Late Cook

**Position Title**:Cook/Baker **Site**:Mackay/Civic Complex

**Program/Department**:Client Services **Location**:Pembroke

**Immediate Supervisor**: Food Services Supervisor

**Summary of Function**

Under the supervision of the Food Services Supervisor, the Cook/Baker is responsible for the preparation and service of well-balanced meals to residents of the Pembroke Civic Complex/Mackay Centre, following established menus while considering therapeutic diets and resident’s preference in consultation with the supervisor. Responsibilities will be performed in accordance with food handling and safety standards, Canada’s Food Guide, and within the framework of Care_f_or Health and Community Services policies, procedures, and standards.

**Qualifications**
- Cook Certification from approved College, or an acceptable combination of education and experience may also be considered
- Food Handling and Safety certificate
- WHMIS certification

**Experience**
- Experience/Knowledge of creating menus
- Experience providing leadership to kitchen staff
- Experience with food preparation
- Experience cooking meals for large groups
- Experience using kitchen equipment
- Experience in customer service
- Experience working with elderly
- Experience working in nursing home or similar environment would be considered an asset

**Skills**
- Ability to understand oral and written directions
- Ability to calculate recipe quantities
- Ability and available to fulfill the shift rotation designed for position (early morning, late evening, and weekends)
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to handle the temperatures of working in a kitchen environment
- Effective communication skills (verbal, written)
- Dependable, trustworthy, compassionate with good work habits
- Interested in supporting the elderly and disabled adults
- Ability to lift up to 50lbs
- Ability to bend, sit, stand, kneel for short periods of time
- Knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety as relates to job

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $17.52-$17.70 per hour

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Pembroke, ON K8A 1G6: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- Secondary School (required)

**Experience**:

- Cooking: 1 year (required)

**Language**:

- English (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Food Handler Certification (required)
- Food Safe, SafeCheck, Food Handler or equivalent (preferred)

Work Location: In person