Cook, Liliuokalani Center

Provides safety and well-being for all youth, families, staff, and visitors while ensuring the cleanliness and proper operation of the kitchen facilities. The Cook is responsible for preparing and cooking a variety of food products, including meats, fish, vegetables, soups, and other hot food items, cooking in large batches and performing "To Order" cooking as needed. This position will also perform additional duties to ensure the smooth operation of the kitchen. The Cook is responsible for maintaining a clean and well-organized kitchen and will collaborate closely with the Foodservice and Retail Manager.

Essential Responsibilities

• Complete DOH Food Safety and Sanitation Course successfully
• Understand and comply with standard portion sizes, cooking methods, quality standards, and kitchen rules, policies, and procedures
• Maintain sanitation, health, and safety standards in all work areas
• Clean food preparation areas, cooking surfaces, and utensils
• Verify that prepared food meets requirements for quality and quantity
• Cook and package batches of food according to recipe and production sheets
• Prepare specialty foods following specific methods that usually require short preparation time
• Operate large-volume cooking equipment such as grills, deep-fat fryers, or griddles, tilt skillet, combi oven, pizza oven
• Read food order slips or receive verbal instructions as to food required by customer, manager, or BEO, and prepare and cook food according to instructions
• Measure ingredients required for specific food items being prepared
• Clean, stock, and restock workstations and display cases
• Wash, cut, and prepare foods designated for cooking and recipe standards
• Prep all items needed for service, for later use
• Attending all scheduled employee meetings and offering suggestions for improvement
• Coordinate with and assist fellow employees to meet guests’ needs and support the operation of the restaurant
• Maintain Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point records
• Flexibility to run multiple stations efficiently
• Wash dishes as needed
• Fill-in for fellow employees where needed to ensure guest service standards and efficient operations
• Schedule activities and equipment use with managers, using information about daily menus to help coordinate cooking times
• Assist with orders and receive delivery of supplies
• Ensure in-house catering orders are directed to proper areas and groups
• Perform additional duties as needed and assist teammates
• Fill in production records accurately
• Complete physical inventory count

Tools & Technology:

• Commercial machinery: will proficiently operate blenders, food processors, food slicers, mixers, coffee or iced tea makers, convection ovens, deep fryers, griddles, grills, heat lamps, hot dog grills, pizza ovens, ranges, cutlery, scales, Ice dispensers, wooden oven paddle (bakers' peel)
• Responsible for POS software, systems, food management, and workstations

Qualifications

• Must have a 2-year associate degree or vocational school diploma
• Minimum 3-4 years’ experience with cooking in high volume production kitchens and with local and Hawaiian foods
• Knowledge of the industry and relevant health and safety regulations
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Exceptional time management skills
• Excellent kitchen administration knowledge and ability to work as part of a team
• Excellent understanding of various cooking methods, ingredients, equipment, and procedures
• Must be open to deep collaboration
• TB clearance
• Valid Driver’s License
• Proficiency in Microsoft Apps (i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)

Job Competencies

• Communication: Clearly convey and receive information and ideas both orally and in writing. Engage the listener and invite response and feedback. Demonstrate strong written, oral, and listening skills.
• Problem Solving: Ability to problem solve, has prompt good judgement and common sense. Ability to exercise sound judgement in safeguarding confidential or sensitive information.
• Collaboration: Ability to interact effectively with youth, community partners, and multi-disciplinary teams. Knowledge of community resources and services.
• Ethical Practice: Model the highest level of ethical behavior, integrity, and social responsibility. Ability to exercise sound judgement in safeguarding confidential or sensitive information. Uphold and embody all LT values.
• Cultural Competence: Respect and relate well to people from varied backgrounds and sensitive to group differences. Experience working with at-risk youth and ability to apply positive youth development principles to that work.
• Relationship Management: Experience working with staff at all levels in a collaborative environment; ability to promote and sustain positive workplace values and relationships.
• Interpersonal Skills: Ability to work well under pressure and to remain calm and controlled when faced with challenging situations.

