Cook
OLV Human Services•Buffalo, NY
•Onsite
About The Position
OLV Human Services is looking to hire a Cook. This role involves overseeing kitchen operations, ensuring efficient meal preparation, and maintaining high standards of food quality and safety for clients and students. The food service department aims to provide the highest possible quality of life by preparing healthy and nutritious meals in a safe and clean environment, while also accommodating personal choices and preferences. This position connects quality food services to all BVS programs.
Requirements
- 1-2 years food service experience
- Catering and cooking skills
- Customer service skills
- Dependability: Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Integrity: Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Attention to Detail: Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Adaptability/Flexibility: Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Cooperation: Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Standing and walking
- Lifting, carrying, climbing, pushing, talking, hearing, repetitive motions, and eye/hand/foot coordination
- Pulling, balancing, stooping, crouching, reaching, handling, grasping, and feeling
Nice To Haves
- High school diploma/ GED equivalent
Responsibilities
- Cooks food in quantities according to standardized menus, recipes and number of persons to be served.
- Follows medically prescribed diet modifications for individual clients.
- Prepares and serves quality meals with consideration for nutritional adequacy, taste and presentation.
- Prepares product for catering functions.
- Maintains a sanitary work environment by following agency policies and NYS Health Department guidelines.
- Operates and maintains food service equipment appropriately.
- Washes and sanitizes dishes and cookware.
- Performs all other job-related duties assigned by supervisor.
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) + Paid Holidays
- Qualifying Non-For-Profit for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Program
- Health, dental & vision insurance options
- Free dental insurance for Full Time Employees
- Paid Employer sponsored life insurance
- Supplemental insurance programs for additional life insurance, short-term disability, accident & cancer insurance
- Up to $600 every year for completing biometric health screenings on a single health insurance plan & up to $1,200 if a spouse also completes
- Up to $180 annual gym reimbursement
- Dental & Outpatient Mental Health services
- Employee referral program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
