Details:
North Island College is seeking a qualified, full-time regular instructor for our Culinary Arts program at our Port Alberni Campus. The successful candidate will have a strong record of success in both industry and educational environments, and is committed to an instructional approach that ensures student achievement. Responsibilities will include instructing students to the program requirements of provincial Professional Cook apprenticeship curriculum. The role encompasses program development, lesson planning, menu development, budget management, cost controls, student recruitment, public relations, college liaison and engagement with strategic planning. Program delivery may involve various degrees of online and face-to-face instruction.
Regular Position
Start date: Aug 16, 2021
Qualifications & Experience:
- Journeyperson Interprovincial Qualification as a Cook (Red Seal);
- Certificate of Apprenticeship;
- Minimum of 5 years post-journeyperson experience in bistros, fine dining, baking and catering;
- A minimum of three years experience instructing apprenticeship programming;
- Completion of the Provincial Instructor’s Diploma program;
- Familiarity with the BC Professional Cook program outline.
- Experience setting up training programs;
- Experience developing and managing budgets;
- Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills;
- Demonstrated commitment to developing and maintaining affiliations with community and community organizations;
- Demonstrated excellent instructional practices, using creative and motivating approaches to stimulate learning, including the use of instructional technologies within an online learning environment;
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to a wide range of student learning styles and backgrounds;
- Experience with blended learning, ability to build online theory components in a learning platform, ability to translate face-to-face content delivery;
- A demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement;
- Demonstrated ability to work both individually and co-operatively in a team environment with online faculty, coordinators, online student groups, employers and staff.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to plan and prioritize, and efficiently meet deadlines;
- Proficiency with MS Office software applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, the internet and web-based applications.