Lead Culinary Assistant
Job Overview
The Pillars of Hermantown is Ebenezer's newest managed senior living community in northern Minnesota, near Duluth. It will offer Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care options with 105 total apartments near major crossroads and amongst beautiful scenery. The Pillars creates purposeful lifestyles for our seniors with dedicated staff to meet their needs in a variety of ways. Join our team of dedicated employees who share our mission to help seniors heal, discover, and educate for longer, healthier, more significant lives! The Lead Culinary Assistant is responsible for dining‑room meal service to residents.
Schedule
80 hours every two weeks; Full‑time; weekends as needed; fully benefit eligible; new early wage access.
Responsibilities
- Serve meals and ensure the dining area is clean and inviting
- Follow meal serving schedule and procedures
- Offer resident meal choices and meet specific dietary needs
- Use proper safety and sanitation techniques
- Help lead shift huddles for each meal
- Outline and delegate daily cleaning and production tasks for Culinary Assistants as needed
- Create dining‑room cleaning schedules and procedures and ensure their completion
- Ensure all dishes (including flatware, drinkware, etc.) are washed, sanitized, and put away before end of shift
- Promote and encourage positive resident relations and satisfaction
- Welcome residents and initiate conversation
- Accommodate tenant/resident requests such as food substitutions or seating changes
- Listen to complaints and respond appropriately; refer issues to the Culinary Director as appropriate
- Provide support and direction to Culinary Assistants
- Oversee proper procedures for dining‑room set‑up for daily meals and special events
- Check daily task sheets for completion and refer any incomplete tasks to the Chef/Culinary Director
- Schedule Culinary Assistants
- Identify performance issues and communicate them to the Culinary Director
- Train new staff on proper procedures
- Assist in completing onboarding and orientation checklists for newly hired Culinary Assistants
- Listen to complaints and respond appropriately; refer issues to the Culinary Director and Executive Director as appropriate
Required Qualifications
- Less than 1 year experience
Preferred Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED
- 1 year experience
Benefits
Ebenezer offers a generous benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision plans; life insurance; short‑term and long‑term disability insurance; PTO and Sick and Safe Time; tuition reimbursement; retirement options; early access to earned wages; and more. Additional information.
Compensation
Pay rate is determined by factors such as skills, knowledge, relevant education, experience, market conditions, and internal equity. Hiring at the maximum of the range is not typical. If the role is eligible for a sign‑on bonus, the approved bonus program in effect at the time of offer will be honored.