Cook

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; Kingston (RI); On-site; USD 33,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition waiver for CCRI, RIC, URI

Paid time off

State holidays

Mandatory retirement plan

Job summary

The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc. is recruiting two Cook's Helpers for the Kingston campus.

These full-time, 40-hour academic year positions involve assisting cooks and bakers in food preparation, dishwashing, and kitchen cleanup in a state institution dining facility. Responsibilities include preparing basic food items, assisting in the central food processing area, and maintaining cleanliness in kitchen and dining areas.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with cooking or baking methods and food service.
• Ability to understand and follow simple verbal or written directions.
• Ability to exercise care in handling, washing, drying and storing equipment and glassware.

Responsibilities

• Wash, peel, chop, dice or grind vegetables, fruits and other foods for cooking or salads.
• Prepare toast, coffee, tea, chocolate, cereal; cook eggs; make sandwiches and soups.
• Assemble materials, weigh and mix ingredients; roll dough; place dough in ovens; move racks of dough and baked goods.
• Operate dishwashing machines or wash dishes manually; clean kitchen and dining areas.

Skills

Food handling

Following instructions

Care with equipment

Education

High school or equivalent

Job description

Cook's Helper (2 Positions, Full-Time, 40 hrs., AcademicYear)

Posting Number: CS02277

FTE:

FLSA:

Pay Rate:

Salary Range: $32,640 - $34,820.76 (ACADEMIC YEAR SALARY) PLUS (There is an ADDITIONAL $3,200 annually for shift differential).

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 and from 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 by performing 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 a helper 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 be substantively equivalent to the above education andexperience.

Preferred Qualifications

Posting Date: 07/30/2026

Closing Date: 08/08/2026

Special Instructions to Applicants

2 Positions, 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-employment criminal background report paid for by the University.