Porter

Community Servings, Inc; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Life, Short- and Long-Term Disability

Paid Vacation/Holidays/Sick Time and P

Personal Time off

Flexible Spending account (Medical and

403(b) Retirement Plan

Free Dental Insurance

Free daily community lunch

Free parking

Job summary

Community Servings in Jamaica Plain, MA is seeking a Kitchen Porter for full-time, regular duties in a fast-growing nonprofit that provides medically tailored meals. The role focuses on sanitation, organization of kitchen equipment and work areas, and collaboration with volunteers to complete tasks.

You will be responsible for cleaning and sanitizing equipment, managing waste, restocking supplies, and maintaining a clean dish and prep area as part of a team dedicated to high-quality meals for

Qualifications

• Comfortable interacting with the public.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the proper cleaning, sanitation and storage of all small kitchen equipment and dishes.
• Empties trash, compost and recycling when appropriate and replaces can liners
• Ensures floors are swept and mopped nightly.
• Ensures rotating floor detailing occurs according to schedule
• Assists with in-the-moment cleaning of work and storage areas
• Clears/cleans Community Room after lunch.
• Refills Orange Force and Sanitizer bottles daily
• Refills gloves, paper towels and hand soap at every station in the kitchen daily
• Cleans and maintains dish machine and all other dish room equipment
• Maintains an organized and clean dish room at all times
• Completes assigned cleaning projects in a timely manner
• Performs daily walkthrough check lists
• Performs daily chemical checks
• Other tasks as assigned.

Skills

Public interaction

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact this employer to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.

KITCHEN Full Time Regular Manual Labor Community Servings, Jamaica Plain, MA, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1235

Community Servings' mission is to actively engage the community to provide medically tailored, nutritious, scratch-made meals and medically tailored groceries to chronically and critically ill individuals and their families. In addition, we are committed to prioritizing racial and economic justice and health equity in all our programs and business practices.

We are a dynamic and fast-growing agency at the forefront of the "Food is Medicine" field, providing over 1M medically tailored meals annually to clients and their families experiencing illness and food insecurity in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In addition, our work strongly focuses on supporting the regional local food system, delivering high-quality nutrition education to the community, and hosting an on-site food-service workforce development program. Over the past 36 years, the agency has provided 15+ free, scratch-made meals.

Summary:

The Porter’s main role will be to manage sanitation and organization of kitchen equipment and work areas. This will be accomplished in a combination of individual effort and by working with volunteers to complete tasks.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Ensures the proper cleaning, sanitation and storage of all small kitchen equipment and dishes.
• Empties trash, compost and recycling when appropriate and replaces can liners
• Ensures floors are swept and mopped nightly.
• Ensures rotating floor detailing occurs according to schedule
• Assists with in-the-moment cleaning of work and storage areas
• Clears/cleans Community Room after lunch.
• Refills Orange Force and Sanitizer bottles daily
• Refills gloves, paper towels and hand soap at every station in the kitchen daily
• Cleans and maintains dish machine and all other dish room equipment
• Maintains an organized and clean dish room at all times
• Completes assigned cleaning projects in a timely manner
• Performs daily walkthrough check lists
• Performs daily chemical checks
• Other tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the experience, knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Comfortable interacting with the public.

Education/Experience

• High School diploma, GED, or equivalent experience.
• Experience working as part of a team.

Supervision

None

We offer a complete benefits program including:

• Medical Insurance
• Life-, Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, Sick Time, and Personal Time off
• Flexible Spending account (Medical and Daycare)
• 403(b) Retirement Plan
• Free Dental Insurance
• Free daily community lunch
• Free parking

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 the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to cold, hot, wet or humid conditions (non-weather) and works near moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands

This position requires an individual to have the ability to lift to a maximum of 50 lbs. and includes bending and standing for long periods of time. The incumbent must maintain skills necessary to safely and efficiently operate the following equipment and machines used in the performance of this job: kitchen equipment (i.e, dishwasher, slicer, coffee machine, steamer, mixer, and chef's knives) and the telephone.

Community Servings knows that diversity drives excellence. We are a place where everyone is welcome. We celebrate, promote, and derive strength from a diversity of lived experiences. We actively seek and encourage an inclusive workforce.

Community Servings participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Please refer to the E-Verification Poster (English/Spanish) and Right to Work Poster (English/Spanish) for additional information. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, Community Servings is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before any action is taken against you, including terminating your employment. Community Servings can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed Form I-9.