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FLSA : Non-Exempt
SALARY SCHEDULE : Educational Support Personnel | Link to https://www.cherrycreekschools.org/Page/2906
PAY GRADE : Range 6
BENEFITS : Our employee benefits package includes medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, long-term disability, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance. Visit our website for full details.
SUPERVISOR : Hospitality and Tourism Pathway Lead
LAST UPDATED : 01/13/2022
SUMMARY : Assist hospitality and tourism pathway instructors in all areas including instruction, event coordination, administrative duties, and daily operations.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES : The following tasks describe the basic functions of the job and represent the type of work performed. They do not constitute an exhaustive list of the duties and responsibilities performed on the job. The following frequencies and percentage of time spent are approximations only.
- Assist with the pathway’s daily operations, including grocery ordering and procurement, selecting and developing recipes and menus, mise en place, inventory control, lab planning, equipment maintenance, marketing and recruitment, lectures and class demonstrations, modifications and accommodations for students who have IEP/504 plans, and event organization and set-up and tear-down. [Daily, 70%]
- Oversee the Career and Technical Education (CTE) café and lab master cleaning schedules. [Daily, 15%]
- Open and close the kitchen learning labs each day. [Daily, 10%]
- Perform other related duties as assigned or requested. [Daily, 5%]
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :
- Associate’s degree or equivalent.
- Five (5) years hospitality/tourism, event organization, food service, serving, catering, cook, baking, bartending, kitchen management, restaurant management, chef, dietitian, or nutritionist experience.
- Experience supervising food service personnel.
- Experience with high school students, including special education and diverse learners.
- High attention to detail.
- Knowledgeable to ensure all food handling, sanitation, and customer service standards are met.
- Strong understanding of safety and sanitation in the workplace and able to follow safety and sanitation rules, practice safe work habits, and utilize appropriate safety and sanitation equipment.
- Effective student, parent/guardian, and community communication skills and instructional techniques.
- Advanced interpersonal relations and teamwork skills.
- Advanced verbal and written communication skills.
- Advanced organizational skills.
- Ability to evaluate and apply regulations and policies.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with others.
- Ability to respond effectively to requests on short notice and to manage multiple priorities
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with others.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Ability to effectively supervise personnel.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with diverse stakeholder groups.
- Criminal background check and fingerprinting required for hire.
REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, AND REGISTRATIONS :
All certifications, licenses, and registrations must be valid and unexpired.
- Colorado driver’s license.
- CPR and First Aid certification.
- ServSafe Manager or Instructor/Proctor certification.
- Must meet insurability requirements of the Colorado School District Self-Insurance Pool.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :
- Bachelor's degree.
- Baking experience.
- Experience with event planning, event coordination, and event contracts.
- Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- Racially conscious and culturally competent with the skill, will, capacity, and knowledge to commit to a culture of continuous improvement.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT :
- Moderate physical effort.
- Frequent lifting up to 20 pounds.
- Extended periods of standing and/or walking.
- Constant contact and use of kitchen equipment.
- Ability to work in cooler/freezer when needed.
- Must have the physical ability to perform the job.
- Ability to stand, walk, stoop, reach, kneel, and bend.
- Ability to stand for long periods of time.
- Ability to lift, push, and/or pull objects from 5 to 20 pounds.
- Ability to work with frequent interruption and to simultaneously supervise a variety of tasks.
- Moderate noise level.
FLSA : Non-Exempt
SALARY SCHEDULE : Educational Support Personnel | Link to https://www.cherrycreekschools.org/Page/2906
PAY GRADE : Range 6
BENEFITS : Our employee benefits package includes medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, long-term disability, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance. Visit our website for full details.
SUPERVISOR : Hospitality and Tourism Pathway Lead
LAST UPDATED : 01/13/2022
SUMMARY : Assist hospitality and tourism pathway instructors in all areas including instruction, event coordination, administrative duties, and daily operations.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES : The following tasks describe the basic functions of the job and represent the type of work performed. They do not constitute an exhaustive list of the duties and responsibilities performed on the job. The following frequencies and percentage of time spent are approximations only.
- Assist with the pathway’s daily operations, including grocery ordering and procurement, selecting and developing recipes and menus, mise en place, inventory control, lab planning, equipment maintenance, marketing and recruitment, lectures and class demonstrations, modifications and accommodations for students who have IEP/504 plans, and event organization and set-up and tear-down. [Daily, 70%]
- Oversee the Career and Technical Education (CTE) café and lab master cleaning schedules. [Daily, 15%]
- Open and close the kitchen learning labs each day. [Daily, 10%]
- Perform other related duties as assigned or requested. [Daily, 5%]
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :
- Associate’s degree or equivalent.
- Five (5) years hospitality/tourism, event organization, food service, serving, catering, cook, baking, bartending, kitchen management, restaurant management, chef, dietitian, or nutritionist experience.
- Experience supervising food service personnel.
- Experience with high school students, including special education and diverse learners.
- High attention to detail.
- Knowledgeable to ensure all food handling, sanitation, and customer service standards are met.
- Strong understanding of safety and sanitation in the workplace and able to follow safety and sanitation rules, practice safe work habits, and utilize appropriate safety and sanitation equipment.
