Family Kitchen’s mission is to provide nutritious food to anyone in need in a safe and caring environment. Since 1986, we've been providing meals to our neighbors in Central Oregon. Today, we provide over 20,000 meals per month and rely on the help of over 1,000 volunteers to make it happen. We're proud to be a part of this wonderful community made up of our staff, volunteers, and diners. We’re looking to add a part-time Meal Coordinator to the team as soon as possible - join us in cooking and serving those in need!
Our Meal Coordinators are the leads during our daily meal services. This role oversees weekly meal services in Bend from production, to serving, to clean up. Working with volunteer teams, you will support food prep, answer volunteer questions, uphold health and safety standards, oversee the dining room during meal service, and serve nutritious
Meals. See below for a more detailed description of responsibilities.
Required hours are:
Tuesdays, 2 - 6:30
Wednesdays, 8 - 2
Fridays, 8 - 2
Saturdays, 8 - 12:30
And 4 additional hours during the week
This is a part-time, hourly position totaling 25 hours / week.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Meal Attending - Kitchen Responsibilities
- Arrives at shift prepared to prep & cook, or receive prep & cooking instruction from staff
- Responsible for maintaining a clean and safe environment for all volunteers and diners
- Observes volunteers and corrects to maintain Health Department standards
- Responsible for meal quality and quantity, in conjunction with the Kitchen Manager
- Leads prep and cooking for meals serving up to 600 people
- Maintains refrigerator and freezer records
Meal Attending - Floor/Reporting Responsibilities
- Assists diners in need of various items we have in stock
- Observes dining room and parking lot regularly for disruptions to safety
- Calms uprisings, is prepared to call non-emergency or emergency line and know which is which
- Keeps the property free from trash
- Reports any misuse of the dining room or incidents requiring the involvement of law enforcement or other extraordinary measures via an incident report form
- Completes a meal report after each meal to include numbers of meals served and notes for fellow staff
- Closes the kitchen & locks doors
Volunteer Supervision (part of Meal Attending)
- Directs and supports assigned volunteer teams to ensure meals are prepared and served following all Health Department guidelines
- Assists volunteers with cooking, prep, and dishwashing as needed
- Works with volunteers for a wide variety of tasks from meal preparation and serving, to deep cleaning, to inventory stock and rotation
- Informs Volunteer Coordinator of the need for additional volunteer support
- Supervises and tracks hours of Community Service Workers
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:
- Represents the Family Kitchen program and mission to the community in a professional manner
- Demonstrates effective culinary skills in producing meals in bulk
- Demonstrates excellent oral, written and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates ability to establish and maintain effective communication with a wide and diverse range of people and organizations
- Demonstrates strong organizational and flexible decision making skills
- Demonstrates ability to work with empathy and compassion toward others
- Demonstrates proven leadership skills
- Demonstrates ability to work independently and collaboratively and accept direction from the Operations Manager
Minimum Qualifications:
- Kitchen or restaurant experience
- Basic computer skills for documentation, spreadsheets, online systems
- Must be able to work occasional on-call shifts in Sisters or Redmond
- Possess or have access to reliable transportation
- Possesses or has the ability to obtain a Food Handler’s license
- Ability to lift objects weighing up to 50 pounds
Other Qualifications/Experience Considered:
- History of volunteering (especially at Family Kitchen)
- Lived experience of homelessness or food insecurity
- Experience serving or working with under-resourced communities
Compensation:
$16-$19 per hour depending on experience
Employees are welcome and encouraged to eat during shifts
To apply, forward a resume to Tori Wild, Operations Manager (tori@familykitchen.org). Please also include a blurb about yourself, and why you'd like to work at Family Kitchen.
Interviews will be held in person ASAP, and hiring is expected to take place no later than 2/14/25.
Thank you!
