What are the responsibilities and job description for the Food Service Worker-YMCA Camp Cosby position at YMCA?
The YMCA focus is to strengthen communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.
Provide quality and safe food service to groups using camp. This includes food preparation and kitchen cleanup.
Essential Functions:
- Prepare food served using established production procedures and systems.
- Assist with presentation of food and service as directed.
- Comply with established sanitation standards, personal hygiene, and health standards.
- Demonstrate proper food preparation and handling techniques.
- Assist in proper storage of food within standards.
- Report necessary equipment repair and maintenance to supervisor.
- Dining area and kitchen clean up including proper washing and sterilization of all dishes and food preparation surfaces.
- Maintain clean, attractive, safe, functional food service equipment and facilities that meet or exceed American Camping Association (ACA) standards, State Health Codes and YMCA policies and standards.
- Attends all staff meetings, required training sessions and special events.
- Other duties and responsibilities assigned by supervisor.
Cause-Driven Leadership Competencies
- Community: Makes member and community needs paramount and does everything in his/her power to engage and partner with members and community to exceed expectations.
- Volunteerism: Advances the legacy of volunteer engagement and leadership.
- Philanthropy: Values and supports the many facets of philanthropy as an essential component on achieving the Ys mission.
- Inclusion: Values all people for their unique talents and takes an active role in promoting practices that support diversity, including and cultural competence.
- Relationships: Builds authentic relationships in the service of enhancing individual and team performance to support the Ys work.
- Influence: Employs influence strategies that engage, inspire, and build commitment to position and achieve the overall Y goals.
- Communication: Listens and expresses ideas effectively and in a manner that reflects a true understanding of the needs of the audience.
- Functional Expertise: Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.
- Emotional Maturity: Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills.
- Commitment to Quality Results: Demonstrates and fosters a strong commitment to achieving goals in a manner that provides quality experiences
- Developing Others: Recognizes and acts on the need to continually develop others capabilities to attain the highest level of performance possible.
Minimum Requirements:
- Experience working in a commercial kitchen environment.
- Experience preparing meals for hundreds of people at one time.
- Highly organized and professional.
- Self-motivated with the able to multi-task.
- Ability to work well with others in a summer camp environment.
- Ability to work in a hot, humid and fast-paced workplace.
- Successful completion of background screening.
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Acquire and maintain the following certifications within 30 days of hire date via YMCA, American Red Cross, American Heart Association and American Health and Safety Institute (ASHI):
- First Aid/CPR /AED (valid 2 years unless otherwise noted)
- Requisite Redwoods Online Training Modules (completed prior to start date and repeated annually).
Physical Demands:
- Must have the physical, visual and auditory ability to perform the essential functions of the job.
- Perform related physical skills including: bending, lifting, squatting, reaching, standing, walking.
- Must be willing to work nontraditional hours.
- Lifting heavy boxes, containers of food, and equipment weighing up to 50 lbs.
- Standing for extended periods of time.
- Extended exposure to kitchen heat and humidity, and handling hot pots and pans.
- Safe handling of kitchen equipment, including sharp knives, etc.
