Job Details

• Assist in the food production and maintenance of the commercial kitchen
• Food production duties
• Ensure compliance with the applicable regulations, ServSafe program, and local health department regulations
• Assist with receiving, checking temperatures, and putting away deliveries. Following FIFO guidelines
• Ability to read and follow recipes (multi-step written and oral instructions)
• Math skills sufficient to comprehend and manipulate weights and measures.
• Able to operate, maintain and clean steam, electric and gas cooking equipment
• Monitor equipment and facilitate maintenance activities
• Assist managerial staff in the costing and budgeting for the kitchen.
• Post relevant information needed for staff and volunteers in appropriate places
• Interact with clients and community sites for coordination and quality assurance
• Understand and comply completely with all policies, procedures, standards, specifications, guidelines, directives, assignments, and training programs.
• Supervise and provide guidance, to volunteers, for interns/Americorp staff
• Volunteer Services responsibilities
• Promote and provides a positive volunteer experience
• Train and organizes tasks for volunteers
• Supervise volunteer groups and reports back to Volunteer Services if required
• Provide instruction to volunteers on key safety and cleaning tasks
• Assign activities
• Oversee the safety of volunteers
• Help in the administrative duties of Nourish Nutrition Services by assisting as a back up to managerial staff.  Duties would include:
• Monitoring of databases for new referrals
• Tracking and organizing food pantry reservations
• Providing routes to volunteers
• Entering in software programs visits and usage data
• Ordering of meals and food
• Assist in the Food Pantry by preparing orders, stocking, and delivering items as needed.
• Deliver food items utilizing safe transport practices

Qualifications:

• Ability to multitask
• Experience working with a diverse population of clients
• Must have working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel
• Must have excellent organizational skills to work in a team-oriented, fast-paced environment
• Proficient knife skills
• Able to operate all food service equipment
• Proficient in food prep for large groups
• Given the nature of the populations we serve, availability to work on some holidays and/or office closures will be required.

Physical Qualifications

• Constant use of manual dexterity, auditory and visual skills and gross motor skills with frequent use of bi-manual dexterity and fine motor skills.
• Ability to use the sense of smell and the sense of taste to recognize and distinguish odors and flavors.
• Can be frequently exposed to hot water, garbage disposals and cleaning chemicals.
• Ability to reach, bend, twist, squat, kneel, push and pull.
• Ability to lift/carry up to 30 pounds.