Cook - Serving Ourselves Kitchen (Homeless Services Bureau)

1 day ago

Boston, Massachusetts, United States Boston Public Health Commission Full time $40,000 - $60,000 per year

Since 1983 the Commission's Homeless Services Bureau has provided emergency shelter, workforce development, and housing services to individuals experiencing a crisis of homelessness with the goal of making homelessness in Boston rare, brief, and one time. We are one of the largest shelter providers in New England, running two emergency shelters, which operate 24 hours a day 365 days a year, and providing more than 5,000 homeless individuals annually with food, beds, lockers, emergency clothing, health care, case management, and housing services. We use a housing first framework and principles of trauma informed care, restorative justice, and health equity to people move from homelessness to housing as quickly as possible.

The Serving Ourselves Kitchen at Quincy Street helps the Bureau achieve its goals by providing vocational training and employment program for homeless individuals. The program provides participants with the skills, support, and self-esteem necessary to re-enter the community as competitive workers able to live independently. The Serving Ourselves Kitchen team prepares, cooks, and delivers daily safe and nutritious meals for our shelters' guests.

DUTIES

  • Prepares and cooks between meals daily including breakfast, lunch, and dinner for both internal and external sites/programs.
  • Assists in ensuring quality control measures and proper sanitation practices are followed for food preparation, storage, and delivery.
  • Responsible for proper storing, rotation, labeling, dating and inventory control of food items.
  • Assists in ensuring delivery of food to all external sites and customers including delivering meals via kitchen truck, loading and unloading truck, set up of serving area, confirming correct delivery of orders, collecting and processing necessary paperwork, and addressing customer concerns and questions.
  • Assists in monitoring the serving of meals. Instructs servers, customers and volunteers on portion control, food ingredients and food handling.
  • Provides supervision to client workers.
  • Provides supportive mentoring to homeless clients who are employed in a job training capacity.
  • Assists volunteer food groups with food preparation and service as needed.
  • Participates in daily, weekly & monthly sanitation and cleaning schedules.
  • Attends weekly kitchen staff meetings and weekly food production meetings.
  • Other duties as required.
Qualifications
  • High School diploma or GED.
  • 1-2 years' experience in large volume institutional cooking.
  • ServSafe Certification required.
  • Must possess and maintain Certificate of Allergen Awareness Training at time of hire or must be obtained within 90 days of hire. Must thereafter possess and maintain active Certificate of Allergen Awareness Training as a condition of employment.
  • Ability to work flexible hours when necessary.
  • Requires working on Thanksgiving and Christmas Days, as well as other holidays when schedule requires.
  • Must possess and maintain all required certifications and trainings. Sanitation certificate required or must be obtained within 90 days of hire.
  • Ability to bend, lift and carry stock up to 50 lbs.
  • Good verbal and written communication skills.
  • Bi-Lingual preferred
  • Valid, active Massachusetts (MA) driver's license and good driving record required. Applicants who do not possess a valid MA driver's license are eligible for hire but must obtain a valid, active MA driver's license within the first six (6) months of employment and thereafter maintain such license as conditions of employment.

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