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** Cook 1**

**Job Category****:** Food Services **Requisition Number****:** COOK1005675 Showing 1 location **Job Details**

**Description**

**THE SALVATION ARMY**

**COOK 1**

**Join a team where you can offer compassion, dignity, and sustainable opportunities for people in need in your local community!**

**Use your culinary, operational, customer service skills as a Food Services Director!**

The Salvation Army is seeking a **Cook 1** to provide culinary delights to the William Booth Center kitchen and Seattle Social Services. This roll will maintain standards of kitchen cleanliness while also ensuring that overall food quality standards are applied on a daily basis. Responsibilities will include assisting in both the prep and cooking of meals, maintain the cleanliness of both the kitchen and dining room, and conducting food safety inspections as required.

**The Salvation Army is an inspiring place to work.** With offices in every major US city and over 120 countries around the globe, its a place where people can invest in people on every level. In the Northwest region of the US, we serve people with food to shelter opportunities and almost everything in between. We are committed to being an efficient and effective network of local offices that make up a huge western region team. In other words, were committed to being big and small at the same time. That makes us a seriously great place to work. As one of the most impactful social service organizations in the world, we hire people who constantly seek new ways to keep us moving forward. We welcome you on finding your place to offer opportunities for people in need!

The Cook 1 works closely with staff in the kitchen and will work toward timely prepping and cooking of all food. This position will receive supervision from both Cook IIIs in the kitchen as well as the Food Services Assistant Director and the Food Services Director.

This position is full-time and non-exempt and located in Seattle, Washington.

**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

* Assist Cook III in preparing meals.

* Help plan menus and food service arrangements within budget limitations

* Provide forecasts of required food items

* Assure proper methods of food storage, stock control and handling and preparation of food

* Conduct inspections for safety, food storage, service and sanitation

* Maintain full compliance with Chapter 246-215 of the Washington Administrative Code, pertaining to food safety and food services

* Perform all facets of preparing and service of congregate meals to fifty or more people

* Provide assistance as needed in washing dishes and cleaning all kitchen and dining areas

* Deliver food safely to multiple outside Salvation Army locations

* Ensure food arrives at other Salvation Army locations in a safe and timely manner, ensuring that food is delivered at a safe temperature

* Maintains a clean dining room and Kitchen at all times

* Participate in advanced and continuing education training as assigned

* Provide supervision to volunteers

* Participate in staff meetings as requested

* Perform other related duties as assigned

* Reports problems in writing (Incident Report) to Kitchen Supervisor/Chef Instructor

**MATHEMATICAL SKILLS**

Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

**EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:**

**Education and Work Experience:**

* HS Diploma or GED

* No prior experience or training.

* Possession of a valid Washington State Drivers License

* Possession and retention of current Washington State Food Handlers Permit

* Authorized to or able to gain approval as a driver of Salvation Army vehicles

* Ability to comply with Salvation Army child safety training

* Ability to pass background check

* Ability and willingness to understand and fully comply with mandatory reporting requirements and laws pertaining to vulnerable adults and children

* Willingness to abide by the Salvation Armys drug and alcohol policy

* Documentation of current TB test, CPR and First Aid certification and completion of Bloodborne Pathogen training within 90 days of employment

**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:**

* An ability to engage with diverse populations in a respectful and culturally responsive manner

* Demonstrates a commitment to the values of equity and inclusion by honoring diverse characteristics and expressions of personal identity.

* Ability to read, write and communicate in English to the extent necessary to understand instructions, take messages, and use the telephone

* Ability to work successfully and maintain good relationships with diverse demographics

* Willingness and ability to work within a team environment and communicate with other team members in a transparent, honest and professional manner

* Ability and willingness to communicate in an effective and courteous manner with peers, clients and supervisors

* Willingness and ability to resolve conflicts with peers and supervisors in a professional and ethical manner

* Ability and willingness to keep information confidential

* Ability to comply with safety standards and procedures for both personal and public safety

* Ability to lift heavy cooking pots, pans and other items used in food service/cleanup

* Capable to perform all facets of preparing and service of congregate meals to fifty or more people

* Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and maintain poise under pressure

* Dependable work record in reporting to work on time and completing assigned responsibilities

**Physical Requirements:**

* Ability to sit, walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist on a recurring basis

* Ability to grasp, push, pull objects such as files, file cabinet drawers, and reach overhead

* Ability to operate telephone

* Ability to operate a desktop or laptop computer

* Ability to lift up to 60 lbs.

* Ability to access and produce information from a computer

* Ability to understand written information

Qualified individuals must be able to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation. A qualified person with a disability may request a modification or adjustment to the job or work environment to meet the physical requirements of the position. The Salvation Army will attempt to satisfy requests if the accommodation needed is reasonable and no undue hardship would result. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, stand, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and reach with hands and arms on a continuous basis. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to **5**0 pounds**.** Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Must have the ability to operate telephone, a desktop or laptop computer, as well as the ability to access and produce information from a computer, and to understand written information.

The Salvation Army is a branch of the Christian Church, and the goal of all programs is the spiritual regeneration of all people. The Salvation Army is an equal opportunity employer.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal