Chef Assistant

Ronald McDonald House Charities® of St. Louis

KEEPING FAMILIES CLOSE

The mission of Ronald McDonald House Charities of St. Louis is to provide comfort, care and a home-away-from-home for families of seriously ill children. Our objective is to enable families to practice family-centered care by providing them with all of the basic comforts of home.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of St. Louis has a part-time Chef Assistant position open.  This position is part of a mission-focused team of professionals providing compassion and hospitality to families with seriously ill children.

The position is responsible for assisting RMHCSTL’s Chef in the daily meal service program, and the organization and cleanliness of our kitchen.  

This position also assists with leading our volunteer meal groups in prepping and serving meals following ServSafe protocols.   

This position supports compliance with local, state, and federal laws, regulations, safety, and sanitation procedures. 

As part of RMHC the position collaborates with the team members to achieve position and organization goals in support of the RMHC mission and Core Values.   

Schedule: Sunday-Thursday, 3:00pm-8:00pm; 25 hours per week

Basic Qualifications   

• A minimum of 5 years of culinary experience
• Must have Food Handler or ServSafe certifications
• Understanding of nutrition, food costing and sourcing, meal production and planning
• Extensive knowledge of health and safety rules and regulations pertaining to commercial food establishments including sanitation and maintenance regulations
• Knowledge of commercial restaurant equipment

Essential Functions

• Operations
  • Assists with the operation of commercial kitchen areas.
  • Assists with a safe and healthy food service program that will deliver quality, variety, service, cleanliness, and value for Ronald McDonald House guests, volunteers, and staff, including internal house events, functions, and meetings.
  • Follows all food safety and sanitation requirements and practices to maintain high standards of quality control, hygiene, health, and safety.
  • Participates in the safe preparation and serving of food with attention to portion size control and timely service.
  • Assists with inventory supply system to stock pantries and minimize waste, utilizing first in/first out procedures.
  • Ensures cleaning checklist and temperature requirements are being logged.
  • Supports the cleanliness, sanitation and equipment maintenance of kitchen and dining areas.
  • Provides direction, coordination, and supervision to volunteer meal groups.
• Regular and reliable attendance 

Nonessential Functions  

• Assists with special projects, as requested  
• Other duties as assigned

Physical Demands 

Must be able to concentrate and remain focused while handling multiple tasks, responsibilities and projects.  Must be able to perform bending, twisting, stooping, reaching, and lifting of moderate to heavy weight material up to 50 lbs.  Must be able to frequently climb stairs, including up to 3 flights, and frequently walk distances up to approximately 80 yards.  Must be able to travel between RMH locations as needed.  

Working Conditions

This job operates in a kitchen environment, housed with equipment such as an oven, stove, dishwasher, slicer, coffee machine, steamer, fryer, mixer, and commercial grade knives. The employee is frequently exposed to heat, steam, fire and noise. This job also operates in a professional work environment.

Please visit https://rmhcstl.org/about/careers-internships/ to apply directly to this posting.