The Stir - Summer Job Posting: Food Hub Kitchen Helper

Full Time position (30 hours per week)
8 weeks - Anticipated start date: July 1 2022
Rate: $19 per hour

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Support the Food Hub Manager to oversee operations and facilities in the shared commercial kitchen.
• Ensuring equipment and surfaces are properly cleaned between rentals according to food hub policies and procedures and documenting any issues or discrepancies.
• Performing routine checks and documentation of temperatures and chemical concentrations using test strips.
• Preparing and refilling soaps and sanitizing solutions and consumables as needed.
• Performing regular cleaning and maintenance duties.
• Working with the Food Hub Manager to develop, prepare and package dried and preserved food products using gleaned produce from our Gleaning Abundance Program and urban farm for donation to the food bank.
• Learning to uphold a high-standard of food safety and documentation practices.
• Acting as an ambassador for the food hub to food hub clients and assisting them with general questions about the facility.

Skills and Qualifications

• Valid BC Driver’s License and clean Criminal Record check
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Ability to assess situations, identify problems and take initiative
• Ability to work independently and with people of all ages (children, adults, seniors)

Preferred Level of Education: Secondary

Skills you will develop during this placement

• Teamwork
• Communication
• Digital Skills
• Leadership
• Client Service

How to apply:

The Kamloops Food Policy Council values diversity and is committed to providing an inclusive work environment. We are looking for qualified individuals at all job levels who represent the

diversity of the people participating in the food system. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, individuals of all genders and sexual orientations, origin and ethnic affiliations, abilities, ages, and religions.

To fit within the parameters of the CSJ funding, applicants must be between the ages of 15 and 30 years at the beginning of employment; be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment; and have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations.

To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume to: info@kamloopsfoodpolicycouncil.com.

Please combine both cover letter and resume into one PDF document labeled:

Last Name, First Name

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM Tuesday, May 31, 2022.