Cook

Description

Job description

About us

Sunnyside is a not-for-profit Senior Living life plan community situated on 150 acres in the rolling hills of the Shenandoah Valley in Harrisonburg, Virginia. More than 500 residents call Sunnyside home. Sunnyside is currently seeking a Cook to join our team in support of the dining needs of our Assisted Living and Long-Term Care residents. This position is currently available part-time, 5:30am-2:00pm, and every other weekend is included.

Our work environment includes

• Growth opportunities
• On-the-job training
• Flexible working hours
• Relaxed atmosphere

Our ideal candidate has

• Passion for cooking and working in Senior Living
• Creativity
• The ability to work as a team
• Time management skills

Qualifications

• Knowledge of safety procedures, including safe temperatures at which ingredients must be kept and to which food must be prepared to avoid foodborne illness
• Ability to work as part of a team, collaborating on dishes
• Interpersonal skills to interact with a variety of other people, such as waitstaff, dishwashers, management and sometimes customers
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Comprehension and organization to correctly prepare dishes to the standards of Dining Services

Check out our current Sunnyside team member's video testimonials! These can be found under the careers tab of our website. Also, be sure to follow our Facebook page, Work at Sunnyside, to see what we are up to and what it's like to work at such a great place!

Job Type: Part-time

Benefits:

• Paid training
• Referral program

Shift:

• Day shift
• Morning shift

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday
• Rotating weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Harrisonburg, VA 22801: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Restaurant experience: 1 year (Preferred)
   

Requirements

 Job Requirements

• COVID-19 vaccination is required
• ServSafe certification, or willingness to obtain
• The position requires manual dexterity; auditory and visual skills; and the ability to follow written and oral instructions and procedures.
• Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination to handle tools, such as knife techniques for chopping, slicing, cutting and dicing
• Ability to stand in one place for hours at a time, handle heat and work shifts
• The employee is frequently required to routinely sit, stand, reach, lift, bend, kneel, stoop, climb, push and pull items weighing 30 lbs or less and occasionally more than 40 lbs.