Careers

Department: Food Services
Status: Part-Time, Permanent
Hours: 0-19/Week

The Role
A Cook is responsible for the preparation of food for student boarders, catering clients, and visitors. As a member of the Food Services team, a Cook ensures the highest quality standards of food preparation, while adhering to proper cleanliness and sanitation procedures.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepare food according to menu specifications, special dietary or nutritional restrictions, and number of portions to be served.
  
• Monitor the quality of food while ensuring strict adherence to food safety regulations.
• Adhere to a first-in first-out food rotation system verifying that all products are properly stored and dated for quality assurance.
• Ensure on-time preparation of food and meals to meet the daily meal schedule.
• Serve food for students, employees, and clients.
• General supervision of the dining hall; follow up with students, clear and clean tables, and respond to requests.
• Oversee cleanliness of the dining hall, ensuring the highest standards.
• Adhere to proper hygienic storage methods and ensure proper cleanliness and sanitation of workstations.
• Clean and inspect kitchen equipment and work areas to ensure functional operation.
• Track and maintain food waste sheets to ensure optimal food costing.
• Assist with and take weekly inventory of supplies and equipment.
• Assist in the training of new employees as required.
• Receive and store food and supplies.
• Attend and prepare food for scheduled events through the RWB Catering Services.
• Adhere to uniform standards to ensure safe sanitization practices.
• Other duties as assigned.
  

Working Conditions
This position works in a commercial kitchen environment, stands for long periods of time, lifts boxes and containers weighing up to 22 KG (50lbs), and works with commercial style equipment. A Cook is required to wear a chef’s jacket, apron, hairnet or suitable head cover, long pants, and closed-toed shoes with stockings. Masks and latex gloves will be provided for food handling.

Education & Qualification

• Post-secondary education in Culinary Arts or Commercial Cooking; an equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.
• Manitoba Food Handler Certificate required.
• Knowledgeable with commercial food production techniques, raw materials, production processes, quality controls and costs, and food storage and handling techniques.
• Knowledge of child/athletic nutrition or nutritional analysis desirable.
• First Aid Certification an asset.
• Clear Criminal Background Check and Child Abuse Registry Check.

Skills & Specification

• Excellent time management with problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Passionate about cooking quality, nutritious, and creative food.
• Ability to follow direction and take initiative.
• Solid interpersonal skills to work effectively as part of a team.

How to Apply

If you would like to join us, tell us about yourself! Submit a cover letter, highlighting your personality and fit for the role, and resume directly to People Services at peopleservices@rwb.org. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is committed to an inclusive and diverse environment that values, respects and supports all individuals. We aim to have a workforce representative of the diversity within our community, and welcome and encourage applicants from various backgrounds including women, Indigenous people, racialized people, disabled people, people of all sexual and gender identities and others who may contribute to further diversification endeavors.

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is committed to providing accessible employment while ensuring our recruitment process is barrier free. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates participating in all aspects of the assessment and selection process. Requests for accommodation can be sent to peopleservices@rwb.org.

Closing Date: 4:00pm February 12, 2025

As part of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet hiring process, successful candidates will be required to submit a satisfactory Criminal Background Check and Child Abuse Registry Check.

Download the Artistic Director job posting PDF.

Poster June 6, 2024
Auditions: Company Dancer
Individuals that apply must be dancers with strong, classical ballet technique and be versatile enough to adapt to different contemporary styles. Performing experience is an asset. Please email your complete application to auditions@rwb.org
All applicants must include the material below; your application will not be processed unless all the required documents, photos and video are submitted:
1. Complete CV
Must include your email address, height, date of birth, citizenship, training, and performance experience.
2. Photographs
-Headshot
-Photographs in dance positions, preferably a fully body arabesque position
-Additional photographs in dance positions are useful but not required.
3. Video Link
-Acceptable formats: YouTube or Vimeo links. Please include a password if needed
-Please do not email video files, they will not be downloaded and your application will be considered incomplete.
-Once classical variation
-Once contemporary variation
-Additional video that is useful but not required: Pas de deux work, a jump exercise, a turn exercise and an adage.
-Barre and other class work is not needed
-Please note that video work should ideally be shot in a studio and not filmed too far away. Good quality performance video is acceptable preferably close up.
-If the Artistic Director feels you are a good candidate for Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet you will be contracted to arrange a time for an audition in person.