Cook - Lead - Willamette View

Full Time and Part Time Schedules Available

At Willamette View, you'll contribute to the ethos of "Inspiring the Art of Living Well" for our active resident community, playing a key role in helping individuals lead rich and fulfilling lives. If you appreciate the importance of personal relationships and making a meaningful impact on the lives of others, then our unique, lively, and progressive senior community is the ideal place for you.

What is the Lead Cook experience?

As the Lead Cook, you'll play a crucial role in supporting the Executive Chef and Sous Chef. Your main responsibility is ensuring that the food production meets high standards.

In this position, your tasks will involve reviewing menus and recipes to plan food preparation activities. You'll oversee the kitchen operations for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, ensuring everything runs smoothly. It'll be up to you to organize and delegate tasks for small batch cooking, as well as troubleshoot any issues that may arise during the process. Additionally, you'll lend a hand in training and orienting new kitchen staff members.

When necessary, you'll step in to assist the Sous Chef with various responsibilities such as purchasing, staff scheduling, equipment maintenance, and inventory management.

What are the job qualifications?

• Minimum two-years of institutional cooking experience required.
• One year of experience in a lead position preferred.
• Experience with special diets preferred.
• Knowledge of cuts of meat, institutional cooking, kitchen equipment and the safe and effective use of kitchen utensils and equipment.
• Requires skills to estimate quantities and formulate new recipes.
• Good understanding of sanitation procedures.
• Good communication skills: must be able to demonstrate effective reading, writing, and speaking skills, possess strong mathematical and analytical skills and be able to follow written instructions and understand measurements.
• Be a detail-oriented person, perform duties with great accuracy and work cooperatively with others.
• Must consent to and pass a criminal background check.

What benefits are offered?

At Willamette View, we believe in investing in our employees. When you join our team, you'll gain access to a comprehensive range of benefits designed to enhance your well-being.

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Insurance, along with optional Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) to employees working full-time hours. Benefits begin 30 days after hire.
• 401(k) retirement plan with up to 3% match
• Scholarship & continuing education opportunities
• Generous Paid Time Off - Accruals start at 13 PTO Days per year with annual increases.
• 6 Paid Holidays Annually
• Employee Assistance Program
• Support your well-being through access to our fitness center, pickleball courts, walking paths around our 27-acre campus, wellness incentives, and a subsidized food program.

Willamette View believes in building a sense of community and inclusivity, both in the relationships we build with our residents and with our own team. Willamette View provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion or belief, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, social or ethnic origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, relationship status, parental status, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.