Kitchen Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Excellent communication, organizational, and managerial skills
• Ability to work cooperatively with and be able to direct staff and volunteers
• Knowledge of nutrition and food service techniques
• Computer literacy
• A driver's license and insured, reliable vehicle
• Accurate mathematical and recordkeeping skills
• ServSafe certified or willing to be certified within 3 months of hire
• Dependable and understand the need for consumer confidentiality
• Visual, auditory, and mobile capacity
• Capacity to communicate verbally with co-workers, supervisors, & consumers
• Capacity to hear and speak on the telephone
• Capacity to drive a vehicle
• Capacity to drive in all weather conditions to deliver meals to consumers in their homes
• Capacity to navigate uneven terrain in all weather conditions to deliver meals to consumers in their homes
• Capacity to climb stairs
• Ability to stand for duration of shift
• Occasional reaching and grabbing objects with both hands, twisting of hand and wrist, and pushing and pulling of objects
• Occasional bending, squatting, and twisting to perform work functions
• Capacity to lift and carry up to 25 pounds
• Ability to read and understand written program instructions
• Ability to accurately count
• Ability to do mathematical calculations
• Ability to navigate independently to locate any address within the HDM Program service area
• Capacity to learn and use necessary computer software
• Capacity to deal rationally and calmly with varying personalities
• Capacity to work well in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
• Must be able to tolerate odors and pollutants including but not limited to smoke, air fresheners, pet dander, personal odors, etc. from a variety of in-home conditions
• Must be able to tolerate heat and cold of seasonal changes and indoor temperatures

Nice To Haves

• 6% pay differential for applicable bilingual skills

Responsibilities

• Assist the Kitchen Manager and fill in for the Manager in the event of their absence
• Run and print daily reports out of the consumer database.
• Review and update shared Excel sheets.
• Deliver meals as requested/needed.
• Finalize daily driver delivery sheets and meal orders.
• Schedule employees and volunteers in the absence of kitchen manager.
• Start phone trees on a day when the program is closed, in absence of the kitchen manager.
• Assist daily on home delivered meals (HDM) packing line
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Generous PTO
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Flex spending
• EAP
• 401k