Join our team.
A growing nonprofit, Hot Bread Kitchen is fast-paced, entrepreneurial and collaborative.
Benefits include
- Subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance (available from day one!)
- Employer-sponsored 401K contributions for full-time employees
- 14 days of paid office closure (including observed holidays, winter break, and staff appreciation days)
- Flexible vacation time
- Generous sick and paid family leave
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- 6-week sabbatical program (after 5 years)
Our culture
- Conditions allowing work-life balance, such as flexibility in when and where we work
- Organizational committees, like the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Allyship (DEIA) Committee
- Encouragement to pursue civic engagement activities
- Professional development, education, and coaching opportunities
- Regular all-staff gatherings and celebrations
- Carrying out meaningful work that has direct impact on the community
Our Values
Commitment
We are driven by a feeling of commitment to support our members, teammates, and partners as best as we can.
Equity
Our culture of equity comes from the many cooks in our kitchen and the diversity of perspectives we each bring.
Respect
We believe that respect goes a long way in making people feel welcome, accepted, and celebrated.
Connection
We seek out opportunities for connection and become a stronger team by being in community, prioritizing candor over consensus.
Entrepreneurialism
The pace of our work and velocity of change can be quick; our entrepreneurialism helps us take optimistic risks and pursue inventive solutions.
Open Positions
Executive Team
Chief of Staff
Hot Bread Kitchen is seeking a highly strategic and execution-oriented Chief of Staff to serve as a senior internal partner to the CEO and Executive Team.
Development Team
Director of Individual Giving and Events
The Director of Individual Giving and Events will execute Hot Bread Kitchen’s Individual Giving program, under the guidance of the Vice President of Development and Chief Advancement Officer.
Institutional Partnerships Manager
The Institutional Partnerships Manager will be a self-directed, innovative team player with a strong capacity to build relationships with external stakeholders and communicate the organization’s mission.
Volunteer Manager
The Volunteer Manager will be a self-directed, solutions-oriented team player with a hospitality mindset. This role will recruit and engage incoming volunteers, steward volunteer programs, manage small-scale events such as mock interviews, volunteer orientations, and other group activities, and oversee intern recruitment and engagement.
Brand Team
Brand Manager
Reporting to the Director of Brand, the Brand Manager leads marketing campaigns, the editorial calendar, and key Brand events to effectively communicate Hot Bread Kitchen’s mission and engage target audiences.
Program Team
Kitchen Assistant
Hot Bread Kitchen is seeking a Kitchen Assistant to support our Culinary Fundamentals training program, which prepares members for entry-level jobs in the food industry.
Culinary Fundamentals Program Coordinator
Hot Bread Kitchen seeks a mission-driven, detail- and process-oriented Program Coordinator to provide administrative and operational support, and ensure data quality.
Career Services Manager
Hot Bread Kitchen is seeking a mission-driven and highly organized Career Services Manager to lead the job placement operations and professional readiness programming for our workforce development programs.
Lead ESOL Instructor
Hot Bread Kitchen seeks a detail-oriented, results-driven Lead ESOL Instructor to join our program team. The Lead ESOL Instructor is a full-time role responsible for leading the vision, quality, and growth of HBK’s ESOL programming.
First Course Co-Lead Culinary Instructor (Part-Time, Temporary)
Hot Bread Kitchen is seeking a Co-Lead Culinary Instructor to co-lead the delivery of the First Course kitchen-based, hands-on 8-week training program, which prepares participants for restaurant cook positions.
Hot Bread Kitchen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants based on race, religion, color, disability, medical condition, legally protected genetic information, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), age, veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. Any applicant with a mental or physical disability who requires an accommodation during the application process should contact hr@hotbreadkitchen.org to request such an accommodation.
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