Palmyra On-Island Hospitality & Culinary Specialist

The Nature Conservancy (All); Palmyra (MO); On-site; USD 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On‑site housing

Job summary

The Nature Conservancy’s Palmyra Preserve seeks a Hospitality Specialist to plan and prepare facilities for visitors and to manage daily galley operations. You will be responsible for cleaning, safe food handling, and preparing meals for guests, staff, and volunteers on a remote Palmyra atoll.

The role requires a high school diploma and at least one year of professional culinary experience, plus ServeSafe or equivalent certification.

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

• Plan and prepare facilities to receive visitors and guests.
• Daily galley clean‑up including dishes, floors, storage areas, bathrooms and showers; deep cleaning of cabins and living areas.
• Plan and prepare high‑quality meals for guests, staff, and volunteers (breakfast, lunch, dinner).
• Track inventory and stock food items in refrigerators, freezers and dry storage; rotate items safely.
• Respond to medical emergencies and other duties as assigned.

Skills

Kitchen operations

ServeSafe

MS Word

MS Excel

Physical stamina

Education

High School Diploma + 1 year culinary experience

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Job description

The Nature Conservancy’s Palmyra Preserve seeks a Hospitality Specialist to plan and prepare facilities for visitors and to manage daily galley operations. You will be responsible for cleaning, safe food handling, and preparing meals for guests, staff, and volunteers on a remote Palmyra atoll.

The role requires a high school diploma and at least one year of professional culinary experience, plus ServeSafe or equivalent certification.