Salary Range: $40,800 - $44,431 per year (paid hourly as $19.62 - $21.36 per hour)
Schedule: 5 days between Monday-Sunday, any 8 hours between 5:00 am – 2:00 pm.
Job Summary:
The Relief Cook - Utility Worker is responsible for assisting the Head and Sous Chef in the smooth operation of the kitchen, along with the coordination of the dining room. The Relief Cook - Utility Worker 's responsibilities include running the dining room, receiving all food/paper orders, and acting in a lead capacity in the absence of the Head Chef and Sous Chef and maintaining a clean and safe kitchen and dining room by performing sanitation duties on a regular and consistent basis.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Oversees the daily workflow of Kitchen Volunteers.
- Oversees the daily workflow of kitchen staff in absence of Sous Chef & Head Chef.
Essential Duties:
- Assists Head Chef and Sous Chef in training and overseeing the day-to day work of volunteers/staff in food preparation and service activities.
- Prepares and distributes meals.
- Serves nutritious, well-balanced meals.
- Uses donated food items first whenever possible.
- Responsible for setting up catering carts.
- Ensures timely meal delivery and maintenance of quality standards, including proper equipment operation and maintenance.
- Assures the kitchen is safe and all equipment is clean and sanitized.
- Minimizes waste while also ensuring food production quality standards.
- Watches for meal count trends to plan accordingly and ensures proper portion sizes. Works in conjunction with Head Chef to do same.
- Practices and ensures high work standards in food safety and sanitation. Follows HACCP procedures in the flow of food and ensures proper SERV Safe™ habits within food services team, including volunteers.
- Receives and stores food acquired from vendors and donors. Inspects and verifies piece count and checks for quality/obvious damage. Communicates necessary adjustments to Head Chef to maintain accurate invoices.
- Performs assigned sanitation duties including pot washing, cleaning equipment, sweeping and mopping floors after each meal period, cleaning kitchen equipment, storage areas, washing walls, shelving and countertops.
- Operates dishwashing machine during any meal period as needed.
- Maintaining and cleaning of walk-in freezer and dry storage areas.
- Completes thorough written reports of any incidents and/or accidents that may occur in the kitchen and notifies Head Chef and any other appropriate/designated staff.
- Position requires one scheduled weekend day per week and rotating holiday coverage.
- Makes Greater Boston Food Bank orders and pick-ups along with other food bank orders and pick-ups as needed.
- Adheres to agency code of conduct.
- High School degree or equivalent, required.
- Further education in culinary arts a plus.
- Formal certification in food services preferred.
- A minimum of three years of related experience in direct food preparation required.
- Restaurant experience a plus.
- Valid Driver’s License in good standing.
- Experience working within homeless services preferred.
- Lived experience with homelessness and/or recovery a plus.
- Human Service shelter or program experiences a plus.
- Bi-lingual in Spanish a plus.
SFH is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where all staff can reach their fullest potential. We welcome – everyone who have lived experience of homelessness and/or recovery, and those who have faced historic barriers to competitive employment, in particular Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), and those who are multi-lingual or multi-cultural and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these duties.