Mary’s Place provides safe and inclusive shelter and services for women, children and families on their journey out of homelessness. We operate several 24x7 family centers/shelters in King County. We serve hundreds of families – moms, dads, and children – providing a safe place for them to be inside and together at night, along with food, showers, clothing, and access to housing and employment resources. We believe that no one’s child should sleep outside.

Valuing diversity and championing equity are core values at Mary’s Place. Mary’s Place is an equal opportunity employer with a culturally diverse work environment and a commitment to social justice.

The Dish/Prep Cook reports to the Food Services Chef/Manager and is a passionate individual with dish washing and basic food preparation experience. The Dish/Prep Cook works in collaboration with the Food Services Production Team to assist women and families experiencing homelessness by providing delicious and nutritious meals, as well as assisting with sorting and organizing food donations.

This full-time, non-exempt position is located at our downtown Seattle site.

The schedule available for this position is:

Tuesday-Saturday 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

The hourly wage is $25.00/hour DOE.

Key Responsibilities

• Wash dishes, mop floors, take out trash and recycling, and maintain an organized dish room
• Assist central kitchen with food preparation. This includes chopping, slicing, dicing, and portioning of meals for the day.
• Assist daily clean-up, sanitation and cleaning schedules in kitchen including associated paperwork, logs and entries
• Provide support to the operations staff as directed
• Ensure that the Mary's Place kitchen is compliant with and exceeds standard health and safety regulations
• Support, promote, and adhere to vision, mission, and values of Mary’s Place
• Maintain a calm demeanor and model positive behavior.
• Participate effectively as a team member through communication, cooperation, information sharing, and problem solving
• Participate in staff trainings and programs as required
• Other tasks or duties as assigned.

Skills/Qualifications Required

• 1-2 years institutional and restaurant experience including operating dish room equipment and washing pots, pans, utensils
• Working knowledge of all food preparation and production standards including sanitation safety standards
• Experience in a fast-paced kitchen and volume, batch cooking
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong communication skills, flexibility and willingness to shift priorities as needed
• Ability to interact effectively as a team member
• Ability to follow all sanitation procedures
• Reliable and consistent attendance is required
• Food Handler permit required; serve safe training preferred (must acquire within 30 days of hire)
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred
• Sensitivity to the needs of guests who are homeless, low-income, limited English speaking, or impacted by domestic violence, substance abuse or other barriers to employment
• Commitment to diversity and an ability to work well with diverse family styles and multiethnic populations
• Complete and submit a TB test within 30 days of employment

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.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
• The employee is frequently required to stand for full shift periods, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, type, and reach with hands and arms; and requires the ability to occasionally push, pull, lift and/or carry supplies up to 50 pounds.
• The employee is required to perform physical and repetitive motions.
• Work takes place in a social services environment where long periods of sitting, working on a computer, walking to various work areas, going up and down stairs, and standing are required.
• Travel to program sites and meetings outside the office and around the county are necessary.
• Efforts like attention to detail, interacting with others in-person and through email, using critical thinking skills to strategize, develop and implement business plans, create and edit documents, listen and participate verbally at meetings.
• Ability to work in an environment where there may be animals present, including dogs

In compliance with the ADA Amendment Act, should you have a disability that requires assistance and/or reasonable accommodation with the job application process, please contact the Human Resources department.

Qualified individuals must be able to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation. A qualified person with a disability may request a modification or adjustment to the job or work environment in order to meet the physical requirements of the position. Mary’s Place will attempt to satisfy requests as long as the accommodation needed is reasonable and no undue hardship to Mary’s Place would result.

Details

In addition, Mary's Place offers the following benefits to full-time staff:

• Medical and dental insurance with the cost for core employee coverage paid at 100% by the company and competitive family rates
• Basic Life Insurance of $50,000 at no cost to employee; option to buy up for additional coverage
• 403(b) plan with a 50% employer match on the first 6% employee contribution. Eligible to participate upon hire; eligible for the match after first year of employment.
• Unlimited use ORCA pass for a small deduction per pay period
• 10 days paid time off (PTO) each calendar year (accrued by pay period)
• 10 days of sick time each calendar year (accrued by pay period)
• 10 days of flexible floating holidays each calendar year (accrued 40 hours on January 1st and 40 hours on July 1st). Prorated based on date of hire for first year of employment.
• Employee Assistance Program

Mary’s Place is an Equal Opportunity Employer.