Cook

Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Plains; Brookings (SD); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

The Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Plains in Brookings, SD (and/or Flandreau, SD) is seeking a part-time Cook to oversee the kitchen and café operations, handle food orders and preparation, and ensure cleanliness and licensing compliance. You will assist with inventory, support special events, and help develop nutritious menus across sites while upholding club values and safety standards.

Physical ability to lift up to 50 pounds is required, with a schedule Monday–Friday during the school

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
• Experience with youth (Preschool–12th Grade) preferred.
• Experience in commercial kitchens and in food service is preferred.
• Must understand and apply youth-focused behavior management principles.
• Must be able to operate kitchen equipment and follow health and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee kitchen and café operations, including food orders, preparation, cooking, serving, and post-meal cleaning.
• Assist Kitchen Manager with weekly inventory and food deliveries.
• Unload pallets and food orders.
• Ensure the kitchen meets licensing and health requirements; complete Food Safe training.
• Keep kitchen and café clean and sanitized, including dishes.
• Assist with program development for the Café and create nutritious menus.
• Support special events at the Club and assist at multiple Club locations as needed.
• Travel between Brookings and other Club sites with a Club vehicle if required.
• Lead grant-related programs as assigned and participate in monthly/weekly staff meetings.

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Experience working with youth (Preschool–12th Grade)

Experience working in commercial kitchen

Experience working in food service

Ability to meet Youth program values and behavior management principles

Job description

Title

Cook

Reports To

Full-Time Staff

Classified

Part-Time, Non-Exempt

Location

Brookings, SD AND/OR Flandreau, SD

Mission

To inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realizetheir full potential as productive,responsible,and caring citizens.

Job Summary

Responsible for overseeing the kitchen and café including food orders, food preparation, cooking,serving,and ensuring cleanliness postmealand ongoing. Responsible for ensuring the kitchen meets licensing and health requirements.

Job Duties

• Responsible forpreparation of Traditional Club Snack and Supper, as well asassist withECEC as needed.
• Assist Kitchen Manager with weekly inventory and food deliveries.
• Responsible for unloading pallets and food orders.
• Must complete Food Safe training and ensure kitchen is up tostandard.
• Responsible for keeping the kitchen and cafécleanand sanitized, including dishes.
• Assistwith program development for Caféand creating nutritional menus.
• Willassistas needed with allspecial eventsat the Club.
• Assistin Primary location, with support provided to other Club locations as needed.
• May support food transportation and food service across sites as necessary, using a Club owned vehicle.
• Be prepared toassistwith meal preparation and kitchen operations at alternate locations when needed.
• Lead the implementation and successful completion of grants programs asassigned.
• Attending 100% of monthlyall staffmeetings, weeklyone on onemeetingwithsupervisorand weekly team meetings, as wellasensuring the entire team is receiving and attending theirmeetings.
• Performadditionalduties as assigned.

Employment Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Experience working with youth of ages Preschool through 12thGradeis preferred.
• Must be available Monday- Friday from8:00am to 7:00pm during the school year and from7:00am to 6:00pm during the summer.
• Experience working incommercialkitchen.
• Experience working in food service.
• Must be able to understand, implement, anddemonstrateprinciplesof behavior management and other youth treatment modalities, per theClubtrainings and values of fun, supportive relationships, recognition, opportunities and expectations, and safety.
• Must be able to model and reinforce the Boys and Girls Club values while working with youth.

Physical Requirements

• Must be of the mental and physical capacity toobserve, interact, and communicate with youth, staff, volunteers, etc. at the Club to ensure safety of the space and others, provide guidance and reflection per theClubpriority outcomes andgoals.
• Ability to stand/walkforlong periodsof time throughoutashift.
• Ability tooperatevarious typesof general office equipment including PC, telephone, copier, etc.
• Must have the ability toliftup to50pounds in order to unload and stock food orders.
• This positionis considered to besafety-sensitive.

The information presented indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain nor be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace!

All qualified applicants are considered for positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, non-job-related disability, or any other protected class.

The Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Plains provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees in compliance with local, state, and federal laws and regulations. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application/hiring process should contact Human Resources to communicate their request for accommodation at 605-692-3333.