Mashgiach - Connecticut

At Adamah, we believe in the deep connection between people and planet, adam and adamah. Our mission is to create vibrant Jewish life in deep connection with the Earth, catalyzing culture change and systemic change through Immersive Retreats, Jewish Environmental Education, and Climate Action. Every day, we inspire and empower youth, teens, families, and leaders through programs that deeply interweave Jewish tradition and the natural world, creating diverse and inclusive communities, and building a more sustainable future.     

Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center is a year-round retreat facility located in Falls Village, CT. We serve 6,000 guests per year. We are currently seeking two full time Mashgichim and one part time Mashgiach to join our food services team. This position requires a flexible schedule including nights, holidays, and weekends. The food at Isabella Freedman, a certified kosher kitchen, is focused on seasonal and local products prepared simply, utilization of a range of preservation methods, and increasingly utilizing live fire cooking.  

The full-time mashgiach position is responsible for ensuring all Kashrut laws are followed in the kitchen and food services. Local candidates highly preferred. May include housing.  

Job Summary 

• Monitoring of proper distinction (cooking, storing, labeling) between meat, dairy, and parve foods and implements. 
• Monitoring of proper usage of kitchen on Shabbat and Jewish (Yom Tov) holidays by Jews and non-Jews.
• Re-koshering of items, when necessary and possible.
• Unlocking kitchen and dining hall doors in the morning and making sure they are locked (or will be locked by a trustworthy individual) in the evening.
• Locking and unlocking appropriate meat and dairy cabinets when necessary.
• Cleaning and checking greens and other produce (per mashgiach guidelines) for bugs.
• Checking eggs for blood spots.
• Toiveling (dunking new kitchen/dining hall items in natural body of water).
• Providing Kosher support (not under HKC supervision) to staff housing, as requested.
• Koshering kitchen for Passover and for Chalov Yisroel retreat groups, as needed.
• “Taking challah” from baked goods (when necessary).
• Training new kitchen and dining hall staff on the rules of Kashrut.
• Documenting and updating kosher policies for Isabella Freedman, including correspondence with the Hartford Kosher Commission (HKC).
• Checking and maintaining the campus eruv. 

Skills: 

• Candidate must be halachically observant and have a working knowledge of hilchot kashrut, shabbat, and eruvin. 
• Must obtain a ServeSafe Food Handler’s Certification.  
• Experience working in a Kitchen.  
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team and communicate well with others.  

General: 

• Attend weekly department meetings. 
• Attend monthly all-staff meetings, when available.
• Must possess a solid work ethic with strong organizational and time-management skills, excellent attention to detail, professional verbal, and written communication skills in English, as well as provide excellent customer service. 
• Must maintain a professional demeanor. 
• Other tasks/duties as assigned. 

Working Conditions: 

This is an exempt position with work hours on any day of the week. (Depending on the program schedule.) 

This job description does not state or imply that the above are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to the position. Employees holding this position will be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by Management. All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with a disability.