Kitchen Helper - Temporary Full-Time - Kalaupapa, Molokai

State of Hawai'i•Island of Molokai, HI
•Onsite

About The Position

This is a temporary, full-time position with the Department of Health, located in the Kalaupapa Settlement in Kalawao County, on the Island of Molokai. Kalaupapa is a severely isolated community accessible only by a small commuter airplane, or on foot or mule down a steep trail. Ocean access is limited. It is a closed community where only authorized persons may enter, and minors are not allowed. The Settlement is self-contained with various facilities including a care home, grocery store, airport, and over 150 homes and buildings. Employees appointed to temporary positions may become members of the civil service upon satisfactory completion of a probation period, gaining eligibility for promotion and transfer opportunities, as well as other rights and benefits afforded to permanent positions, with exceptions for return and placement rights during a reduction-in-force.

Requirements

  • No training and experience required.

Responsibilities

  • Assist cooks in preparing meals.
  • Prepare and deliver meals to care homes and patients' homes.
  • Wash and sanitize dishes, silverware, food containers, pots and pans.
  • Sweep and mop dining room, outside porch, reefers, chill rooms, storerooms.
  • Clean tables, trays, counter tops, sinks.
  • Empty trash and take out trash.
  • Replenish condiments on tables.
  • Load prepared food onto truck for delivery.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

  • Membership in the civil service upon satisfactory completion of an initial probation period of at least six months.
  • Eligibility to apply for promotion and transfer opportunities to permanent as well as other temporary positions.
  • Rights and benefits afforded to an employee in a permanent position (with exceptions for return rights and placement rights associated with a reduction-in-force).
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