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Req #: 236979

Department: HOUSING AND FOOD SERVICES

Posting Date: 07/23/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $3,492 - $4,428 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-summary-classified-staff-greater-than-half-time-20220908_a11y.pdf)

COOK FOR ATHLETICS DINING PROGRAM

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.

Thanks for your interest in joining the UW Dining Athletics Performance team! Selected applicants will be invited to interview in early August, where on-the-spot job offers will be extended.

Housing & Food Services (HFS) provides on-campus housing to over 10,000 student residents and operates over 40 dining and café locations that serve the entire campus community. To successfully accomplish this, we employ over 1,200 students, classified and professional staff members who work throughout HFS, providing residential and dining services to the campus. As reflected in our mission statement— working together to enhance student life —teamwork and service to our students and customers are at the heart of our business.

At the University of Washington, diversity is integral to excellence. We value and honor diverse experiences and perspectives, strive to create welcoming and respectful learning environments, and promote access, opportunity, and justice for all. In Housing & Food Services, our DEI statement reads:

HFS will become an organization that prioritizes inclusive workplace communities, centered on belonging and opportunity for all staff. All HFS staff must accept responsibility to identify and interrupt biases, privilege, barriers, and power dynamics. We challenge ourselves to engage in open dialogue, active listening, and empathic learning.

Should you wish to learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion at UW Housing & Food Services, please reference this link Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement Training (https://rise.articulate.com/share/Rvbm5rUb5hsucH1MFwIlEmC1xhyJOtye#/) .

POSITION PURPOSE This cook position is responsible for supporting the Don James Center Training Table with cooking, food preparation, and leadership of a dynamic culinary team in production of high-quality meals for UW athletes. Providing nutrition to power performance, this position plays an important role in supporting nutritionally optimal meals for athletes and coaches.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Using CBord recipes and specifications, prepare menu items including proteins, vegetables, fruits, starches, and sauces. • Review recipes and consult with the unit’s designated culinarian (Sous Chef, Manager or Chef de Cuisine) to confirm production goals and service needs. Seek prior approval before deviation from assigned recipes and specifications. • Develop and maintain positive relationships with customers in taking orders, plating, cooking off and/or serving. • Develop and maintain positive and professional working relationships with classified staff and subordinates. • Provide direction to Food Service Workers and student staff as needed. • Monitor prepared foods to ensure proper holding temperatures and handling are in compliance with Washington State health code regulations, including required temperature log entries. • At the end of the shift, disposition all food that has been on display or held in the kitchen according to Washington State Health Code and UW Dining policies and procedures. • Ensure that all items in walk-in and in other storage areas are properly labeled. • Maintain records of foods produced, foods wasted. • Ensure that security and safety requirements are met; follow up with staff and supervisor on any issues. • Participate in cleaning the kitchen’s tables and equipment. • At the end of the shift, review par levels to ensure that station is properly stocked for the next day and submit orders through CBord. • May perform additional data entry of daily production/waste records in CBord.

POSITION DIMESIONS The position is an eleven-point-five-month cyclic position that works January through mid-December. While staff are hired into specific positions, they may be reassigned to a different unit or schedule with two weeks of notice.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS • Possession of, or eligible to obtain a Washington State Food Worker Card within two weeks of employment AND one year of experience preparing and serving food and maintaining clean work area; or equivalent education/experience.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS • Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel.

CONDITITONS OF EMPLOYMENT • A satisfactory outcome from the employment verification and reference check processes. • Washington State Food Worker Card within two weeks of employment.

Application Process: The application process for UW positions may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.