Facilities and Kitchen Assistant

Facilities & Kitchen Assistant

The Facilities and Kitchen Assistant helps maintain a safe, healthy, and welcoming environment at BCC for children, families, and staff by providing daily cleaning services. This position is responsible for daily cleaning, sanitizing, and housekeeping tasks, as well as providing support in the kitchen. The assistant upholds a high standard of cleanliness throughout the center while demonstrating professionalism and commitment to the organization's values.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists with cleaning, sanitizing and maintaining classrooms, offices, restrooms, common areas, and other facility spaces.
• Sweep, mop, vacuum, dust, and disinfect surfaces according to established schedules and procedures.
• Empty trash and recycling receptacles and replenish supplies as needed.
• Assists with setting up and breaking down rooms for meetings, events, and activities.
• Reports maintenance, safety, or cleanliness concerns to the housekeeper and operations manager.
• Supports the Housekeeper in completing daily, weekly and seasonal cleaning projects.
• Supports the cook with cleaning related tasks after meal service, including washing dishes, utensils, cookware, kitchen equipment and helping to clean and sanitize work areas.
• Provides coverage and support for housekeeping and kitchen operations, including meal prep support.
• Employee to be cross trained to cover for cook when needed.

Other Duties:

• May be asked to work adjusted hours on an occasional basis to provide operational support during staff absences, special events or other organizational needs.
• Complies with local and state Health & Safety regulations to ensure a safe working environment and proper use of chemicals.
• Required to participate in annual trainings for CACFP as specified by job role and duties.
• Performs additional related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Fluent in Spanish and English*
• Minimum of one (1) year experience in food preparation or training
• Minimum of one (1) year experience in housekeeping in an institutional setting
• Valid Food Handler's Certification from an accredited and state approved program to be completed within 3 months of hiring.
• Previous experience working in a school setting, early childhood education program, childcare center or similar education setting preferred.

*Language Requirement: Due to the needs of our team and the populations we serve, bilingual English/Spanish communication is an essential function of this position. Candidates must be able to communicate effectively in both English and Spanish and will be expected to use both languages regularly in the course of their work. Candidates who do not meet this requirement should not apply, as the ability to communicate in both languages is necessary for successful performance in this role.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to maintain a clean and safe environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with staff.
• Reliable, punctual, and able to work independently with minimal supervision and as part of a team.
• Ability to apply principals of CACFP, safe food handling and sanitation.
• Ability to stand for long periods of time.
• Ability to adapt to changes in room temperature

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel; talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Blind Children's Center is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.