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CommonWealth Kitchen (CWK) is looking for a passionate, energetic senior manager to join our team as Director of Entrepreneurship Programs, overseeing all of CWK’s food business education, training, mentoring and support programs.
About CommonWealth Kitchen
At CommonWealth Kitchen, food is our passion; equity is our mission. We are an entrepreneurial nonprofit based in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, on a mission to build a new food economy grounded in racial, social, and economic justice. We operate Greater Boston’s only non-profit shared-use commercial kitchen, providing hourly rental to 50+ diverse start-up and early-stage food companies annually, over 75% BIPOC-owned. We also operate a small-batch food manufacturing enterprise which provides outsourced processing to help emerging food businesses scale. To complement our kitchens, CWK offers a wide range of business education and training, mentoring, and coordinated market access to more than 200 diverse food companies annually, including food trucks, caterers, bakers, packaged goods companies, and restaurants.
Director of Entrepreneurship Programs
CommonWealth Kitchen uses three main levers of impact –Educational Programs, Market Access, and Kitchen Operations– to achieve our mission. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Director of Entrepreneurship Programs manages CWK’s food business education programming, 1-on-1 technical assistance services, and network support. The position also oversees recruitment, permitting and start-up of businesses joining our shared kitchen, and collaborates closely with facilities, business development, marketing and fundraising teams.
The ideal candidate is a dynamic systems thinker and detail-oriented manager, able to design and implement culturally competent, highly effective adult education and business advisory services to meet entrepreneurs where they are and support and empower them along their journey from start-up to established business. The Director is a trusted partner, advocate, advisor, and connector. They operate with empathy, emotional intelligence and diligence in breaking down barriers, dismantling roadblocks, and building pathways that advance CWK’s vision of an equitable, sustainable food economy where all of us can participate and prosper.
CWK’s continuum of programs includes cohort-based classes and stand-alone workshops that cover topics such as business formation, insurance, sales and marketing, branding, financial management, and HR as well as topics specific to the food industry, including calculating COGs and margins, menu design, food safety, product formulation, recipe scaling, packaging and labeling. In addition, CWK provides peer coaching and mentoring, and manages strategic collaborations and fellowships with multiple industry partners.
The Director of Entrepreneurship Programs is not expected to be an expert in every aspect of CWK’s work. However, they should have a strong working knowledge of food business operations and finance, and be a strategic thinker, excellent networker, and relentless problem-solver with excellent communication and organizational skills.
Responsibilities
Entrepreneurship Program Management
Recruitment & Business Success
Community Stewardship: Core to CWK’s strategy is forging deep connections amongst CWK’s shared kitchen members, graduates and program alum, and with CWK’s extended partner and industry networks.
People Management & Business Operations
Qualifications and Qualities
Salary, Benefits, Working Conditions
CommonWealth Kitchen anticipates the salary range to be between $85,000 and $115,000. CWK offers generous paid time off as well as group health insurance.
The selected candidate will need to work a hybrid work schedule, being on site at our Dorchester facility an average of 2-3 days/week, and must have some flexibility for remote evening and/or weekend hours to run classes and workshops, schedule check-ins with business owners, attend events, etc.
CommonWealth Kitchen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion into every aspect of our organization. We firmly believe that a diverse staff makes us a more successful organization.
To apply
Please fill in your information and attach your resume and cover letter through the form at the bottom of this page. Please do not email us directly. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
CommonWealth Kitchen (CWK) is in search of an entrepreneurial senior manager to lead our signature food manufacturing social enterprise. CWK’s co-manufacturing team provides outsourced processing for a wide mix of artisan bakers and packaged goods companies to help them efficiently scale production. Products include sauces, condiments, beverages and baked goods that are packaged for retail and wholesale accounts. Equipment used for production include a multi-head filler; 100-gallon steam kettles; Vemag extruder; flow wrapper; and label line. When not providing outsourced production for our diverse businesses, CWK also provides value-added processing for regional farms, and a line of CWK-branded wholesale products.
About CommonWealth Kitchen
At CommonWealth Kitchen, food is our passion; equity is our mission. We are an entrepreneurial nonprofit based in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood on a mission to build a new food economy grounded in racial, social, and economic justice.
