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Friendship Presbyterian Church and Friendship Community Place are searching for a Kitchen Assistant to join us as we grow our meal programming! Since our inception, we’ve been about feeding people. Whether we were serving meals to the folks at  The Night Ministry , or hosting our own potlucks in the train station we used to call home, we have always loved coming together to cook and serve meals as a community. When we joined forces with  Full Circle Communities , we were able to bring our vision for a shared commercial kitchen to life! Since opening at 5150 N Northwest HWY in 2022, we have built up a robust team of volunteers called the “Kitchen Krewe” who have worked diligently to plan, cook, and serve meals at 5150 for our community in Jefferson Park. With additional staff we can continue to grow our reach!

Friendship is looking for a Kitchen Assistant who shares our passion for cooking collaboratively and feeding our community. Read on for the full job description and link to apply!

Kitchen Assistant Job Description

Friendship Community Kitchen is staffed by volunteers working collaboratively as a team (referred to as the Kitchen Krewe). We are looking for a Kitchen Assistant for our Friendship Kitchen that will work 10 hours/week to assist our Friendship Kitchen Krewe Volunteer Chefs, Food Managers and other volunteers with regular meal planning and kitchen related programming. The Kitchen Assistant is a paid part time staff position supervised by the Pastor/Director of Friendship Community Place, and reports to the Friendship Community Place Board through the Mission and Partnership Team. The hourly wage for this position is $23.40/hour. Wednesdays and Thursdays are currently the busiest days in the Friendship Kitchen but this is subject to change.

The preferred candidate will:

• Have Previous food handling experience
• Have the ability to adhere to all health & safety practices
• Hold certification as a Food Service Manager.
• Have access to a dependable vehicle, proof of insurance, and a valid driving license for the purposes of picking up supplies and resources needed in the Friendship Kitchen.
• Have a track record of responsibility, the ability to effectively communicate with supervisors and vendors, coordinate with volunteer staff, and resolve conflict.

Responsibilities included in the role: 

• Meet weekly with the supervisor and lead volunteers to plan Kitchen use for Friendship Community Place’s programming.
• Prepare the kitchen and supplies so that the volunteers (Volunteer Food Service Managers, Volunteer Chefs, Volunteer Servers and Dishwashers etc.) are able to prepare meals and to keep the necessary records for reimbursement, safety and accountability including:
• Keep the pantry stocked with basic items needed for the Kitchen to run smoothly.
• Keep Pantry and Kitchen clean and up-to-date, including making sure that cleaning standards are always upheld
• Following health and safety protocol
• Assisting the chef team with basic kitchen preparations
• Putting away deliveries correctly
• Provide for the maintenance, repair and record keeping of the kitchen and its commercial licensing.

To apply for this position please fill out the application form  HERE.  If you have questions please contact Rev. Shawna Bowman at  shawna@fpcchicago.org or call 773-575-3560.