Cook's Helper (Part-Time, 18 hrs., Academic Year)

Pay

Pay Rate: $21.01 – $22.41 per hour (Salary Range Pay Grade Level 309).

Schedule

Part‑time, 18 hours per week for the academic year (September 6 2026 – May 15 2027). Flex schedule to be discussed at interview; work hours and days off will vary during August, J‑Term, and Spring Break.

Responsibilities

• Helper to a cook or baker
  • Wash, peel, chop, dice, or grind vegetables, fruits, and other foods.
  • Perform simple food‑preparation tasks such as making toast, coffee, tea, chocolate, preparing cereal, cooking eggs, making sandwiches, stirring soup, boiling potatoes or other vegetables.
  • Assemble diet trays and arrange food as instructed for patient service.
  • Load food onto food trucks or place food in steam‑table receptacles.
  • Set up dining tables for service and serve food from steam tables.
  • Collect trays, soiled dishes, cutlery, and glassware after meals; dispose of scrap or leftover foods.
  • Wash dishes manually or in an automatic dishwasher; wash cutlery and glassware and return them to their designated places.
  • Clean and wash food trucks, dishwashing machines, iceboxes, walk‑in refrigerators, and other kitchen equipment and utensils.
  • Clean and wash down the kitchen, cafeteria, and related dining areas.
• Helper to a baker
  • Assemble materials, weigh, measure, and mix ingredients by hand or with an electric mixer.
  • Roll dough, fill pans with dough or batter, and place goods in ovens; remove baked items from ovens.
  • Carry materials to the baker or machines, deposit ingredients in containers, grease or line pans.
  • Move racks or rack trucks of dough, batter, or baked goods to and from ovens.
  • Clean bakery areas and related equipment and utensils.
• Helper in the central food processing plant
  • Assist cooks, bakers, and meat cutters with assembling, portioning, packaging, and transporting materials.
  • Operate pan and rack washing machines; wash pots and pans.
  • Clean work areas, refrigerators, and other equipment.

Qualifications

• Knowledge, Skills, and Capacities: Familiarity with cooking or baking methods and procedures, food service, and cleaning of kitchen or bakery areas; ability to follow simple verbal or written directions; careful handling, washing, drying, and storing of equipment and glassware.
• Education: Sufficient to follow simple verbal directions.
• Experience: Prior employment as a helper in a kitchen or bakery (hospital, hotel, or restaurant) performing routine food‑preparation, food‑service, and related tasks, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Environmental Conditions: This position is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.

Contact: Jenna Visinho, Specialist, Talent Acquisition, Office of Human Resources, 80 Lower College Road, Kingston, RI 02881. Email: jvisinho@uri.edu.