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Assistant Cook

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IMPACCT Brooklyn is one of Brooklyn's premier nonprofit community development corporations providing services borough-wide. The organization works hand-in-hand with low and moderate-income community members and stakeholders to preserve and develop affordable housing, promote commercial revitalization to strengthen local businesses, create homeownership opportunities, protect tenant rights, combat predatory lending practices and prevent home-loss. Founded as Pratt Area Community Council, Inc. nearly 60 years ago, IMPACCT Brooklyn now serves as a catalyst for neighborhood stabilization and revitalization with a focus on Central Brooklyn and has brought people together to build an equitable, diverse, engaged, and flourishing community.

Areas of Responsibility: 

IMPACCT Brooklyn seeks an Assistant Cook who will be responsible for providing support to the Cook in the preparation and service of meals. This includes prepping ingredients, cooking items, planning meals, and cleaning up the kitchen throughout the day in our supportive housing department. The kitchen assistant's responsibilities include assisting with inventory control, removing garbage, washing garbage cans, and clearing refrigerators, freezers, and storage rooms.

To be successful as the Assistant Cook, you should exercise exceptional time management and ensure that all duties are completed in a timely manner. Ultimately, an outstanding Assistant Cook should be able to comply with all food health and safety regulations. This position reports to the Cook.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Properly cleaning and sanitizing all food preparation areas according to established standards of hygiene.
  • Washing and appropriately storing all cooking appliances, instruments, utensils, cutting boards, and dishes.
  • Deep cleaning water dispensers, oven, stove top, and range hood.
  • Assisting the Cook with the preparation of meal ingredients, which includes washing, cleaning, peeling, cutting, and chopping fruit, vegetables, poultry, and meat.
  • Sweeping and mopping the kitchen floors as well as wiping down kitchen walls and countertops.
  • Assisting with the unloading of delivered food supplies.
  • Organizing, cleaning and correctly storing food supplies.
  • Promptly transferring meal ingredients from storage areas to the kitchen as per the Cook's instructions.
Educational Background: 
High school diploma or GED
Skills/Experience: 

Requirements:

  • Proven experience assisting in kitchens.
  • Must hold a food handler's license or demonstrated ability to achieve within 2-4 months.
  • Sound knowledge of food health and safety regulations.
  • The ability to stand for extended periods.
  • The ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
  • The ability to work in a team.
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills.
  • Effective communication skills.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk; use hands for fine manipulation, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Compensation/Benefits: 

Benefits and Wages

Hybrid work schedules; competitive pay; paid time off including vacation, personal, and holidays; 403(b); tuition reimbursement; Flexible Spending Account; medical insurance; Employee Assistant Program; and other fringe benefits.

Hourly Rate Range: $20.00 to $24.50

FLSA and Employment Status

Non-exempt, part-time, 3PM – 7PM

Additional Information: 

Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter to [email protected]

PLEASE INDICATE “Assistant Cook” ON SUBJECT LINE.

IMPACCT Brooklyn is an equal opportunity employer, drug-free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable. All applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, ancestry, physical/mental disability, medical condition, military/veteran status, genetic information, marital status, ethnicity, alienage or any other protected classification, under applicable federal, state, and local laws. By completing this application, you are seeking to join a team of hardworking professionals dedicated to consistently delivering outstanding service to our customers and contributing to the financial success of the organization, its clients, and its employees. Equal access to programs, services, and employment is available to all qualified persons. Those applicants requiring accommodation to complete the application and/or interview process should contact a management representative.

Job Function: 

Organization Info

Pratt Area Community Council dba IMPACCT Brooklyn

Overview
Headquarters: 
Brooklyn, NY
Annual Budget : 
$1-5M
Size: 
11-50 employees
Founded: 
1964
About Us
Mission: 

Our Mission
1. To preserve and develop safe and affordable housing, a basic human right.

2. To support vibrant local commerce through which small businesses serve the needs of community residents.

3. To sustain and develop an economic, racial, and cultural diversity to enrich the lives of all.

4. To promote knowledge, initiative, and concerted action to advance individual and common interests.

5. To foster an ethic that all members of the community bear personal responsibility to contribute to the greater good.

Programs: 

HOMEOWNER SERVICES

Help Residents & Stabilizing Neighborhoods

IMPACCT Brooklyn plays a critical role in neighborhood stability in the face of rising home prices. Through our financial counseling and support services, we help residents stay in their homes and the communities they grew up in.

FINANCIAL LITERACY

Making a Meaningful Difference in People’s Lives

IMPACCT Brooklyn provides workshops and coaching to help more Brooklyn residents understand and take ownership of their finances so they can make better financial choices, and build and maintain the communities they live in.

HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

Creating Affordable Housing Options

IMPACCT Brooklyn takes every opportunity to renovate, develop, and market livable homes for working class families. With gentrification sweeping through Brooklyn, our efforts are more important than ever as rising housing costs force residents out of their homes.

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

Organizing and Empowering Citizens

When tenants face housing issues, we help to educate and empower them so they can hold landlords accountable. Over the decades, we have brought thousands of people together to improve their homes and their communities.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Building a Business Base

We believe that small businesses are the lifeblood of communities, especially when run by residents of the neighborhood who cater to local needs and keep money in the community. We provide comprehensive services to help those business owners get started and thrive.

SOCIAL SERVICES

Giving People a Home and a Hand Up

Because living below the poverty line impacts every aspect of a person’s life, IMPACCT Brooklyn provides social services along with housing for formerly homeless people, giving them the break they need to regroup and get back on track with their lives.

LEAD ABATEMENT

Making Buildings Safer

Lead poisoning is a real danger to many lower-income families living in older buildings. IMPACCT Brooklyn is proactive in remedying lead exposure through lead testing, training for maintenance personnel, and financial incentives for landlords.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING MARKETING

Promoting Affordable Housing

As experienced marketing agents for affordable housing, we help developers market their affordable housing units and streamline the process by connecting them with qualified candidates.

Why Work For Us?: 

Work You Can Believe In

At IMPACCT Brooklyn, our staff is more like family. We pay attention to your individual needs at home and at work. We want to see our staff succeed and grow as professionals. We will help you build your skills, whether you come to us as a handyman or as a social work professional.

Our services are broad, from social work to economic development, from home services to tenant organizing. It’s a diverse, vital group of people preserving the fabric and cohesiveness of Brooklyn. If you believe that this is important, join us and become part of our community.

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Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Apr 24 2024
Active Until: 
May 23 2024
Hiring Organization: 
Pratt Area Community Council dba IMPACCT Brooklyn
industry: 
Nonprofit