Job Title: Area Director SFC Seattle Eastside LLC dba Sticky Fingers Cooking® of Seattle is looking to hire a part-time Area Director to help us Cultivate COOLinary Curiosity in Kids®! Are you ready to TURNIP the BEET on what KIDS EAT®? Are you looking for a fun, full-time job? Do you love the magical combination of children and cooking? ABOUT STICKY FINGERS COOKING Sticky Fingers Cooking® (SFC) is a cooking school for children that teaches after-school enrichment classes and summer camps in hundreds of locations across the country. We love sharing our passion for cooking through our fun, hands-on, and deliciously healthy cooking classes and camps. We strive to inspire and celebrate comprehensive education directly related to the essential role of real healthy food, cooking, and nutrition in our everyday lives. The Area Director is a key player in the oversight of the day to day program operations at Sticky Fingers Cooking®. They are responsible for the overall success of the territory by setting targets, assisting with the supervision of staff and ensuring the high quality standards of our program are met. Excellent abilities in operations and planning are essential to the role. This role is integral to the core of Sticky Fingers Cooking® as the Area Director maintains all communication with the venues in which we work. The Area Director must cultivate new and maintain existing relationships with venues such as schools, Parks & Rec Departments, Libraries, Summer Camps and more. The Area Director's primary tasks involve consistent communication with both the Director of Chef Operations, who directly communicates with the Chef Instructors, as well as with parents and venue contacts. Additionally, this position is responsible for venue retainment, which includes but is not limited to; consistent, positive engagement, proactively anticipating needs as well as when a concern arises to resolve it with excellent customer service. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Oversee program operations and day-to-day leadership Cultivate and maintain new and existing relationships with venues who host our after school enrichment classes, camps, Birthday Parties and Silver Spatulas sessions Schedule classes with venues, create and distribute promotional materials, manage facility rentals, invoicing, insurance, contracts and manage enrollment of students Maintain session finances through the Sticky Fingers Cooking Dash as well as update and edit session information and venue details Monitor sales and work toward meeting monthly, quarterly and annual sales goals Work closely with the Director of Chef Operations to ensure teams success Communicate with team members, venue contacts and customers Marketing Sales/Outreach CRM (Customer Relationship Management) Ensuring consistent high quality programming across your territory Resolve problems by providing creative and practical solutions Ensure compliance with company's policies and operational guidelines Investigate and correct issues and complaints QUALIFICATIONS Highly effective, positive and enthusiastic verbal and written communication skills in English Team player with a flexible, positive, and creative approach to problem solving Extremely detail-oriented and organized knowledge of Google and Excel spreadsheets is a must! Self-directed, independent work ethic Experience managing a team and strength in coaching and empowering team members Proficiency with Google Workplace and comfortable learning new technology and software systems Passion for children and cooking; teaching experience strongly preferred but not required A knowledge of the SFC territory and area schools is preferred