Cook II at Project Open Hand – San Francisco, California
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About This Position
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Executes recipes in accordance with standardized recipes and planned menu for large batch cooking within established guidelines and with minimal supervision
- While working alongside junior staff and volunteers, leads by example, shares knowledge, answers questions and clarifies processes for all functions related to food preparation and kitchen production
- Complies with portion sizes and quality standards
- Adheres to kitchen department rules, policies and procedures
- Prepares and distributes staff and volunteer meals and food services
- Assists management in execution of recipes and daily production schedule
- Follows rules and standards for internal and external distribution of meals
- Follows product inventory organization policies and procedures
- Packs and packages food using packing line and other methods in accordance with program guidelines and department procedures
- Oversees production and/or packing line as needed
- Properly fills out all food service and inventory logs with required information and signatures per HACCP guidelines
- Assists senior staff and kitchen teams responsible for ordering, printing labels, receiving product, inventory management or other tasks as assigned
- Follows standards that maintain a clean work area and follows all local, state and federal health standard guidelines
- Executes and supports management and teams with meal inventory movement and storage to ensure FIFO and food quality standards
- Facilitates a harmonious and positive work experience while interacting with and working alongside peers and volunteers to complete the goals of the department
- Attends kitchen trainings and agency meetings
- Completes other kitchen tasks as assigned
POH COMPETENCIES:
A Team player: Demonstrates cooperative spirit, respects professional boundaries and is successful at sharing responsibilities with others
Self-Led: Knows and completes responsibilities in assigned timelines, asks for clarifications when needed
Sensitive to the circumstances and needs of the critically ill and seniors, as well as people with mental health and substance abuse issues
Customer oriented: Works well with all customers (internal staff and external contacts), promotes a positive image of the agency and works diligently to resolve customer issues
Poised: able to maintain a calm, positive and constructive attitude during interactions with diverse populations, sometimes in challenging situations
Ethical: Honest, accountable, maintains confidentiality
Decisive: Thoughtful when considering options, seeks input from others, makes difficult decisions when necessary
Knowledgeable: Understands facets of job, keeps job knowledge current
Well organized: Information organized and accessible, maintains efficient work space, manages time well
Agile: Able to move effectively between big-picture thinking and hands-on logistics
Takes Initiative: Takes action, seeks new opportunities, strives to see projects to completion
Problem Solver: Strong analytical skills and able to creatively address and solve problems
Motivated: Looks for opportunities to increase knowledge, works to increase responsibility, strives to achieve personal goals
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT: The physical demands and work environment characteristics 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
Physical demands: While performing duties of job, incumbent is occasionally required to stand for long periods of time and move; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Employee must bend, stoop and lift and/or move up to 50 pounds unassisted on a regular basis. Employee must be able to move fully loaded carts from floor to floor for storage on a regular basis. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
Work environment: The noise level in the work environment will consistently vary from moderate to loud. The work environment will be ever changing with volunteers and staff members all sharing limited space and working together in the Kitchen. The work environment will consistently have wet floors, temperature extremes, moving objects and loud noises