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Kitchen Assistant/Cook Job Description

Description: Responsible for maintaining full oversight of our food program, including meal preparation from scratch, meal distribution to classrooms, and clean-up while following all food safety and handling requirements. All meals and snacks must be prepared following the food program guidelines.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Helps prepare meals from scratch for each meal to meet correct food portion guidelines for each age group of children.
• Receives inventory, checks quality and quantity, and reports any discrepancies.
• Use thermometers in the process of achieving the proper temperatures for the various food products and check on food products being held to ensure safe temperatures.
• Check temperatures for the coolers and freezer regularly and advise Director if temperature requirements are not being met.
• Must be able to provide substitute meals for children with special dietary requirements.
• Use proper procedures to clean and sanitize all work areas in the kitchen, storage areas, including all equipment, counters, and meal carts.
• Washes dishes and santizes kitchen according to health safety requirments

Required Abilities:

• Must be self-motivated and be able to work in a cooperative manner with other staff members, students, and other church personnel.
• ·Abilities to use the oven, grill, stoves, meat slicer, dishwasher, and other kitchen equipment
• Must have basic mathematical skills and must be able to accomplish accurate recordkeeping and reporting for the food program.
• Ability to work safely around stoves, ovens, and chemicals while having the physical endurance to spend many hours standing, walking, and lifting heavy objects.
• Ability to work in various temperatures from heat and steam from stoves, ovens, and dishwashers.
• Have an optimistic attitude, willingness to learn new skills, a high degree of integrity, and a strong work ethic.
• Ability to substitute meals when needed due to shared space with Immanuel Lutheran Church when needed for weekday funerals.

Qualifications:

• Must be 18 years old or older
• High school diploma or higher is required
• Applicants should have at least one year or more of experience in meal planning and preparation, knowledge of early-childhood nutrition, and experience with working with groups of children.
• Experience using commercial meat slicers, commercial dishwashers, and commercial ovens.
• Successful completion of a criminal background check and fingerprinting.
• Preferred experience with large volume food production, catering, and menu planning
• Must pass ND Childcare licensing background check

Salary:
$15-$18/hour depending on experience

Work hours:

Monday -Friday from 8am -2pm; 25-35 hours per week

Immanuel Christian Children’s Center ● 1710 Cherry Street ● Grand Forks, ND 58201

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $15.00 - $18.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Paid time off
• Retirement plan

Experience level:

• 1 year

Pay rate:

• Hourly pay

Shift:

• Morning shift

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• Casual dining restaurant
• Fine dining restaurant

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Food preparation and cooking: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: In person

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