Camp Cook

Greater Green Bay YMCA; Suring (WI); On-site; USD 17,047 - 24,280; Full time

Job summary

A community center in Wisconsin is seeking a Kitchen Assistant to provide a clean cooking environment and assist in preparing nutritious meals for campers. This seasonal full-time position offers a flexible schedule with hours varying by season. Ideal candidates are reliable, enjoy teamwork, and have customer service skills. Responsibilities include food preparation, cleaning, and ensuring food safety.

Qualifications

• Must be at least 14 years of age.
• Requires the ability to lift up to 35 pounds.
• Must enjoy working in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist with food preparation for campers and staff.
• Ensure dishes are clean and sanitized.
• Clean kitchen and dining hall surfaces.

Skills

Reliable

Customer service

Ability to follow directions

Teamwork

Tools

Food processors

Ovens

Grills

Job description

Base pay range

$15.00/hr - $15.00/hr

Job Summary

Our Kitchen Assistant & Staff provides a great dining experience to all our guests by offering a clean cooking environment and atmosphere, while helping to create nutritious and delicious food with friendly customer service. This is a seasonal position with a flexible work schedule. Our Kitchen Assistants & Staff work between 10-40 hours per week with our busiest seasons being summer and fall when full-time, and sometimes overtime work may be required. Hours are very limited to none from November to February.

Essential Functions

• Assist with food preparation for our campers and staff, in accordance with child labor laws, which includes washing, peeling, cutting, and slicing fruits and vegetables and plating of rolls and cookies.
• Ability to use a variety of kitchen equipment including food processors and mixers to prepare food.
• Ability to use a variety of cooking equipment including ovens, gas burners, flattop grill and outdoor grill.
• Assist with serving food according to set standards.
• Ensure all dishes are clean and sanitized and in good condition. Report concerns to the Food Services Manager.
• Clean kitchen and dining hall floors, surfaces, and equipment.
• Assist in creating a clean, safe and accommodating food service experience for campers and staff.
• Follow all state and health requirements.

Skills And Training

• Must be at least 14 years of age.
• Must be hard working, reliable, and customer service focused, with a willingness to follow exact directions from the Shift Lead Cook and work in a team environment.
• Must enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with a lot of excitement and joyful noise that comes with serving excited campers.
• Requires the ability to lift up to 35 pounds, bending and reaching, maintaining effective work in a sometimes very warm kitchen environment.

Competencies

• Building Relationships: Connect people to the Ys cause by developing inclusive relationships and collaboration. Create sustainable relationships within the Y. Assist members in becoming more connected to the Y and build small communities.
• Emotional Maturity: How we understand and conduct ourselves impacts our relationships. Demonstrate ability to understand and emotions effectively in all situations.
• Advancing Our Mission and Cause: As a cause driven leader you will support the Camp U-Nah-Li-YA, and campers by living the Ys core values of CARING, HONESTY, RESPECT, and RESPONSIBILITY in all interactions and aspects of job performance and demonstrate the desire to serve others and fulfill camp needs.
• Safety: Adhere to and enforce safety policies and procedures for Camp U-Nah-Li-Ya. Ensuring kitchen and food safety is the priority. In the event of an injury, report to the nearest supervisor immediately. Act according to facility protocol to ensure safety of all staff and children which includes:
  • Adhere to policies related to boundaries with staff and children.
  • Attend required abuse risk management training.
  • Report suspicious and inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.
  • Follow mandated abuse reporting requirements.
  • Ensure unused rooms and closets remain locked.

This job description represents the major functions of the job but is not intended to be all inclusive. The incumbent is also responsible for performing other duties as necessary for Association success.

Seniority level

• Internship

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing
• Wellness and Fitness Services

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