree and at least four years of general office, clerical, or bookkeeping experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience?

• Yes
• No
• Equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Question