Kitchen Assistant

Bishop Dudley Hospitality House; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 1,653,000 - 2,204,000; Part time

Job summary

Bishop Dudley Hospitality House is offering a part-time kitchen assistant position in Sioux Falls. The role supports planning and preparing meals for a community kitchen, with 10–15 hours per week.

You’ll help with cleaning, documentation, and ensuring meals meet safety and quality standards. Responsibilities include coordinating with the Operations Manager, following menus, maintaining cleanliness, and assisting volunteers.

Qualifications

• Experience in food service or volunteer kitchen.
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities.
• Ability to follow menus/recipes and safety guidelines.
• Comfort in fast-paced, volunteer-driven environments.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate meal prep with the Business and Operations Manager.
• Assist in storing donations and supplies.
• Strictly adhere to menus/recipes for every meal.
• Maintain a calm, pleasant demeanor while assisting volunteers with dishwashing, equipment use, serving and cleanup.

Skills

Effective communication

Teamwork

Time management

Attention to detail

Independent work

Job description

The kitchen assistant will assist with planning and preparing meals, kitchen cleanliness, food preparation documentation, and cleanup of the kitchen approximately 10-15 hours per week.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Communicate with the Business and Operations Manager in coordination of meal preparation and serving at both Bishop Dudley Hospitality House and Center for Families locations.

• Assist in putting away supplies, documents and properly store donations.

• Strictly adhere to menus/recipes for every meal

• Keep a calm and pleasant demeanor while assisting with multiple volunteers in dish washing duties, equipment operation and preparation, serving and cleanup of meals.

• Knowledge and adherence to proper food handling, preparation, serving and storage.

• This will include but not limited to prep area, equipment, sweeping and mopping floors in the kitchen and washing and folding laundry.

• Assist Food Service Supervisor to ensure work area is in good order before shift ends including tear down, cleaning and reassembling of dishwasher, ovens emptied and wiped out, sinks drained and cleaned, spice containers, shelves, and countertops wiped and pots, pans and serving utensils in proper location so kitchen is meal ready.

• Alert Business and Operations Manager of supplies needed and improperly working equipment.

• Perform other duties as needed.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Effective communication and listening skills, including the ability to maintain a calm demeanor and neutral body language.

• A proven ability to work effectively with a wide range of individuals.

• Prioritizing, completing tasks, and meeting deadlines efficiently.

• Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Physical Demands:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and/or sit for the majority of the work day, regularly walking, bending, stooping, climbing stairs and lifting items weighing up to 50 pounds. The vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee will work with a large number of individuals, often requiring multitasking and working with deadlines and details to ensure all of the essential functions are performed in a timely and courteous manner.

Position reports to: Business and Operations Manager