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Cafe Prep Cook

part-time•Phoenix

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Location

Phoenix

Type

part-time

Experience

0-2 years

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Job DetailsJob Location: Children's Museum of Phoenix - Phoenix, AZ 850348503Salary Range: $15.55 - $15.55 HourlyDepartment: Visitor Development FLSA Status: Part-Time / Non-Exempt Reports to: Café Manager Direct Reports: None Compensation: $13.85 per hour with eligibility for tips   Summary: The Prep Cook is a fundamental part of the kitchen’s operations. They inventory, evaluate, and organize the kitchen ingredients and items to prepare the Café Associates for success in all scenarios. They must be quality control experts to deliver a shining standard for all our products to ensure all guests are receiving the best possible product when we deliver them their food and beverages that they prepare. Prep Cooks may also help with catering, school lunches, and other projects at a large scale as the café matures into a proper establishment.   Essential Duties and Responsibilities: · Take daily inventory of produce and ordering to ensure proper item freshness · Follow food safety and FIFO protocols · Safely prepare and organize produce for Associates using sharp and/or hot equipment · Prepare meals when staffing is low or occupied to help with the flow of sales · Meet Department Revenue Goals · Operate espresso machine, tea brewer, and milk frother · Refresh café dining room by wiping tables, sweeping floors, and removing waste · Clean and disinfect back-of-house café equipment · Communicate positively and professionally to co-workers at all levels of the organization · Stay up to date on museum policies, exhibits, and events · Other duties as assignedQualificationsQualification/Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. · Strong interpersonal skills and communication · Creative approaches to problems and unique scenarios · Availability on weekdays, weekends, holidays, and some evenings for Special Events · Customer-service orientation · Strong ability to work under pressure and respond to deadlines and changing environments · Experience working with Children and Families · Comfortable and capable around knives, slicers, and other sharp equipment · Basic Computer skills · Basic Mathematic Skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) · Fluency in Spanish and/or other languages desirable Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.   Education/Training/Experience: · Must be at least 18 years of age · High School graduate or GED · Minimum 1 year of line cook, prep cook, or kitchen experience preferred · Must meet requirements of employment background check · Must have / obtain Food Handlers Card   Language Skills: Ability to call and respond effectively with kitchen callouts. Fluency in Spanish and/or other languages desirable. Mathematical Skills: Literacy in numbers, ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts as well as basic mathematic skills (subtraction, multiplication, division). Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of basic computer skills and kitchen display systems; becoming efficient in Square through training and usage to successfully meet departmental responsibilities.   Physical Requirements: The physical demands described herein 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 regularly required to remain standing at a workstation for up to 8 hours and must have good communication skills (i.e., communicate clearly and effectively in both written and spoken English). The employee must be able to see well and able read fine print. This job also requires lifting up to 50 pounds, lifting and removing things from elevated spaces, and lifting potentially unbalanced containers (either due to liquid or lopsided packaging). Must be able to reliably use knives and kitchen utensils to prepare food without risk of injury.   Environmental Requirements: Must be able to work in a well-lit, temperature-controlled work area. May also be exposed to extreme weather conditions with constant ambient noise levels. Must be able to work in an open area with other employees. Employee must adhere to current company and CDC pandemic related guidelines.   This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change, i.e., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs, or technological developments.   CMoP provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. CMoP complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment. The Children's Museum of Phoenix is an at-will employer. This means that both you and the museum reserve the right to terminate the employment relationship at any time for any reason with or without notice or reassign you or change your compensation.

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  • The Prep Cook is responsible for inventory management, food preparation, and ensuring quality control in the kitchen. They assist Café Associates and may help with catering and large-scale projects.

About CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF PHOENIX

Acting on the principle that learning is a joy, the Children’s Museum of Phoenix’s mission is to engage the minds, muscles and imaginations of children and the grown-ups who care about them. With hands-on, interactive exhibits designed for children ages birth to 10, the Museum focuses on learning through play, with emphasis on early childhood education and school-readiness. The Children’s Museum of Phoenix is located at 215 N. 7th Street, downtown Phoenix, at the SE corner of 7th Street and Van Buren in the historic Monroe School Building.

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