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Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is hiring for the full-time position of Prep Cook in Pearson’s Café!
The goal of Food Services is to model a sense of campus community through interactions between our chefs, food operations staff, and student employees that are both collaborative and cooperative. Our shared focus is to nourish the body and soul of our students through the food we serve.
Food Operations maintains a high standard for safety and sanitation by supporting the Safety Manual guidelines, providing training sessions across culinary topics, and adhering to all Health Department, OSHA and ADA regulations.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
Preparing quality well sourced food by understanding and executing food handling skills in a professional kitchen environment
Performing quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision
Following a set of procedures in the preparation and execution of daily meals
Following prep lists created by chefs to execute duties
Ensuring all prepared ingredients are properly labeled, organized and easily assessable when stocked on shelves
Following guidelines for guests with dietary restrictions and allergies relating to food items served
Being cross trained to work in various stations in each food service location
Supporting Events or Pearson’s Café as business dictates during the Hospitality Season
Showing enthusiasm and a positive attitude at all times while taking ownership of the Pearson's Café Food Program
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Ability to manage preparation and cooking times of multiple items efficiently and timely
Exhibit proper cooking techniques as outlined by menu or manager
Knowledgeable of proper cleaning and sanitation procedures in accordance with best practices and Maine State Food Code
ServSafe certified equivalent certificate in proper sanitation procedures and safe food handling, must provide valid certification with 120 days
Minimum two years experience in related field or position
Knowledge and adherence to all Personal Protective Equipment per OSHA guidelines
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:
Strong communication skills
Teamwork and a willingness to help others
A positive attitude to foster a cohesive working environment
A passion for food and high quality service
Promotes and practices the values of the College and the Sisters of Mercy
Wanting to do your best and taking pride in your work
SCHEDULE:
This is a full-time staff position with estimated regular hours of 40 per week
Must be available for evening and weekend work
About Saint Joseph’s College of Maine
Applicants must be willing to support the mission and core values of Saint Joseph’s College of Maine.
Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy, Saint Joseph's College is Maine's only Catholic college. We offer to our 2000 on-campus and online students a unique mix of undergraduate, graduate, and non-degree programs with a strong liberal arts foundation. Our beautiful 474-acre Sebago Lake campus in Standish, Maine is located 30 minutes northwest of Portland, ME, and 2 hours North of Boston, MA. Fielding 21 intercollegiate varsity teams, the College also boasts a competitive Division III athletics program.
Additionally, the College provides certificates and undergraduate and advanced degrees for thousands more working adults who reside throughout the United States and in more than 20 other countries through an online learning program. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.
Saint Joseph's is nationally recognized for its successful integration of community service in its classroom learning and its sustainability performance. In 2015, the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions on campus and within local, regional, and global communities.
In 2022, the College earned STARS Gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) in recognition of its campus-wide sustainability achievements. This program is the most widely recognized in the world for reporting comprehensive information related to a college’s sustainability accomplishments.
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine embraces justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion as important cornerstones for academic excellence, student success, institutional and community resilience, and as vital expressions of our Catholic identity, Mercy Charism, and Core Values. We commit ourselves to nurturing highly competent and deeply compassionate leaders ready to serve in a vulnerable world.
Recognizing the dignity of all persons, we seek to address instances of injustice both within and outside our College community from a stance of informed advocacy. In this way we fulfill our core value of community, which calls on us to demonstrate a spirit of connectedness with one another through expressions of hospitality, courtesy, inclusivity, and collaboration. Saint Joseph's College is the community that grows community, preparing whole people to a whole world. Learn more here.
Review of applications will begin immediately. Please complete our online application by clicking on Apply Now. Include your resume and cover letter, and read and sign the Pre-Employment Statement. Offers are contingent upon successfully passing a background check.
Saint Joseph’s College is an EEO employer and applications from members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. We consider all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person’s race (including traits associated with race, including hair texture, Afro hairstyles, and protective hairstyles), color, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, genetic information, military status, sex or gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disabilities, familial status, protected whistleblower activity, previous assertion of workers’ compensation claim, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.
Specific questions may be emailed to: [email protected] or call 207-893-7757.
Mission Statement
Saint Joseph's College of Maine, sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy and animated by the vision of Catherine McAuley, is a Catholic college in the liberal arts tradition distinguished by its welcoming community. We foster an on-going dialogue between faith and reason so as to prepare our learners to live meaningful lives that improve the world around them.
Vision Statement
In fulfillment of its mission, Saint Joseph's College of Maine will be a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative community that forms individuals who practice humility, justice, and compassion, as Jesus did, in solidarity with the marginalized.
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