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Residential Cook- Shift 3

Houston Area Women's Center
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 6 Jun 2025

About the role

Job Details

Job Location HOUSTON, TXPosition Type Full TimeEducation Level High SchoolTravel Percentage NoneJob Shift DayJob Category Nonprofit - Social Services

Description

As the Residential Cook Shift 3 you are responsible for food preparation, cooking, serving, and cleaning tasks to ensure the kitchen remains safe, sanitary, and efficient in creating and delivering dishes to clients. In this role, the Residential Cook is responsible for serving a minimum of 125 client meals per day. This role is a fun and fast-paced environment with a dynamic team.

 

Your Schedule:

 

  • Full Time
  • Wednesday - Sunday 10 am - 7 pm 
  • Work Model: 100% onsite
  • Local Travel:10%

 

Our Total Compensation Package:

 

  • Hourly Compensation: $17.02 
  • Pay schedule Semi-monthly
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability Insurance Programs
  • Generous Paid Time Off- 11 paid holidays per year, 3 personal holidays per year, 15 paid Vacation days per year, Approx 7 hours per month of accrued Sick days
  • 401K the agency matches 125% of employee contributions up to 4% of the annual salary of a full-time employee.
  • Company paid Life Insurance
  • Company paid Long Term Disability
  • Employee Assistance Program

 

Imagine a place where your talent can make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. Working at Houston Area Women’s center gives you a rewarding experience in which our diverse team of employees work together as part of the empowerment of a survivor’s life and at the same time part of a much larger mission. We are committed to doing the work and challenging each other to be an organization in which everyone is respected and heard. Every day we continue to embed diversity, inclusion, belonging, and equity in everything we do as we provide service to survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

Qualifications

The Requirements We are Seeking:

 

 

  • High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
  • A minimum of one year of food service experience.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office, specifically Outlook, Excel, and Teams.
  • Maintain a valid Food Management Certificate
  • Maintain a valid Culinary Certificate, preferred.
  • You have a valid Texas driver’s license with a good driving record; reliable transportation; ability to travel to off-site locations utilizing personal transportation.

 

 

 

What you Deliver in this role:

 

 

  • You will monitor food inventories and document according to donor guidelines (Houston Food Bank etc.)
  • You will prepare three meals per day for clients residing at the Flagship Campus at posted meal-times with adherence to approved menus.
  • You will abide by enterprise process for accommodating clients with food restrictions/special diets (i.e. cultural or medical).
  • You will prepare sack lunches in advance for clients that will not be located at the Flagship Campus during posted meal-times.
  • You will prepare food with sanitation in mind and follow all safety protocols established by the enterprise, city, state, and federal standards (i.e. food storage, food labeling, food rotation, preparation, and serving of food).
  • You will serve food in accordance with enterprise, CACFP, city, state, and federal standards.
  • You will ensure compliance with Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) guidelines for meal preparation and portion control.
  • You will ensure accurate documentation required by Child and Adult Food Care Progr

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Houston Area Women's Center

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