Cook

Greatfuturessd; Brookings (SD); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

The Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Plains in Brookings, SD seeks a Cook to oversee the kitchen and café, manage food orders and preparation, and ensure cleanliness and compliance with licensing and health requirements.

You will support inventory, assist with events, and help develop nutritious menus while working Monday–Friday during the school year and extended hours in summer. This part-time, non-exempt role emphasizes safety, youth programming alignment, and teamwork.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience with youth Preschool–12th grade preferred.
• Availability Monday–Friday 8:00am–7:00pm during the school year and 7:00am–6:00pm during the summer.
• Experience in commercial kitchen and in food service.
• Ability to demonstrate principles of behavior management and Boys & Girls Club values.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the kitchen and café operations, including food orders and preparation.
• Ensure cleanliness and food safety compliance.
• Assist with inventory, deliveries, and equipment maintenance.
• Support program development for Café and nutritional menus.
• Assist with events and locations as needed.
• Attend staff meetings and coordinate with supervisor.

Skills

Youth program experience

Food Safe training

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

TITLE: Cook

REPORTSTO: 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.