Cook- Part Time, Port Charlotte, FL

Location: Port Charlotte Corps, Port Charlotte, Florida    

Position Type:     Regular Part-Time

Pay Range:         $12.00-12.41/hour

About this opportunity:

This position is responsible for planning, preparing, cooking and serving nutritional meals and snacks in accordance with established guidelines and schedules; ensuring all meals are prepared and served in a safe and presentable manner; cleaning kitchen facilities, equipment, and appliances; maintaining inventory of kitchen supplies and food in a neat and orderly manner.

Key responsibilities:

• Plans menus and purchases food and supplies necessary for the preparation and serving of nutritional meals.
• Ensures that enough food is prepared based on the number of people to be served and that food is prepared in a timely manner as scheduled.

• Cleans tables, chairs, floors, dishes, utensils, and kitchen appliances.

What we are looking for in you:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• One year experience of cooking food for large groups
• Or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: Duties are usually performed by frequent walking and/or standing, kneeling, or squatting relieved by lesser periods of sitting. Ability to meet attendance requirements. Ability to read, write, and communicate the English language. Ability to cook, taste, and smell food. Work is performed in a normal kitchen environment where there may be limited physical discomforts associated with working around hot stoves/ovens or cold freezers.

Employee Benefits

• PTO
• Retirement Plan
• Life Insurance and more!

To learn more about The Salvation Army, click here!

Why work for us?

The Salvation Army offers a broad range of career opportunities, particularly targeted toward those motivated by our mission, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

The Salvation Army strives to do the “Most Good” for its employees by offering a greater sense of purpose in the work performed, by training and mentoring employees and by offering competitive compensation and benefit plans.  Whether employed as a truck driver, administrative support team member or the director of a program, our employees understand at the core of their work is the opportunity to be an integral part of an organization that is Doing the Most Good.

Five values at the heart of everything we do…We are…

• Passionate
• Compassionate
• Uplifting
• Brave
• Trustworthy

Additional Information:

All employees recognize The Salvation Army is a church and agree they will do nothing as an employee of The Salvation Army to undermine its religious mission.

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Application Submittal Period:  05/15/2024 – 06/30/2024

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled