Join the Food Services Team at Kitsap Community Resources and bring your energy to a mission that truly matters. Step into a fast‑paced, collaborative kitchen where every day offers a chance to grow your culinary talents, strengthen your organizational skills, and be part of a crew that has each other's backs. This isn't just a job, it's a chance to fuel programs that support families, children, and neighbors across Kitsap County. If you're excited to make a real impact while doing work you can be proud of, we'd love to have you on board.

KCR offers comprehensive benefits including paid time off for vacation, sick days, and holidays, along with 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage for employees. In addition, we provide a 6.5% employer contribution to 401K after the first year, plus access to employee assistance, wellness initiatives, and professional growth and development training programs. ** ******

Please apply atkcr.org/career-opportunities/ . If you need assistance with your application please contact Human Resources.

Job Title: Kitchen Aide **

Department:** Food Services- Early Learning & Family Services **
Fixed Hourly Wage:** $18.50 **
Position Type:** Full Time, Non-Exempt
Direct Supervisor: Food Services Manager
Work Environment: Operate within an industrial kitchen setting and meal delivery. This includes driving a KCR company vehicle to Head Start locations in Bremerton in various weather conditions.

**Job Summary

** Kitsap Community Resources Kitchen Aide staff help prepare meals for the children in Head Start, Meals on Wheels for the senior population, and a few Senior Citizen Centers daily. This position is responsible for all aspects of meal service including food preparation, food quality and quantity, storage, sanitation, dishwashing and service to a variety of customers. This position requires doing a variety of duties including but not limited to assisting the cooks, food preparation, food packaging, food quality and quantity, storage, sanitation, all dishwashing, sweeping, mopping, general cleaning duties, organization of freight deliveries, inventory, and daily meal deliveries.

**KCR Mission, Vision, & Core Values **

Mission:
Kitsap Community Resources (KCR) is a nonprofit, private, social services agency. We are committed to creating hope and opportunity for all low-income Kitsap County residents by providing resources that promote self-sufficiency and stability.

**Vision:
** We exist with a clear vision of creating a community where everyone has an opportunity to thrive.

**Core Values:
** Kitsap Community Resources core values are a vital part of each position, and employees are expected to uphold them to the fullest.

• Integrity – taking care to honor our commitments in an ethical manner
• Compassion – genuinely empathizing with those we serve
• Excellence – demonstrating a high level of performance in all we do
• Diversity – showing honor and respect to all individuals we serve
• Collaboration – so we seek out partnership opportunities
• Teamwork – supporting our employees and partners as we fulfill our mission

Job Requirements

Qualifications:

1. Required Education: High school diploma or GED.
2. Six months of food service experience required.
3. Experience in the institutional kitchen field with heavy production emphasis.
4. Must have a valid food handlers permit.
5. Must have a valid Washington State Drivers License.
6. Ability to pass State and/or Federal Background Checks as determined by position (prior to hire date).

****Preferred Qualifications:

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1. Must demonstrate recognition and compassion for low-income peoples.
2. Must be aware and sensitive to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the American with Disabilities Act (ADA).
3. Must have good communication skills and the ability to stay calm under pressure.
4. Must have excellent personal cleanliness and hygiene.
5. Must have good organizational and interpersonal skills and be willing to work as part of a team.
6. Must be able to exhibit regular daily attendance.

License(s) and/or Certifications:

1. Valid Washington State Driver's License to operate company vehicles and/or utilize other vehicles for company business.
2. Ability to obtain proof of insurability for operating an automobile. To operate company vehicles and/or utilize other vehicles for company business.
3. First Aide/CPR certification (within 30 days of employment)
4. Food Worker Permit (within 90 days of employment) Initial physical exam (within 30 days of employment).
5. Current Immunizations per Washington Administrative Code (can be obtained upon hire).

Essential Physical and Mental Functions

1. Position requires intermittent sitting, standing, walking, twisting, and bending.
2. Must be able to lift to 50 pounds.
3. Must be able to work on your feet.
4. Intermittent sitting, standing, walking, twisting, and bending.
5. Simple grasping and hand manipulation required as well as reaching above and below shoulder level.
6. Cognitive ability to recognize and address safety concerns.
7. Cognitive and emotional ability to work directly with clients in need, which may include children, homelessness, mental health issues, substance abuse, or other mental or physical barriers.
8. Must be able to drive in a variety of weather conditions.
9. Cognitive ability to discern accuracy and apply to work as necessary.
10. Physical and cognitive ability to operate a motor vehicle.

KCR Basic Expectations

1. Must be able to exhibit regular attendance.
2. Conducts business and performs responsibilities with honesty, empathy, and integrity in alignment with KCR Code of Ethics.
3. Demonstration of service delivery that aligns with KCR Mission, Vision, and Core Values
4. Proactively takes appropriate steps to maintain a safe, clean, healthy, and professional working environment, seeks guidance from supervision/management when there are questions.

Responsibilities- Included but are not limited to

1. Verify accuracy of kitchen's pack out work daily.
2. Tracking of daily meal counts for a variety of contracts.
3. Pack out cold and hot food to meal sites daily.
4. Deliver cold and hot food to meal sites daily.
5. Pick up dishes and leftovers at meal sites and return to kitchen.
6. Assist in monthly inventory.
7. Prepare frozen meals snacks and breakfast breakouts as needed.
8. Assist cooks in the kitchen as needed.
9. Assist with food breakouts when needed.
10. Assemble and deliver food items to all Head Start sites when directed.
11. Assist with food and supply inventories when needed.
12. Report to and accept assignments from Food Service manager.
13. Daily set up dish room and operate dishwasher scraping, cleaning, and sanitizing all dishes silverware, pots and pans.
14. Clean all incoming dirty dishes count box.
15. Arrange for the next day delivery.
16. Accepts other duties as assigned.

Work/Life Balance

KCR offers a robust benefits package to support balance between work and life outside the workplace.

1. Vacation, Sick, Personal Holiday, and other time off for life events such as Jury Duty, Bereavement, etc.
2. 100% Employer paid Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Long-term and Short-term Disability for employee only (dependents can be covered through payroll deduction)
3. 6.5% Employer Contribution to 401K after first 12-18 months of employment
4. Employee Assistance Program
5. Employee Wellness Program
6. Employee Growth & Development Training Programs

All duties and requirements listed in this job description are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position; employees will be requested to follow any other job-related instructions and perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor. Kitsap Community Resources reserves the right to determine the contents of KCR job descriptions.

Kitsap Community Resources is an “at-will” employer.

KCR recognizes that ideas come from a varied mix of minds, backgrounds and experiences. KCR is committed to attracting and retaining a varied and highly skilled staff, by honoring experiences, perspectives and unique identities of the community in which we serve. KCR provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, nation of origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic disposition, disability, veteran status or any other protected category under federal, state, and local law.

KITSAP COMMUNITY RESOURCES (KCR) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. KCR is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.

All employment decisions at KCR are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex, pregnancy, age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. KCR will not tolerate discrimination or harassment.