Cook

University of Rhode Island; Kingston (RI); On-site; USD 34,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition waiver

Generous benefits package

Job summary

University of Rhode Island invites applications for a Cook's Helper (Full-Time, 40 hrs., Academic Year) at Dining Central Operations in Kingston. The role involves assisting cooks and bakers, preparing simple foods and beverages, and maintaining clean kitchen and dining areas.

Ideal candidates understand basic cooking methods, follow instructions, and can handle kitchen equipment safely. The position includes a shift differential; URI offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of cooking/baking methods and food service.
• Ability to understand and follow simple verbal or written directions.
• Care in handling, washing, drying and storing cooking equipment and glassware.

Responsibilities

• Wash, peel, chop, dice or grind vegetables and fruits for cooking or salads.
• Assemble materials, weigh and mix ingredients as instructed.
• Load food onto trucks and set up dining tables for service; serve meals from steam tables.
• Clean kitchen areas, equipment and utensils; maintain cleanliness in dining areas.

Skills

Food prep knowledge

Follow directions

Kitchen equipment handling

Education

Basic education sufficient

Job description

Cook's Helper (Full-Time, 40 hrs., Academic Year)

Posting Number: CS02333

FTE:

FLSA:

Pay Rate:

Salary Range: $33,619 - $35,865 (ACADEMIC YEAR SALARY) PLUS(There is an ADDITIONAL $3,200 annually for shiftdifferential).

Pay Grade Level: Grade 309

Union: C94/L528 - Council 94/Local 528 (Serv/Maint)

Status: Academic Year, Full-time, Permanent

Department: Dining Central Operations

Campus Location: Kingston

Duties and Responsibilities

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: To work as a helper to a cook or bakerby performing simple tasks in the preparation of foods andbeverages (hot or cold) in a kitchen of a state institution; or, toperform food services duties in a dining room or cafeteria servedby this kitchen; to work in the food preparation areas or tooperate the pan and rack washing machine in the central foodprocessing plant; or to perform those duties necessary to maintaincleanliness in the kitchen and related areas; and to do relatedwork as required.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED: To work under the close supervision of asuperior from whom are received detailed and explicit instructions;work is reviewed for compliance with such instructions.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED: As required, may supervise the work ofpatient or inmate help.

ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED:

As assigned to work as helper under the close supervision of a cookby performing such duties as: To wash, peel, chop, dice, or grindvegetables, fruits, and other foods for cooking or for salads; todo other simple work in food preparation such as: making toast,coffee, tea, chocolate; preparing cereal, cooking eggs; makingsandwiches; stirring soup; boiling potatoes or other vegetables; toassemble diet trays and as instructed arranges food thereon to beserved to patients; loads food onto food trucks or places food inreceptacles in steam tables; to set up dining tables for service;and as required to serve food to persons in a cafeteria from steamtables; to collect trays, soiled dishes, cutlery, glassware, etc.after meals and to dispose (swill) of scrap or leftover foods; towash dishes manually or in an automatic dishwashing machine and towash cutlery and glassware and to put them in their designatedplaces for reuse; to clean and wash food trucks, dishwashingmachines; iceboxes, walk-in refrigerators and other kitchenequipment and utensils; to clean and wash down the kitchencafeteria and related dining areas; and to do related work asrequired.

As assigned to work as a helper under the close supervision of abaker by performing such duties as: To assemble materials and toweigh, measure, and as instructed mix ingredients by hand or in anelectric powered mixing machine; to roll dough, and fill pans withdough or batter; to place good to be baked in, and remove them fromovens; to perform such tasks as carrying materials to a baker or tomachines, depositing ingredients in containers, greasing pans,lining pans with greased paper or other appropriate lining; to moveracks or rack trucks of dough and/or batter, or baked goods to andfrom ovens; to clean bakery areas and related equipment andutensils; and to do related work as required.

As assigned to work in the central food processing plant byperforming such duties as: to work as a helper to cooks, bakers andmeat cutters in performing such tasks as assembling, portioning,packaging and transporting of materials, to operate a pan and rackwashing machines; to wash pots and pans; to clean work areas andrefrigerators; and to do related work as required.

Required Qualifications

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND CAPACITIES:

A familiarity with the methods and procedures applied in thecooking or baking of food, and in food service and in cleaning ofkitchen or bakery areas; the ability to understand and followsimple verbal or written directions; the ability to exercise carein the handling, washing, drying and storing of cooking or bakingequipment, and glassware; and related capacities andabilities.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION:

Sufficient to follow simple verbal directions; and

EXPERIENCE:

Such as may have been gained through employment as ahelper in a kitchen or bakery in a hospital, hotel or restaurantwhich required the performance of routine work in food preparation,food service and various tasks incidental to the preparation offood in a kitchen or bakery, and food service in a dining room orcafeteria.

OR- any combination of education and experience that shall besubstantially equivalent to the above education andexperience.

Posting Date: 11/04/2026

Closing Date: 11/13/2026

Special Instructions to Applicants

Full-Time, 40 hrs., Academic Year

A generous benefits package including a tuition waiver for CCRI,RIC, and URI for the successful candidate, spouse, and dependents(if applicable) based on current education. paid time off, paidstate holidays, and a mandatory retirement plan are also availablein addition to many other types of benefits.

To learn more about the benefits package, please visit https://www.exploreemployeebenefits.ri.gov/

URI is unwavering in its commitment to equal opportunity,community, equity, and diversity. In furtherance of its mission toserve and support all learners as the state's public flagshipuniversity, URI continues to expand efforts to recruit and retain abroadly representative workforce as well as to regularly evaluatethe effectiveness of those efforts.

All employment decisions, including hiring, are made without regardto protected status. Qualified individuals with disabilities mayrequest a reasonable accommodation by contacting the URI benefitsoffice at 401-874-2416. For TTY assistance, contact R.I. RelayServices at 711.

For positions covered by a collective bargaining agreement, thesearch process may be subject to applicable bargaining unitprocedures.

The successful candidate will be subject to a pre-employmentcriminal background report paid for by the University.