Server & Cook

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Regular Full-Time New York, NY, US

3 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $53,890.00 To $53,890.00 Annually

Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, widely recognized as one of New York’s premier human services providers, is a settlement house founded in 1894 that provides an extensive array of effective and integrated services—social, educational, health, housing, mental health, nutritional and fitness—which significantly improve the lives of 16,000 people in need each year, ages 3 to 103, on the East Side of Manhattan.

Our clients include older adults, unhoused and formerly unhoused adults, children and families, disabled persons, adult learners and more. For more information on Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, please visit lenoxhill.org and check us out on Facebook or Instagram .

Lenox Hill Neighborhood House's Food Services is a leader in New York City's nonprofit farm-to-institution movement. Our team prepares and serves approximately 1,600 healthy, delicious, and culturally appropriate meals each day across our two Older Adult Centers, Early Childhood Center, Social Adult Day Program, and Women's Mental Health Shelter. In addition to daily meal service, our team supports internal and external catering, special events, and community food initiatives throughout the organization.

Food Services works collaboratively with the Teaching Kitchen®, a program which trains nonprofit organizations to transform their food service programs using the farm-to-institution model originally developed through our own meal programs. Our Food Services and Teaching Kitchen® programs aim to improve the health of individuals and families who have limited resources, food insecurity, chronic health conditions, and low income by increasing their access to fresh, healthy food.

Salary:$53,890 annually

Reporting to the Sous Chefs, the Server & Cook is an integral member of our Food Services Team and is responsible for ensuring that Lenox Hill Neighborhood House’s Food Services meets its goal of providing nutritious, quality meals for clients and other members of the Neighborhood House community. The Server & Cook will perform duties for our two Older Adult Centers, Early Childhood Center, Women’s Mental Health Shelter and CARE Program.

The Server & Cook must be flexible and adaptable to change to support the evolving and fluid nature of the Neighborhood House’s Food Services department.

The Server & Cook will:

• Serve lunch and dinner at our Older Adult Center efficiently, ensuring clients receive appropriately portioned hot food in a timely manner
• Prepare, portion, and serve meals accurately and according to established menus, recipes, and required quantities; ensure consistency and quality while efficiently supporting all aspects of ingredient and meal preparation
• Deep clean, wash dishes, manage inventory, and maintain clean, sanitary, and organized kitchen, food preparation, and serving areas across multiple sites
• Uphold procedures and policies while maintaining calm, kind communication with clients, staff, and volunteers alike
• Maintain compliance with all food handling procedures, including those of the Neighborhood House, the City Department of Health, and all other oversight agencies, by maintaining food at correct temperatures, record keeping, providing for safe food storage, and completing all cleaning schedules
• Memorize and effectively communicate allergens and ingredients in foods to clients
• Effectively manage time to conduct all responsibilities thoroughly within the appropriate timeframe
• Collaborate with Lenox Hill Neighborhood House’s staff and volunteers…