- Effective student, parent/guardian, and community communication skills and instructional techniques.
- Advanced interpersonal relations and teamwork skills.
- Advanced verbal and written communication skills.
- Advanced organizational skills.
- Ability to evaluate and apply regulations and policies.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with others.
- Ability to respond effectively to requests on short notice and to manage multiple priorities
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with others.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Ability to effectively supervise personnel.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with diverse stakeholder groups.
- Criminal background check and fingerprinting required for hire.
REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, AND REGISTRATIONS :
All certifications, licenses, and registrations must be valid and unexpired.
- Colorado driver’s license.
- CPR and First Aid certification.
- ServSafe Manager or Instructor/Proctor certification.
- Must meet insurability requirements of the Colorado School District Self-Insurance Pool.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :
- Bachelor's degree.
- Baking experience.
- Experience with event planning, event coordination, and event contracts.
- Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- Racially conscious and culturally competent with the skill, will, capacity, and knowledge to commit to a culture of continuous improvement.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT :
- Moderate physical effort.
- Frequent lifting up to 20 pounds.
- Extended periods of standing and/or walking.
- Constant contact and use of kitchen equipment.
- Ability to work in cooler/freezer when needed.
- Must have the physical ability to perform the job.
- Ability to stand, walk, stoop, reach, kneel, and bend.
- Ability to stand for long periods of time.
- Ability to lift, push, and/or pull objects from 5 to 20 pounds.
- Ability to work with frequent interruption and to simultaneously supervise a variety of tasks.
- Moderate noise level.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in innovation specialist jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, design, or a related field
- Experience facilitating design thinking or human-centered design workshops
- Proficiency with prototyping and ideation tools such as Miro or similar platforms
- Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional projects from concept to execution
- Familiarity with agile, lean startup, or stage-gate innovation frameworks
- Strong data analysis skills to evaluate the viability of new initiatives
Tips for Your Innovation Specialist Job Search
Quantify your innovation outcomes specifically
Hiring managers for innovation roles want to see what your work actually produced. Replace vague phrases like 'drove innovation initiatives' with concrete outcomes: a process redesigned, a prototype launched, or a workflow that cut time-to-market. Numbers matter here.
Tailor your portfolio to the industry vertical
An innovation specialist portfolio that lands well in healthtech reads differently from one aimed at financial services. Swap in industry-specific case studies for each application so your examples map directly to the challenges that employer faces.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists innovation specialist openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings by methodology, not just title
Job titles vary wildly in this space. Search for the methodologies you know, like design thinking, agile, or lean startup, alongside the title. Postings that name your specific toolkit are far more likely to shortlist you than ones where you have to infer a match.
Prepare a structured innovation story for interviews
Most innovation specialist interviews include a scenario or case exercise. Practice walking through a real project using a problem-solution-result structure, with clear articulation of how you got stakeholder buy-in. Interviewers flag candidates who can describe ideas but not execution.
Negotiate scope and autonomy, not just compensation
Innovation roles vary enormously in how much real decision-making authority they carry. During offer conversations, ask directly about budget ownership, cross-functional access, and how past projects moved from concept to implementation. Those details reveal whether the role is substantive.
Innovation Specialist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most innovation specialists?
The most active employers for innovation specialists right now are McClatchy, Lead for America, and Hackensack Meridian Health, and the most openings are in California, New York, and Utah, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is especially consistent in technology, healthcare systems, and large financial services firms with dedicated innovation labs.
How many innovation specialist jobs are remote?
About 61% of innovation specialist openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting how much of the role involves digital collaboration and virtual workshop facilitation. Sub-areas focused on research, strategy, and digital product innovation tend to offer the highest share of remote arrangements, while roles centered on physical prototyping or on-site lab work are more likely to require in-person presence.
How do you become an innovation specialist?
Start by building a foundation in a core discipline, whether that is business, engineering, design, or a technical field, then layer on applied skills in innovation methodologies like design thinking or agile. Seek out roles or projects that require you to move an idea from concept to implementation, and document every outcome. Many practitioners also complete facilitation training or earn a certification in a recognized innovation framework to make their credentials legible to hiring managers.
Can you get hired as an innovation specialist with little experience?
Yes, especially if you can demonstrate that you have applied innovation methods in any context. Hiring managers for entry-level or associate-level roles respond well to candidates who show a workshop they facilitated, a problem they reframed and solved, or a side project that moved through a full ideation and testing cycle. Framing internship work, academic projects, or volunteer initiatives around measurable outcomes closes the experience gap faster than credentials alone.
What does the innovation specialist interview process look like?
Most processes include an initial screening conversation, a competency-based interview focused on how you have handled ambiguity and driven cross-functional alignment, and a case or scenario exercise where you walk through how you would approach an open-ended challenge. Some employers add a presentation round where you pitch a past project. The final stage typically involves meeting senior stakeholders who assess cultural fit and your ability to communicate complex ideas to non-specialist audiences.
Where can I find and apply to innovation specialist jobs?
You can find and apply to innovation specialist jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the roles available, find the ones that match your background and target industry, and apply directly to each listing that fits.
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