Food Service Specialist- Van Buren Family Shelter

Are you looking for a meaningful role where you can use your food service skills to give back to the community? The YMCA of Central Ohio is hiring a Food Service Specialist to support daily meal service at the Van Buren Center. In this role, you’ll prepare and serve meals, ensure the highest standards of safety and quality, and provide exceptional service to participants, staff, volunteers, and partners. Weekend availability is required, making this a great opportunity for someone who is reliable, collaborative, and passionate about creating a positive impact through healthy, nutritious meals.

1. Thinks, communicates and behaves as a cause-driven leader and role model for other staff and members when it comes to desired staff behaviors; promotes youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility in all job-related functions.
2. Prepares cooks, and serves food for daily meal service and special events according to established menu; cleans kitchen and dining hall after meals.
3. Implements quality control program that provides all groups with the highest quality of meal service, within established guidelines.
4. Under the direction of the Catering/Production Manager and/or the Dining Services Manager maintains the health and safety of the food service operation including, but not limited to: compliance with all Health Department requirements; daily cleanliness of kitchen and dining rooms, including storage areas and refrigeration units
5. Provides exemplary service to all participants at the Van Buren Center and responds to their needs in a timely and polite manner, including volunteers and partners.
6. Works with individual participants in accommodating special dietary needs.
7. Works cooperatively with all program staff, directors and vendors to best meet the needs of all staff and participants
8. Operates Groen cook/chill system with optimal efficiency and safety, for daily meal preparation and catering.
9. Participates in the implementation of a workforce development program with guests of the center as participants.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands 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 frequently required to sit and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.