Want to work in a kitchen with a regular schedule that doesn't include nights and weekends? Join the Ceres team and help to cultivate our youth leaders while delivering nourishing, healthy meals to those in need! Our Kitchen Assistants get great hands-on training for those interested in the culinary arts!
DEPARTMENT: Culinary Operations
REPORTS TO: Kitchen Manager
LOCATION: Novato Kitchen
FLSA STATUS: Regular, Part-Time, Non-Exempt
EXPECTED HOURS: 30 per week
SCHEDULE: Variable but site hours are between 10am and 6:30pm, Monday-Thursday and shifts are 6-7 hours long. Some Fridays may be required for meetings or trainings, with advance notice.
Summary
The Kitchen Assistant (KA) is responsible for assisting the Lead and Associate Chef (AC) to ensure the smooth operation of culinary production shifts. The KA works under the direction of the Lead Chef with adult and youth volunteers to execute food preparation, cooking, packaging, bagging, dish washing, and keeping a clean, orderly, well-maintained kitchen. Occasionally, this role will be called upon to work shifts in the Sebastopol kitchen to train and cover absences.
This role requires a fingerprint background check and mandated reporter training.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
Adult and Youth Volunteer Program Responsibilities:
Qualifications
Physical Demands/Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a staff member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
COVID-19
Ceres is following the guidance and requirements of the health departments of Sonoma and Marin counties and the state of California. We have protocols in place for prevention of and response to COVID-19 and all new staff will be briefed on these in their onboarding. We need a commitment from all staff that they will abide by these protocols.
Operating Principles
Ceres Organization
Founded in 2007, Ceres Community Project works to build healthy communities by restoring whole, organic and locally grown food to its place as the foundation of health, empowering youth, and connecting people in heart-centered ways to others and the earth.
Ceres Community Project's main program, Healing Meals for Healthy Communities, provides free and low-cost nourishing organic meals, nutrition education and caring support to people facing serious illness. All of the meals are prepared by teens that learn about growing, cooking and eating healthy whole foods and the connection between diet and health, develop life and work-ready skills, and discover their power to make a difference. The Healing Meals Program improves healthy eating behaviors among clients, teens and adult volunteers and educates the whole community about the link between healthy eating and the health of both people and planet. It also strengthens the social fabric of the community, another factor that is at the root of health. In times of disaster, Ceres is an emergency nutrition provider for our community.
In addition to operating three program sites in Marin and Sonoma counties, Ceres has trained 12 communities nationally to replicate our model. We are also active at the state and national level in advocating for policies that support equitable access to healthy food and health care, including reimbursement for medically tailored meals by insurers. For more information, please visit www.ceresproject.org.
Ceres Community Project is an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly encourages members of minority groups to apply. All employment decisions at Ceres are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, disability, marital & veteran status, or any other status protected by laws or regulations.
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