Kitchen Assistant

Description

• •Purpose: The Kitchen Assistant is responsible for maintaining a clean work environment and assisting with general food preparation.
• •Status: Reports to Food Services Director
• •Customer Service:
• •Assists customers with questions in a prompt and courteous manner
• •Provide attentive and courteous customer service
• •Maintain a polite, friendly and helpful attitude towards internal and external customers
• •Product Knowledge:
• •Knowledgeable about all products. Continues to learn about new products. Answers questions accurately
• •Product Presentation and Quality:
• •Ensure quality food preparation, presentation and execution
• •Safety:
• •Handles all equipment in a safe manner
• •Alert to unsafe equipment and removes any equipment that is unsafe from usage
• •Teamwork:
• •Ensures department teamwork through trust and communication
• •Accountability:
• •Accepts responsibility for personal decisions and actions. Exemplifies honesty, integrity and ethics
• •Contributes constructively to the morale of the department
• •Shows initiative in solving issues and achieving the departmental goals
• •Job Specific Functions:
• •Adhere to established safety and sanitation standards
• •Assist in receiving and stocking of supplies
• •Daily dishwashing, mopping, sweeping, and other cleaning tasks
• •Assist in food preparation as needed
• •Assist as directed in facilitating meal service, and event set up and breakdown as needed
• •Removal of recycling/compost/garbage to the designated areas throughout the day
• •Accurately inputting shrink data as needed
• •Maintaining clean and orderly work stations
• •Adhering to the site code of conduct as defined during training
• •Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• •Self-motivated, organized, responsible, flexible
• •Effective communication skills
• •Ability to lift 50 pounds
• •Ability to understand and follow directions
• •Ability to understand and meet standards for health and safety
• •Ability to remain alert and focused in an environment that is noisy and fast-paced
• •Ability to work effectively within a team
• •Detail-oriented and thorough

At Brattleboro Food Co-op, we do not just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Brattleboro Food Co-op is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.