Commons Associate - Service (FT, FY)

Bates College; Lewiston (ME); Vor Ort; USD 23.000 - 29.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health & dental

Retirement plan

Vacation days

Paid holidays

Free parking

Facilities access

Zusammenfassung

Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, seeks a Commons Associate - Service to support the dining program serving about 5,000 meals daily. The role emphasizes food safety, sanitation and positive relations with a diverse community of students, staff, and guests.

Responsibilities include assisting on food platforms, cashiering, building duties, and maintaining service quality. A high school diploma and Serve Safe certification are preferred, with strong customer service and multitasking skills required.

Qualifikationen

• High school diploma or equivalent desired.
• Serve Safe certification preferred.
• A valid Maine driver’s license preferred.
• Previous food service experience desired.
• Commitment to equity and inclusion, and serving the needs of a culturally and educationally diverse community.
• Strong commitment to customer service.
• Exemplary organizational and time management skills are a must.
• Ability to multitask.
• Understands and thrives in a high volume food service environment.

Aufgaben

• Assists on the food platforms.
• Oversees beverage stations.
• Restocks the choices and cereal areas.
• Assists with cashiering.
• Assists with building duties, room set-ups, etc.
• Ensures that proper sanitation and safety standards are maintained.
• Promotes and values diversity and practices two-way communication.
• Develops an excellent working relationship with other areas of Dining and the institution.
• Maintains the highest levels of customer service practices at all times.
• Attends monthly Dining, Conferences and Campus Events town meetings and monthly sector meetings.

Kenntnisse

Equity & inclusion

Customer service

Organization & time management

Multitasking

High volume food service

Ausbildung

High school diploma or equivalent

Serve Safe certification

Maine driver’s license

Jobbeschreibung

Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized asa leading liberal arts college. We are proud to offer a highlypersonalized education that centers on deep and sustainedinteractions among students, faculty, and community. We areengaging the forces — intellectual trends, demographic changes, andtechnology — that are transforming higher education and the worldinto which our students graduate.

Title: Commons Associate - Service (FT, FY)

Position Purpose:

The Commons Associate - Service position primarily serves as frontline support for the Bates dining program which servesapproximately 5000 meals per day to the students, faculty, staffand guests of the college. This position is responsible forfollowing food safety and sanitation procedures and demonstratingpositive relationships with individuals and groups with varyingbackgrounds, perspectives, education and skills.

Job Duties:

• Assists on the food platforms.
• Oversees beverage stations.
• Restocks the choices and cereal areas.
• Assists with cashiering.
• Assists with building duties, room set-ups, etc.
• Ensures that proper sanitation and safety standards aremaintained.
• Promotes and values diversity and practices two-waycommunication.
• Develops an excellent working relationship with other areas ofDining and the institution.
• Maintains the highest levels of customer service practices atall times.
• Attends monthly Dining, Conferences and Campus Events townmeetings and monthly sector meetings.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent desired.
• Serve Safe certification preferred.
• A valid Maine driver’s license preferred.

Experience

• Previous food service experience desired.

Skills and Knowledge

• Commitment to equity and inclusion, and serving the needs of aculturally and educationally diverse community.
• Strong commitment to customer service.
• Exemplary organizational and time management skills are amust.
• Ability to multitask.
• Understands and thrives in a high volume food serviceenvironment.

Benefits:

Bates College offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits(health, dental, 9% retirement contribution with potential for anadditional 3% match, 10 days of vacation*, 13 paid holidays, freeparking, access to library and athletic facilities & more), anda supportive, collegial environment in a drug- and smoke-freeworkplace.

Hiring Range:

The hiring range for this position is $17.00to $21.25. Placement within the range depends on experience andother factors. This position may be eligible for shift differentialpay of $.50 dependent upon assigned shifts.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunityand providing an educational and work environment free fromdiscrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basisof race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexualorientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability,genetic information or veteran status and other legally protectedstatuses in the recruitment and admission of its students, in theadministration of its education policies and programs, or in therecruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to allapplicable state and federal equal opportunity laws andregulations. All college faculty, staff, students, contractors,visitors, and volunteers are responsible for understanding andcomplying with the Non-Discrimination Policy.

Inquiries concerning the college’s policies, compliance withapplicable laws, statutes, and regulations (such as Title VII,Title IX, and ADA/Section 504), and complaints may be directed toGwen Lexow, Title IX Officer, 207-786-6445 or via email at [e-mail].

About Bates:

Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal artscollege, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and aroundthe world.

Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole personthrough creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborativeresidential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence,Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race,religion, or national origin.

Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Batesprepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal forresponsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages theforces — intellectual trends, demographic changes, and technology —that are transforming higher education and the world into which ourstudents graduate.

Bates has highly competitive admissions, graduates over 90 percentof its entering students, and more than half of its alumni earngraduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550staff.

The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburncommunity, Maine’s second-largest urban area with a population ofapproximately 65,000. Bates is located on a beautiful, 133-acre,traditional New England campus in Lewiston, an emerging city withan entrepreneurial climate, a lively arts scene, and a dynamicbusiness community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland, 140 milesnorth of Boston, and 350 miles north of New York City.

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