Cook (Per- Diem)

Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, widely recognized as one of New York’s premier human services providers, is a settlement house founded in 1894 that provides an extensive array of effective and integrated services—social, educational, health, housing, mental health, nutritional and fitness—which significantly improve the lives of 16,000 people in need each year, ages 3 to 103, on the East Side of Manhattan. Our clients include older adults, unhoused and formerly unhoused adults, children and families, disabled persons, adult learners and more. For more information on Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, please visit lenoxhill.org and check us out on Facebook or Instagram. 

The Neighborhood House has transformed our institutional food services to a farm-to-table model so that our clients across programs can eat, access and learn to use healthy, fresh, locally sourced and sustainable foods to improve their overall health and well-being. We serve 400,000 meals annually to clients throughout our programs including three meals a day in our Women's Mental Health Shelter, Early Childhood Center and Older Adult Centers.

Hourly Rate: $28.60/Hour

Reporting to the Chef Manager, the Cook, is an integral member of our Food Services Team, and is responsible for ensuring that the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House’s Food Services meets its goal of providing nutritious, quality meals for clients and, when appropriate, staff and other members of the Neighborhood House community. The Cook will perform duties for our two Older Adult Centers, Early Childhood Center, Women’s Mental Health Shelter and CARE Program. The Food Service Worker must be flexible and adaptable to change to support the evolving and fluid nature of the Neighborhood House’s Food Services Department.

The Cook will:

• Prepare meals accurately and according to the menu and reflect the appropriate quantity.
• Ensure recipe compliance, consistency and production ensuring quality assurance.
• Taste all foods prepared prior to service to ensure quality and proper preparation.
• Efficiently support the kitchen team in all aspects of ingredient and meal preparation.
• Prepare, portion, and serve meals to clients while maintaining clean and sanitary kitchen,food preparation, and serving areas.
• Package prepared meals for transport ensuring proper temperature during transport.
• Oversee that transported meals are set up and made ready for service.
• Ensure that safety guidelines in the kitchen are followed at all times.
• Familiarize themself with food service needs for the day and upcoming days to ensure that all production needs are met.
• Make certain that proper sanitation and cleaning schedules are followed.
• Ensure proper storage of leftovers and record food usage accurately for weekly inventory.
• Oversee accurate record-keeping of food production and temperature logs daily.
• Maintain compliance with all food handling procedures, including those of the Department of Health as well as those of the Neighborhood House.
• Complete all other responsibilities and duties as assigned by the Chef Manager and Sous Chef.

Hours of Operation:

The Cook is willing and able to work a fast-paced schedule that will include evenings and weekends and some holidays given our 7-day a week operating schedule and the expansive food services needs of our clients. This position is Per-Diem, meaning that the scheduled hours will vary with a maximum of 20 hours per week. Given the expansive food services operational schedule, we are actively looking for candidates willing to work shifts between the hours of 6am and 7pm daily.

Qualifications:

High School diploma or GED plus a minimum of two years of food service experience. A certificate of Food Protection and Sanitation from the New York City Department of Health. The Cook must be willing to participate in trainings, take initiative and be able to work in a fast-paced kitchen environment. Fluency in Spanish is preferred. 

What We Offer

• We like to have fun! Monthly Film and Dinner nights, bowling parties, Mets and Yankee games, cruises, food trucks, holiday parties, parties on our two Green Roofs, chocolate event for Valentine’s Day and ice cream socials, and much more.
• State-of-the Art Fitness Center, Gym and Swimming Pool
• Staff yoga and boot camp classes (six a week), swimming lessons and lap swim for staff
• The best colleagues in New York!

All individuals, as a condition for employment by Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, are required to undergo a pre-employment background check. Certain positions require more extensive background checks to comply with applicable laws. 

At Lenox Hill Neighborhood House we value respect, diversity and integrity. We are an equal opportunity employer. Lenox Hill Neighborhood House prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Lenox Hill Neighborhood House conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations. The policy of equal employment opportunity (EEO) and anti-discrimination applies to all aspects of the relationship between Lenox Hill Neighborhood House and its colleagues.