Cook

**Are you looking for**:

- A healthy work-life balance**:

- Generous time off**:

- A HIGHLY competitive health & dental package**:

- Paid professional development**:

- Agency paid RRSP contributions (no matching required)**

**If you share our vision of an inclusive world of shared power where everyone lives freely without fear of violence, **you may be our next permanent full-time Cook**

**This position works 30 hours per week including statutory holidays.**

**Purpose and Role of Position**:
Prepare well-balanced, home-cooked meals for residents at Anova shelters.

**Job Summary**:
Work as a team to provide snacks and meals for all residents of Anova. Involve the residents in all aspects of menu planning and preparation especially related to dietary needs and food allergies. Order the food needed for the shelter.

Job Qualifications**:Purpose and Role of Position**:
Prepare well-balanced, home-cooked meals for residents at Anova shelters.

**Job Summary**:
Work as a team to provide snacks and meals for all residents of Anova. Involve the residents in all aspects of menu planning and preparation especially related to dietary needs and food allergies. Order the food needed for the shelter.

**Job Qualifications**:

- Post-secondary training in food services and preparation
- Safe Food Handling Certification
- Lifting required up to approximately 30 pounds
- Physical ability to stand and bend and stretch as required in the cook’s kitchen, the pantry, and when food supplies are delivered to storage
- Minimum 1 year of experience of cooking in a congregate care setting
- Safe Food Handling Certification
- First Aid Certificate

**Competencies**:

- Attention to Detail
- Communication
- Commitment to Health and Safety
- Time Management
- Organization
- Client Focus
- Resource and Fiscal Management

Job Responsibilities Including But Not Limited To:
**Responsibility: Meal Preparation**
- Prepare well-balanced, nutritional meals (lunches, dinners, and snacks) for all residents, Monday to Sunday, ensuring that the food prepared meets the requirements of Canada’s Food Guide
- Prepare meals for freezing, to be prepared for residents, by staff and volunteers when time is short
- Reduce spoilage by preparing adequate food orders and the creative use of leftovers

Responsibility: Inventory and Procedures
- Organize food storage area and maintain food inventories and purchases within the allowable budget range
- Ensure the smooth operation of the residence in accordance with safety, fire and operational procedures, including security systems
- Maintain and encourage good health habits and safety in the kitchen

Responsibility: Health and Safety
- Follow through with responsibilities in accordance with Anova’s safety, fire, and

operational procedures
- Use appropriate PPE, safety equipment and clothing in accordance with policy and procedure.
- Recertify in Safe Food Handling every five years or as required by the Public Health Unit

Responsibility: Resident Contact
- Communicate with the clients with regards to nutrition, cultural, and dietary needs, safety and hygiene in the kitchen
- Participate with the residents in the weekly menu planning
- Perform within a feminist organization based on Anova’s vision, mission and beliefs

Responsibility: Occasional

**Responsibilities**:

- Work effectively with residents, staff, and volunteers
- Participate in training as required (WHMIS, AODA, Bill 168, First Aid, Non-Crisis Intervention Training etc.)
- Prepare lunches and snacks for special occasions upon request for all Anova sites and/or events
- Maintain strict confidentiality of all client information
- Participate in the training of new staff, students, and volunteers
- Attend regular staff meetings, team meetings and training sessions as appropriate and/or required
- Participate on agency committees as appropriate and/or required
- Follow the guidelines and practices established for the organization
- Maintain accurate recording of all information on appropriate forms and keep files up to date
- Participate in the evaluation of service as required
- Respond to telephone requests for information and assistance
- Maintain a current awareness regarding gender-based violence and issues related to women, and current data specific to Anova
- Model Respect at Work Principles
- Employees of Anova are expected to find a healthy balance between their work and personal life. They are expected to practice self-care on a regular basis in such a way that supports their physical, emotional and mental well being
- Participate on agency committees
- Other duties as assigned
- Post-secondary training in food services and preparation
- Safe Food Handling Certification
- Lifting required up to approximately 30 pounds
- Physical ability to stand and bend and stretch as required in the cook’s kitchen, the

pantry, and when food supplies are delivered to storage
- Minimum 1 year of experience of cooking in a congregate care