We operate Greater Boston’s only non-profit shared-use commercial kitchen, providing hourly rental to 50+ diverse start-up and early-stage food companies annually, over 75% BIPOC-owned. We also operate a signature small-batch food manufacturing enterprise, which provides outsourced processing to help emerging food businesses scale, while creating high quality urban manufacturing jobs, supporting regional farms, and generating earned income to support CWK’s operations. To complement our kitchens, CWK offers a wide range of business education and training, mentoring, and coordinated market access to more than 200 diverse food companies annually, including food trucks, caterers, bakers, packaged goods companies, and restaurants.
CWK launched our one-of-a-kind food manufacturing social enterprise in 2016 as a way to help artisan bakers and packaged goods companies scale by outsourcing production to CWK’s dedicated team. The model allows us to aggregate multiple part-time and seasonal jobs with our companies into full-time employment on our staff, and to leverage our nonprofit status to invest in specialized equipment to partially automate the process.
As the world recovers in the aftermath of COVID, CWK is at a key inflection point. We have built a strong foundation and reputation for effectively supporting and scaling diverse food businesses, and demonstrated the power of our vertically-integrated approach. With clear proof of concept and rapidly growing demand from buyers looking to increase their local and diverse sourcing, we now need a senior manager able to help fully operationalize and scale our manufacturing operation to keep up with demand. Over the next 12 months, we expect to increase production to 2 shifts/day, and to expand into a larger production space on site over the next 18 months.
Position overview
The Director of Manufacturing Operations is a hands-on senior management role that oversees all of the day-to-day operations and strategy for our co-packing operation. This position requires excellent culinary and organizational skills; extensive knowledge of food safety, product formulation and production methods, including HACCP plans and scheduled processes; familiarity with a range of production, filling, packaging and labeling equipment; and demonstrated managerial experience, including developing and managing budgets and managing staff. The ideal candidate has excellent organizational skills, is data driven and results-oriented, excels in a collaborative multicultural work environment, and shares a clear commitment to CWK’s mission.
Primary Responsibilities
Organizational Management
Qualifications
Salary, Benefits, Working Conditions
CommonWealth Kitchen anticipates the annual salary range to be between $85,000 and $115,000. CWK offers generous paid time off as well as group health insurance.
The selected candidate will need to work on site at our Dorchester facility 5 days/week, and must have some flexibility for intermittent remote evening and/or weekend hours to participate in classes and workshops, schedule check-ins with business owners, attend events, etc.
CommonWealth Kitchen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion into every aspect of our organization. We firmly believe that a diverse staff makes us a more successful organization.
To apply
Please fill in your information and attach your resume and cover letter through the form at the bottom of this page. Please do not email us directly. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
CommonWealth Kitchen (CWK) is looking for a passionate, energetic program manager to join our team as Entrepreneurship Program Manager. Working with the Director of Entrepreneurship Programs, this position is involved in the implementation and management of CWK’s core food business education, training, mentoring and support services
About CommonWealth Kitchen
At CommonWealth Kitchen, food is our passion; equity is our mission.
We are an entrepreneurial nonprofit on a mission to build a new food economy grounded in racial, social, and economic justice. We operate Greater Boston’s only non-profit shared-use commercial kitchen, providing hourly rental to 50+ start-up and early-stage food companies annually, over 75% BIPOC-owned. We also operate a small-batch food manufacturing enterprise which provides outsourced processing to help emerging food businesses scale. To complement our kitchens, CWK offers a wide range of business education and training, mentoring, and coordinated market access, reaching more than 250 diverse food companies annually. We pair this education programming with coordinated market access to help food businesses scale, and advance our mission toward building a food economy grounded in racial, social and economic justice.
Entrepreneurship Program Manager Role
This position reports to the Director of Entrepreneurship Programs and provides day-to-day oversight and implementation of our core food business education and technical assistance work. The Program Manager oversees recruitment and onboarding of businesses to our shared kitchens, and organizes business education and training programs and events to support our diverse community of food trucks, caterers, bakers, restaurants and product companies.
The Entrepreneurship Program Manager also supports and engages our network of graduates, mentors and industry advisors to build a values-aligned ecosystem. As CWK shifts and grows, the Program Manager will integrate new initiatives into our program offering, adjust programs, recruit for those initiatives, support program participants, and track and evaluate progress and impact.
Primary Responsibilities
Qualifications
Salary, Benefits, Working Conditions
CommonWealth Kitchen anticipates the salary range to be between $60,000 and $75,000. CWK offers generous paid time off as well as group health insurance. The selected candidate will need to work a hybrid work schedule, being on site at our Dorchester facility an average of 2-3 days/week, and must have some flexibility for remote evening and/or weekend hours to run classes and workshops, schedule check-ins with business owners, attend events, etc.
