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Req #: 236978

Department: HOUSING & FOOD SERVICES

Posting Date: 07/23/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $3,492 - $4,650 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 LEAD 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 The Cook Lead is responsible for supporting the Don James Center Training Table through leadership of a dynamic culinary team in cooking, preparation, and 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 and providing culinary leadership support to ensure a consistent dining experience.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Review menus and recipes and consult with Manager on the production goals for the day/week. • Develop prep and order specifications derived from multiple recipes at various stations. • Prepare menu items from scratch ingredients. • Ensure the successful and timely execution of the menu, consulting with the culinary leadership if exceptions occur. • Assign, instruct and check the work of all kitchen staff, delegating to cooks and leads, as appropriate. • Check inventory levels and insure that the kitchen is properly stocked. • Break down larger cuts of meat and seafood. • Review prepared menu items to ensure proper cooking, presentation and authentic flavors. • Receive inquiries and orders directly from customers and fulfill as requested. • Monitor prepared foods for compliance with HACCP, including taking and recording food temperatures before the food leaves the production area. • Oversee and participate in cleaning and sanitizing of all areas of the kitchen. • Ensure foods and menu items remaining after meal preparation and service are properly wrapped, dated, labeled and stored before the close of the shift. • Maintain records of foods produced, foods wasted, and any recipe adjustments. • Identify any safety issues or equipment malfunctions and report them to the Unit Manager. • Perform related duties as requested.

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.

Though hired into a specific working title or location, all employees of Housing & Food Services are expected to support overall operational and customer service needs by: participating in cross-training, providing coverage during staff absences or high business volume, participating in production and/or service of special events, and being willing and able to perform additional, related duties and/or be reassigned to another work unit (as appropriate, within job classification).

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS • Possession of, or eligible to obtain a Washington State Food Worker card within two weeks of employment AND one year of experience performing skilled cooking duties; or equivalent education/experience.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS • Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel. • Food production experience within a college residential dining venue. • Experience and knowledge of standard cuts of meat including poultry and fish. • Experience in cutting and preparing meat and seafood menu items, including sauces, using various methods such as slicing, carving, roasting, brining, and smoking, curing, marinating, and grilling.

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

Scheduling Note
Unit schedules may vary, including Bay Laurel Catering and Conibear where staff are unscheduled and have weekly schedules that vary based on business/service needs.

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.