Kitchen Assistant, Nutrition

Kitchen Assistant, Nutrition

Organization: Jewish Family Service of San Diego

• Position Title: Kitchen Assistant
• Organization: Jewish Family Service of San Diego
• Department: Nutrition
• Position Type: Full-Time (37.5+ hours/week), Non-Exempt
• Work Setting: Fully Onsite
• Reports To: Assistant Director of Nutrition
• Pay Range: $20/hour

• Comprehensive, low-cost healthcare coverage for employees
• Generous employer 401(k) contributions
• Employer-covered life insurance

• Paid vacation time and sick leave
• 15 paid holidays, including Federal and Jewish holidays (as long as the holiday lands on a normal scheduled work day), and floating holidays
• 2 Wellness Days to be taken any time during the year to support employees’ mental wellness

JFS is looking for a compassionate, mission-driven individual to join the Nutrition team as the Kitchen Assistant. In this role, you have the opportunity to use your food prep and kitchen skills and food safety experience to make a meaningful difference in your community and help change lives across San Diego. The Kitchen Assistant plays an integral role on the team and supports the entire agency by working closely with the kitchen team on food preparation, packaging, and sanitation to provide hot meals to the community.

This position reports directly to the Registered Dietitian and works closely with the Kitchen Team and the rest of the Nutrition and Aging Care Services Division.

• Follow monthly menu for congregate and home delivered meals program for older adults
• Maintain sanitation, safety, organization and cleanliness of the kitchen
• Follow general food safety guidelines at all times
• Accurately maintain temperature logs
• Prepare and package hot meals, salads, fresh fruits, soups, and sides
• Follow standardized recipes
• Operate industrial kitchen equipment, including but not limited to: conventional and combination ovens, 12-burner range, meal-sealing machine, high-temperature dishwasher
• Train and supervise kitchen volunteers
• Maintain consistent and respectful communication with all team members, volunteers, and supervisor at all times
• Clean and sanitize kitchen work areas, and assist with dishwashing as needed
• Other duties as assigned

• Experience in food service industry, customer service, and kitchen preparation
• Ability to read, write and speak basic English

• California Food Handler certification (may obtain on the job)

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of this job. As a routine part of work, employees will generally be required to use their hands to manipulate, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; and talk and hear.

Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The table on the next page provides additional details of certain physical demands of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Sitting
• Bending
• Stooping
• Lifting
• Carrying
• Pushing/Pulling
• Reaching
• Standing
• On Computer
• On Phone
• Indoors
• Outdoors
• Driving

• Sitting – Seldom (< 20% of the time)
• Bending – Sometimes (40%-70% of the time)
• Stooping – Occasionally (20%-40% of the time)
• Lifting – Sometimes (40%-70% of the time)
• Carrying – Sometimes (40%-70% of the time)
• Pushing/Pulling – Sometimes (40%-70% of the time)
• Reaching – Often (70%-90% of the time)
• Standing – Often (70%-90% of the time)
• On Computer – Seldom (< 20% of the time)
• On Phone – Seldom (< 20% of the time)
• Indoors – Frequently (> 90% of the time)
• Outdoors – Seldom (< 20% of the time)
• Driving – Never (0% of the time)

• Sitting – n/a
• Bending – n/a
• Stooping – n/a
• Lifting – 50 pounds
• Carrying – 50 pounds
• Pushing/Pulling – 50 pounds
• Reaching – Arm’s length
• Standing…