Kitchen and Operations

Kitchen and Operations Staff

Ranch Camp - Elbert, CO

Salary Range $19.29 - $21.50 Hourly Position Type Seasonal

The JCC Ranch Camp is not just the Denver JCC's overnight summer camp, it's also one of the best places to work during the summer. As a staff member, Ranch Camp will become your home away from home as you work to create a community where people can thrive. You're a hero to your campers; you have the chance to do something you really care about and have a whole lot of fun doing it.

Your experience as a staff member is just as important to us as our campers' experience. That being said:
We're here to serve kids and make sure they are in the safest environment possible while having the time of their lives.

The Kitchen and Operations team at JCC Ranch Camp is essential to the camp experience, ensuring campers and staff receive nourishing meals in a safe and inclusive environment. As a member of the Kitchen and Operations Staff, you'll assist with food preparation, maintain cleanliness and organization in the kitchen and dining areas, and uphold kosher and allergen management practices. Additionally, you will support camp operations by assisting with camper laundry and light housekeeping tasks, ensuring a clean and welcoming environment throughout camp.

This role is ideal for someone looking to gain hands-on experience in both kitchen and operations while being part of a vibrant summer camp community.

All our staff work in tandem with Camp's Supervisory Team to ensure the positive resolution of all potential issues and challenges that might come up with regard to the kitchen, food preparation, housekeeping, laundry, and personnel.

Finally, all staff must be able to attend Staff Orientations and be available to live at camp, or be available for full-time kitchen coverage, for the summer season from mid-May to mid-August. This role has the flexibility to work in our shoulder seasons as well in late-April, May, August, September, and October.

Qualifications and Requirements

Basic Qualifications

• Willingness to take on varied tasks across different camp areas and work collaboratively.
• Ability to carefully organize, label, and handle camper items in both kitchen and laundry settings.
• Satisfactorily fulfill requirements for employment at the Staenberg-Loup JCC, including: background screening, three references, documentation, and compliance with CDHS law.
• Must be high-energy, enthusiastic, creative, and open-minded!

Preferred Qualifications

• Food Handler Certification or similar, or willingness to obtain.
• Familiarity with kosher and allergen protocols, with training provided as needed.
• Previous experience in food service, housekeeping, or laundry work is preferred.

Physical Demands:
This job requires the incumbent to have operative auditory and visual functioning. Employee must also be able to walk upwards of two (2) miles each day, including use of stairs and uneven terrain. Employee may also stand, sit in chairs or on the ground, run, and swim. Employee may lift or body block campers when necessary.

Work Environment:
Working conditions may include being in indoor, often time's loud spaces and spending extended time outdoors under the sun. Must have the ability to work in a hectic, sometimes stressful environment while maintaining the standard of care.

Benefits Overview

This is a seasonal job and is therefore ineligible for benefits.

The Jewish Community Center values diversity and inclusiveness and is an equal opportunity employer.