Travel Requirements
In alignment with our organizational competencies of Alu Like I ka Hana (Teamwork) and Ho'omau i ka 'imi Na'auao (Continuous Learning and Improvement), this position will require occasional travel across the island, inter-island, and out-of-state depending on the needs of the team and the organization. While travel may not always be a need, the ability to travel when required remains a crucial aspect of this position in order to successfully contribute to our concerted efforts to carry out our Queen’s legacy.
This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions, it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. This job description is subject to change at any time.

Organization Competencies

• Alignment with Queen’s legacy: Understanding and appreciation of Queen Liliʻuokalani’s story, her legacy and the Hawaiian Culture is foundational to staff’s commitment to working with our Hawaiian children, families, and communities. Demonstrates respect for and appreciation of Hawaiian values history, and culture, understanding its implication in one’s work, in fostering meaningful relationships, and in embracing the community served.
• Ho'omau i ka 'imi Na'auao (Continuous Learning and Improvement): Committed to creating and reinforcing an environment of continuous learning and improvement.
• Ho'ike i na Mana'o Pono (Effective Communication): Communicates with those we serve and each other in a consistent manner that results in mutual understanding, harmony, and action.
• No'ono'o loi (Critical Thinking and Problem Solving): Actively and skillfully understands, conceptualizes, applies, analyzes, synthesizes, and/or evaluates information and develops and supports fact-based analyses and recommendations.
• Ho'o kumu a'e or 'Imi hakuhia (Innovation): Identifies and integrates creative ideas into new or existing services and promotes effective problem-solving.
• Pilina Ho'ohana a me ka Hana Hilina'i (Building Relationships and Creating Trust): Manages relationships to create optimal opportunities and move the organization forward.
• Alu Like I ka Hana (Teamwork): Works cooperatively and collaboratively with others throughout the organization in alignment with the organization's objectives.
• Ho'onui I ka 'Ike (Capacity Building): Encourages personal growth by exhibiting trust and a belief in the capacity of others.

Current Job Title: Cook, Liliʻuokalani Center Reports to: Manager, Foodservice & Retail – Liliʻuokalani Center
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Aligned Executive: Vice President and Chief Program Officer
Kipuka: Liliʻuokalani Center Department: Operations

Liliʻuokalani Center (LC):
Informed by a deep understanding of the adolescent experience and grounded in Hawaiian culture, the new LC will provide Hawaiian youth with opportunities to connect to peers and mentors, receive supportive services, and discover pathways to passion, purpose, and prosperity. LC will be LT’s signature youth development hub for culture, creativity, technology, and play, and will serve as a resource center where youth can connect to vital supports and a vibrant community. LC will be a safe space located in urban Honolulu where youth are inspired to pursue their dreams, including exploring pathways in the arts, sports, technology, and entrepreneurship while receiving wraparound support to help them reach their goals and become thriving adults. A primary function of LC will be to provide a space for young people to play, to learn, to find connection and inspiration, and to experience joy. Currently under construction, LC is set to open in Fall of 2025.

Mental and Physical Demands
Ability to walk, stand, sit, kneel, push, stoop, crawl, twist, reach above the shoulder, grasp, pull, bend repeatedly, climb stairs and ladders, identify colors, hear with aid, see write, count read, speak, analyze, alphabetize, lift and carry 50 lbs. and over, perceive depth, operate motor equipment. Mentally alert, emotionally stable and physically fit in order to cope with emergencies.

Terms and Conditions of Employment
As a condition of employment, employee will be subject to LT’s policies and procedures.

Liliʻuokalani Trust is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to recruit, train, and retain innovative talent from a diverse candidate pool. All employment decisions will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, ancestry, genetic information, citizenship, marital/civil union status, arrest and court record, domestic or sexual violence victim status, credit history, disability or veteran/military status or other applicable legally protected characteristics.