Food Services Associate

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Samaritan's Purse is looking for a Food Services Associate who can use their culinary skills at our ministry site in North Wilkesboro, NC. The ideal candidate is meticulous at preparing nutritional food. You will use approved menus and recipes while adhering to all policies including minimum waste, food safety, and sanitation. Join this team and use your gifts and talents for His Kingdom!

A Day in the Life of a Food Services Associate

At Samaritan's Purse, the Gospel is the center of all we do! We start each day with a time of devotion and spend time praying for each other and our staff and volunteers who serve around the globe.

In the role of Food Services Associate, you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him.
• Responsible for the preparation and service of food according to approved menus and standardized recipes while keeping waste to a minimum.
• Responsible for putting away dry stock in the storeroom, refrigerated food in cooler and frozen foods in the freezer when delivered by food service vendors.
• Monitor food quality using Food Safe methods as directed. Apply correct cooking temperatures.
• Help maintain the kitchen, eating and service areas, storage areas, and cooler/freezer facilities in a clean and orderly manner. Sweep and mop floors.
• Assist, or fill-in, in serving meals and in appropriate portions.
• Distribute and keep stocked prepped and serve ready food to the line.
• Apply basic food preparation techniques and terminology.
• Assist with daily closing duties, which include washing dishes, removing trash, and breaking down boxes.
• Follow the policies and procedures of Samaritan's Purse as outlined in the Policy Manual .
• Attend daily morning devotions and participate in prayer support for the ministry, donors, and volunteers.
• Other duties may be assigned that are not specifically identified within the content of the job description.

Learn more about serving with Samaritans Purse .

Qualifications & Experience

• High School diploma or equivalent; one to three years experience in food preparation.

Job Location: North Wilkesboro, NC

Type: Temporary/Full-Time (6 months)

Work Hours: 7:00am - 3:30pm

Language Requirement: Fluency in English (required)


Samaritan's Purse Mission Statement:

Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.


Samaritan's Purse Statement of Faith:

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17.
• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6.
• We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15.
• We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit. Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:89; Titus 3:4-7.
• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life. John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16,17,18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10.
• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment. 1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15.
• We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church. 1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23.
• We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ. Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15.
• We believe Gods plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female. Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9.