Kitchen Substitute

Job Summary:

Kitsap Community Resources (KCR) is seeking a reliable and detail-oriented Kitchen Substitute to join our team. As a Kitchen Substitute, you will be responsible for assisting our cooks with food preparation, food quality and quantity, plating, packaging, storage, sanitation, dishwashing, and service to a variety of customers. This is a great opportunity to work in a dynamic environment and develop your skills in food service management.

Responsibilities:

• Assist cooks with food preparation and food quality control
• Pack out cold and hot food to meal sites daily
• Deliver cold and hot food to meal sites daily
• Pick up dishes and leftovers at meal sites and return to kitchen
• Prepare frozen meals, snacks, and breakfast breakouts as needed
• Assist with food breakouts when needed
• Assemble and deliver food items to all Head Start sites when directed
• Assist with food and supply inventories when needed
• Report to and accept assignments from Food Service manager
• Daily set up dish room and operate dishwasher scraping, cleaning, and sanitizing all dishes, silverware, pots, and pans
• Clean all incoming dirty dishes count box
• Arrange for the next day delivery
• Accept other job-related duties as assigned

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Six months of food service experience required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Food Handlers Permit
• Washington State Driver's license
• Current auto liability insurance

Why Work for KCR?

KCR is a dynamic organization with rapidly evolving programs working to solve big challenges. We are seeking individuals who thrive in change and see the opportunity to develop new systems, new partnerships, and grow their own role while growing the organization and community. Considerations for alternative job designs are encouraged, and individuals with other skills beyond this posted role are encouraged to apply. This includes grant writing, organizational leadership, transitional operations, trauma-informed care, local insights, lived experiences, and other skills pertaining to the management and stewardship of community resources.

KCR's Core Values:

KCR's core values are a vital part of each position and employees are expected to uphold them to the fullest. Our core values include:

• Integrity - taking care to honor our commitments in an ethical manner
• Compassion - genuinely empathizing with those we serve
• Excellence - demonstrating a high level of performance in all we do
• Diversity - showing honor and respect to all individuals we serve
• Collaboration - seeking out partnership opportunities
• Teamwork - supporting our employees and partners as we fulfill our mission

KCR is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

KCR is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at KCR are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex, pregnancy, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or expression, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history, or genetic information, family, or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

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