Island Hospitality & Culinary Specialist

The Nature Conservancy; Palmyra (VA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Board and lodging provided

Job summary

The Nature Conservancy’s Palmyra Preserve seeks a Hospitality Specialist to ready facilities for visitors and manage daily galley and cleaning tasks. The role includes planning meals for guests, staff, and volunteers, tracking inventory, and maintaining high hygiene standards in a remote setting.

Applicants should have a High School Diploma, at least 1 year of professional kitchen experience, knowledge of kitchen operations, ServeSafe certification, and the ability to lift 50 pounds in a

Qualifications

• High School Diploma and at least 1-year culinary experience in a professional food services environment within the last 5 years or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Current working knowledge of kitchen operations including meal presentations, baking, sautéing, grilling, and the preparation and proper handling of meat, fish, assorted cold foods, and safe knife handling skills.
• Culinary experience maintaining a sanitary kitchen work environment and knowledge of a facility deep cleaning process. ServeSafe or equivalent certification.
• Experience with MS Word and Excel in producing reports and maintaining inventories
• Ability to perform physically demanding work and lift up to 50 pounds, sometimes under adverse conditions.

Responsibilities

• The Hospitality Specialist is responsible for planning and preparing the facilities to receive visitors.
• Daily galley clean-up including dishes, floors, storage areas, bathrooms and showers and systematic deep cleaning of all cabins, associated living areas, recreation areas and the galley.
• Planning and preparation of high-quality meals, of breakfast, lunch and dinner for guests, staff, and volunteers.
• Tracking inventory, stocking food items in refrigerators, freezers and dry storage, and the proper rotation of all food and hospitality inventory items to ensure efficiency, organization, and safety.
• Respond to medical emergencies and other duties as assigned.

Skills

MS Word

Excel

Culinary skills

Health & safety

Lifting ability

Education

High School Diploma

ServeSafe certification

Tools

ServeSafe certification

Job description

The Nature Conservancy’s Palmyra Preserve seeks a Hospitality Specialist to ready facilities for visitors and manage daily galley and cleaning tasks. The role includes planning meals for guests, staff, and volunteers, tracking inventory, and maintaining high hygiene standards in a remote setting.

Applicants should have a High School Diploma, at least 1 year of professional kitchen experience, knowledge of kitchen operations, ServeSafe certification, and the ability to lift 50 pounds in a