Cook

Greatfuturessd; South Dakota; Hybrid; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Plains Milbank, SD is seeking a part-time Cook to oversee the kitchen and café, handle food orders, preparation, cooking, serving, and post-meal cleanup, while ensuring cleanliness and compliance.

You will help ensure licensing and health requirements are met, assist with meal prep for Club programs, and support events and special programs as needed. Hours are Mon-Fri during the school year and extended in summer; safety-sensitive role.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience working with youth from Preschool through 12th grade preferred.
• Available Monday–Friday 8:00am–7:00pm during the school year and 7:00am–6:00pm in summer.
• Experience in commercial kitchen.
• Experience in food service.
• Able to implement behavior management and youth-guidance principles as taught by the Club.
• Able to model Boys and Girls Club values with youth.

Responsibilities

• Oversee kitchen and café operations, including food orders, preparation, cooking, serving, and post-meal cleanup.
• Ensure the kitchen meets licensing and health requirements.
• Assist with meal preparation and kitchen operations at alternate locations as needed.
• Lead grants and program-related activities related to the kitchen/café as assigned.
• Attend weekly supervisor meetings and seasonal team meetings.

Skills

Food Safe training

Food service experience

Commercial kitchen experience

Youth program understanding

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Title:

Cook

Reports To:

Chief Facilities & Safety Officer

Classified:

Part-Time,Non-Exempt

Location:

Milbank, 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 Club Meals, Breakfast, Lunch, Snack and/or Supper, as needed.
• 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.
• Weeklyone on onemeetingwithsupervisorand required team meetings seasonally.
• 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.