Cook/Custodian

Location: Santa Fe NM

Status: PT/25hrs/wk

MISSION STATEMENT: The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School graduate or equivalent
• Two years of experience as a line cook or equivalent formal training.
• Experience in custodial work strongly preferred.
• Demonstrate a positive attitude, with ability to work with people of diverse backgrounds and circumstances.
• Able to maintain a non-judgement attitude, professional approach and boundaries with clients.
• Able to handle emergency situations including crowd management and conflict resolution skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work varying hours, including weekends and holidays if need be.
• Employment contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Kitchen

• Season, cook & prepare food according to recipes or personal judgment and experience for shelter clients.
• Turn or stir foods to ensure even cooking, weigh, measure and mix ingredients using good judgment.
• Assist staff in planning menus, taking into consideration the monthly budget.
• Serve and arrange meals using portion control.
• Observe and test foods to determine if they have been cooked sufficiently, using methods such as tasting, smelling, or piercing with utensils.
• Store food at proper temperature for preservation and distribution, regulating oven, broiler, temperatures.
• Responsible for all food, kitchen and dining room safety and sanitary food-handling practices
• Daily clean kitchen area, equipment and utensils thoroughly upon completion of preparation & serving meals.
• Notify supervisor of any inventory needs.
• Maintain the standards set by the health department.
• Maintain production schedules to ensure both timely service and quality of product.
• Observe and implement all approved sanitation practices.
• Oversee that deliveries from purveyors coincide with the purchase order.
• Reports on any unsafe or unsanitary conditions in the kitchen or dining room.
• Provide coverage and supervision of clients.

Custodial

• Maintain a clean attractive environment throughout the building.
• Clean all restrooms.
• Empty all trash cans.
• Mop all floors.
• Vacuum all carpet areas.
• Maintain janitorial supply inventory.
• Perform other related janitorial duties as requested.
• Clean windows and glass doors
• Other duties as assigned as related to the position of Cook/Custodian

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

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 in order to meet the physical requirements of the position. The Salvation Army will attempt to satisfy requests as long as 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, 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 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to focus. The employee must have the ability to operate a telephone, desktop or laptop computer, as well as the ability to access and produce information from a computer, and to understand written information.