COOK - Part-Time No Weekend

This is a part time, benefit eligible position with the Jackson County Department on Aging on Lansing Ave., Jackson, MI. Schedule consists of Monday through Thursday, 5 am to 11 am and Fridays 5 am to 10 am. No evenings, weekends, or holidays!

• Prepares, portions and packs meals for distribution to clients of the Aging Department.
• Reviews menu plans, plans cooking schedules, and prepares and/or serves a variety of hot and cold meals and special dietary items according to menu plans.
• Performs preliminary food preparation activities, cooks main courses, prepares salads, sandwiches, fruit, and other items, bakes cookies, brownies, cakes, and other snacks and desserts.
• Maintains sanitary and orderly cooking conditions by ensuring the proper cleaning of meal preparation areas, cooking utensils, dishes, appliances, food storage areas and floors.
• May be asked to interact with the public in a dining or take-out setting through serving food and handling transactions related to food acquisition.

• One year experience cooking for large groups.
• Good team and organizational skills, initiative, follow-through and flexibility in day-to-day work duties.
• Ability to lift and move containers of food weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to understand recipe conversion in order to prepare the number of meals required each day.
• Ability to operate specialized equipment including mixers, steamers, ovens, tray machines, slicers and dish machine.
• Education:
  
  High school graduation or its equivalent.
• Must pass a criminal background check and drug screen.