POSITION (updated):

Senior Manager

DEPARTMENT – NO CHANGE

Management/Leadership

JOB DESCRIPTION (updated):

Overview:

The Ascent Leadership Program is unique. It’s a full-time job (with good pay and benefits). But unlike most job, it’s designed to help people with leadership potential go to the next level. This program is a launching pad, not a landing zone. It’s a development experience—that you get paid to do. As a part of your job, you will be taught the business, manage people, set strategy, and get personalized leadership training.

We are recruiting college graduates from around the country to this 2 ½ year program where emerging leaders are placed into senior leadership roles at select Chick-fil-A restaurants. Ascent Leaders will receive personal mentorship by the owner of the restaurant, as well as learn about high performance leadership through an online course where they will apply those lessons in their full-time, decision-making role as a member of a restaurant’s leadership team.

Prior restaurant experience is not required. Prior management experience is not required. If you’re the right kind of person, we can train you on the skills needed. Ascent Leaders will spend the first two months being trained in restaurant basics, then will rotate through a variety of leadership roles including: customer service, operations, human resources, and marketing. Upon conclusion of the program, each Ascent Leader has the opportunity to:

• Stay on with the restaurant and continue leading and learning
• Pursue a staff role at the Chick-fil-A Corporate Headquarters (Atlanta)
• Pursue becoming a Chick-fil-A franchisee (owning their own restaurant)
• Work with a boutique recruiting agency (a partner company) to interview with a wide variety of companies looking for talented, values-driven leaders
• Receive assistance in applying to various Master’s Degree programs, including a 25% scholarship to Regent University for all Ascent program graduates

Responsibilities:

Ascent Leaders will be involved in a wide range of activities in the restaurant, from working with raw foods to planning marketing events to analyzing financial reports. Ascent Leaders will be trained on how to perform each role, so only the ability to learn quickly is a prerequisite. However, each leader will also spend at least some of every week (and most of the first few months) working in various frontline roles in the restaurant, from making food to working a register to taking out the trash. There is a minimum physical requirement including being able to move easily through narrow kitchen hallways, lift boxes of supplies, and prepare complicated food items using your hands and cooking utensils (note: each Chick-fil-A restaurant makes their food “by hand” every day, unlike some of their less successful competitors).

Minimum Qualifications:

Fast learner

Self-starter

Hunger to learn

Servant spirit

Drive for excellence

Strong interpersonal communication skills

Minimum Years of Job Experience:

0

Location:

Many cities all over America

Travel Requirements:

0%

Required Level of Education:

Bachelor's Degree; all degrees/majors

Relocation Assistance:

Money for moving not provided, but advice and connections will be given. While you may find an opportunity near your hometown, this might be a great time to consider moving to a new city for a couple of years to have adventures and expand your horizons.

Compensation and Benefits:

Base Pay: $39,520 per year for 45 hrs/week (There is an option to work 50 hours per week, which increases base pay to $45,760 per year. Inquire if interested. And some areas have much higher pay due to cost of living increases.)

Health Insurance: Specific plans will vary by location

Free meals: Reasonable portions of Chick-fil-A food for no cost when working at the restaurant

Paid Time Off: 32 hours per year after the first year

Uniform Clothing: 3 sets

Gym Membership

Cell Phone

Important: The Ascent Leadership Program is operated by Swoz Leadership. It is not run by Chick-fil-A headquarters or by a particular franchisee. The founder of Swoz Leadership spent many years working at the Chick-fil-A HQ and now has contracts with franchisees across the country to recruit leaders for them. As such, we cannot guarantee after Ascent that Chick-fil-A will select you as either a franchisee or as a corporate employee. What we can guarantee is that your experiences in the Ascent Leadership Program will make you much more competitive for any role you choose to apply for, at Chick-fil-A or elsewhere.

Interested in this opportunity?

For more details, visit AscentLeadershipProgram.com or contact cat@swozleadership.com