Food Services Kitchen Assistant

Building on its 31-year-old history, The Living Room is advancing innovative approaches to support women and children experiencing homelessness establish a stable and flourishing life. Our efforts are focused on serving with housing, wrap around services, outreach, and focused financial assistance. We also serve hot meals and meal boxes. While much of our capacity provides one-on-one support, we have goals for micro-enterprise, and a teaching kitchen. In this growth process, TLR is working to develop and improve best practices and collaborations. This is an extremely exciting time to join a growing organization that is heart centered.

Job Title: Food Services Kitchen Assistant

Reports To: Food Services Manager

Status: Full-Time/Non-Exempt

Summary:

The Food Services Kitchen Assistant will ensure that the front and back of the house are clean, sanitized, and maintain the highest standard of kitchen and food services knowledge. The Kitchen Assistant will have strong interpersonal and communication skills, keeping timeliness and safety at front of mind. This position will also be solution orientated.

Job Duties:

Washes all wares including pots, plans, flatware, and glasses, by hand or using dishwashers

Correctly places and stores clean equipment, dishes, and utensils in assigned storage areas

Stocks serving stations, cupboards, refrigerators, and other assigned areas with necessary dishes and utensils

Food preparation and assembly of pantry bags

Assist in maintaining the food production from TLR campus garden

Food delivery and pick up

Utilize dry erase board to maximize effective and consistent communication

Cleans trash receptacles with water or steam

Responsible for making sure dishwashing supplies are well stocked and in good order

Assists in cleaning and preparing various foods for cooking and/or serving, as directed

Ensures work areas remain safe, clean, and orderly, adhering to all company, local, and state guidelines regarding

health, safety, and sanitation

Productively communicates with all stakeholders at The Living Room

Assists in ensuring the kitchen operates smoothly and providing an appropriate feedback loop for solutions

Performs other related duties as assigned

Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee works both indoors and outdoors

May be exposed to equipment vibrations, noises, and odors, wet and/or slippery surfaces.

May include traveling to meetings, conferences, and work assignments

The employee must be able to meet deadlines with severe time constraints.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and often work in a shared space

Some evenings and weekends are required for community functions and events

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Must be able sit for extended periods

Sensory: Frequently required to read documents and written reports

Must be able to speak clearly and understand/be understood using the English language

Frequently required to concentrate on moderate detail with frequent interruption

Must be able to attend to a task/function for 20-45 minutes at a time. Frequently required to understand and relate to

specific ideas, several at a time

Frequently required to use a computer and phone

Prolonged periods walking or standing

Must be able to lift, carry, and place up to 40 pounds at a time

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, peripheral vision, and color

vision

All interested and qualified applicants can send a cover letter and resume to the email provided.