CommonWealth Kitchen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion into every aspect of our organization. We firmly believe that a diverse staff makes us a more successful organization.
To apply
Please fill in your information and attach your resume and cover letter through the form at the bottom of this page. Please do not email us directly. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
CommonWealth Kitchen (CWK) is looking for a dynamic go-getter to join our team as Entrepreneurship Program Associate. Under the direction of the Director of Entrepreneurship Programs, this position will provide administrative and program management for support implementation of CWK’s core food business education and market access work.
About CommonWealth Kitchen
At CommonWealth Kitchen, food is our passion; equity is our mission.
We are an entrepreneurial nonprofit on a mission to build a new food economy grounded in racial, social, and economic justice. We operate Greater Boston’s only non-profit shared-use commercial kitchen, providing hourly rental to 50+ start-up and early-stage food companies annually, over 75% BIPOC-owned. We also operate a small-batch food manufacturing enterprise which provides outsourced processing to help emerging food businesses scale. To complement our kitchens, CWK offers a wide range of business education programming, reaching more than 250 diverse food companies annually. We also integrated coordinated market access to help food businesses scale, and advance our mission of building a sustainable food economy grounded in racial, social and economic justice.
This position reports to the Director of Entrepreneurship Programs and provides day-to-day support for all of CWK’s core food business education and market access work. The Program Associate assists with recruitment and onboarding of businesses to our shared kitchens, and helps organize business education and training programs and events to support our diverse community of food trucks, caterers, bakers, restaurants and product companies.
Primary Responsibilities
Qualifications
Salary, Benefits, Working Conditions
CommonWealth Kitchen anticipates the salary range to be between $50,000 and $65,000. CWK offers generous paid time off as well as group health insurance.
The selected candidate will need to work a hybrid work schedule, being on site at our Dorchester facility an average of 3 days/week, and must have some flexibility for remote evening and/or weekend hours to run classes and workshops, schedule check-ins with business owners, attend events, etc.
CommonWealth Kitchen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion into every aspect of our organization. We firmly believe that a diverse staff makes us a more successful organization.
To apply
Please fill in your information and attach your resume and cover letter through the form at the bottom of this page. Please do not email us directly. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
CommonWealth Kitchen (CWK) is looking for a detail-oriented person to join our team as Finance and Admin Associate. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer or designee, this position plays an essential role in supporting all of CWK’s core finance, administrative and data management and reporting work.
About CommonWealth Kitchen
At CommonWealth Kitchen, food is our passion; equity is our mission.
We are an entrepreneurial nonprofit on a mission to build a new food economy grounded in racial, social, and economic justice. We operate Greater Boston’s only non-profit shared-use commercial kitchen, providing hourly rental to 50+ start-up and early-stage food companies annually, over 75% BIPOC-owned. We also operate a small-batch food manufacturing enterprise which provides outsourced processing to help emerging food businesses scale. To complement our kitchens, CWK offers a wide range of business education and training, mentoring, and coordinated market access, reaching more than 250 diverse food companies annually. We pair this education programming with coordinated market access to help food businesses scale, and advance our mission toward building a food economy grounded in racial, social and economic justice.
Position Overview
The Finance and Administration Associate is an essential part of CWK’s core business operations team, managing organizational finance, administrative functions, data management and reporting. The ideal applicant has excellent organization and communication skills, loves numbers and systems, shares CWK’s commitment to equity and inclusion, and is energized by working in a fast-growing social enterprise.
Responsibilities
Working directly with the Chief Operating Officer or designee, the primary responsibilities include:
Qualifications
This is a position for a passionate changemaker who loves systems and structure, is a relentless problem solver, and has the analytical mindset, organizational skills, and attention to detail needed to support our fast-paced, entrepreneurial nonprofit.
Salary, Benefits, Working Conditions
CommonWealth Kitchen anticipates the salary range to be between $50,000 and $65,000/year. CWK offers generous paid time off as well as group health insurance.
The selected candidate will need to work a hybrid work schedule, being on site at our Dorchester facility a minimum of 3-4 days/week, and must have some flexibility for remote evening and/or weekend hours on occasion.
CommonWealth Kitchen is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion into every aspect of our organization. We firmly believe that a diverse staff makes us a more successful organization.
To apply
Please fill in your information and attach your resume and cover letter through the form at the bottom of this page. Please do not email us directly. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.