Kitchen Assistant - Partial

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Helps maintain order and organization in food and dry storage areas to ensure smooth kitchen operations.

• Notifies supervisor of any low stock items.

• 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.

• May assist with deliveries.

• Provides coverage as needed across various dining operations.

• Performs other duties as directed.

• 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.

• Valid driver’s license is preferred.

• Multi lingual preferred.

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All dining and catering staff are considered essential personnel to the school and are therefore required to attend work even when the school is…