Kitchen Assistant - Partial

Position: Kitchen Assistant - Partial Year
## Kitchen Assistant - Partial Year Apply:
Providence:
Part time:
Posted Today:
R-01972
** Job Summary
** The Kitchen Assistant position is a floating production and service support role within Dining. They support back-of-house operations with ingredient preparation, maintaining cleanliness and organization of production and storage spaces, and assist with general kitchen-related activities to ensure smooth operation.  This is a customer and student-facing role, frequently assigned to kitchen production, serving at service stations or buffet lines, working pizza station, salad bar, commissary and grill.
** Essential Functions/Duties:
**** Daily Operations:
*** Assists in pre-preparation tasks such as gathering mise en place, cleaning, and weighing/measuring and preparing ingredients.
* Prepares items for commissary and catering as assigned.
* Sets up, maintains, and breaks down service areas including bakery, pizza, salad bars, entree stations and serving lines in accordance with checklists and standardized recipes.
* Assists in the pot area and dish room, putting clean equipment away, sweeping/mopping floors, removing trash & compost from production area to designated locations.
** Shift Support:
*** Assist receiver in unloading and putting away deliveries.
* Restocks kitchen stations with necessary utensils, plates, equipment, ingredients and cooking supplies.
* Provide professional, positive customer service when serving customers and students on service lines, playing close attention to established portion sizing and service logistics associated with assigned venue.
* Assist in bake shop, catering, commissary, or front-of-house operations, as assigned.
** Health & Safety:
*** Adheres to all health code procedures including temperature management, personal hygiene, and food safety and sanitation.
* Maintains cleanliness of storerooms, refrigerators, freezers, and all cooking and baking areas and equipment.
* Properly use gloves, cut gloves, and other protective gear as needed.
* Ensures food and dry ingredients in refrigerators, coolers and dry storage areas are rotated according to FIFO.
** Customer Service:
*** Assists in delivering high-quality service and food to customers, responding promptly and accurately to any inquiries or requests.
* Interact with customers in a friendly, attentive and professional manner.
** Business Process:
*** Helps maintain order and organization in food and dry storage areas to ensure smooth kitchen operations.
* Notifies supervisor of any low stock items.
** Workplace Inclusion:
*** Supports a positive work environment by contributing to a team-oriented atmosphere.
* Supports through actions and words a work environment where all, perspectives and circumstances are treated with respect, fairness and dignity.
* Participates in training that focuses on developing skills to build working relationships with people of all group identities, perspectives and circumstances.
** Additional Functions:
*** May assist with deliveries.
* Provides coverage as needed across various dining operations.
* Performs other duties as directed.
** Knowledge/Skills/Experience

Required:

*** High school diploma or equivalent. Prior experience in food service is preferred.
* Knowledge of kitchen sanitation and safety guidelines necessary.
* Ability to produce desired results in a very busy kitchen environment.
* Must be able to follow recipes and instructions.
* Effective oral and written communication skills.
* Demonstrates basic math skills and the ability to follow recipes and instructions.
* Must possess good organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
* Exhibits strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in a team.
** Preferred:
*** Valid driver's license is preferred.
* Multi lingual preferred.
** Union:
** No
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* Work Schedule:

** All dining and catering staff are considered essential personnel to the school and are therefore required to attend work even when the school is closed.
** Employment Status: (Temp, Term, On-call, etc)
** 9 Month, Part-Time, Non-Exempt
** Grade:
** 810NE
* * Documents Needed to Apply:
** Resume (Required)
Cover Letter (Strongly Preferred)
Salary Grade Structure
* Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please upload all required documents.
* The successful candidate will be required to meet our pre-employment background screening requirements.  RISD recognizes inclusion and belonging as fundamental to its learning and working community and integral to an art and design…