Cook (2) (#850)
- Employer
- Mount Holyoke College
- Location
- South Hadley, MA
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- Administrative Jobs
- Institutional & Business Affairs, Auxiliary Services
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Cook
There is an academic year Cook’s position available in the community dining center. Qualified present employees, considered equally qualified by the College, will be given preference over external applicants for work.
This is an academic year position which generally includes September - May. This is a 2nd shift position. Tuesday-Saturday: 4:45pm-12:45pm. Services may not be required when school is not in session (i.e. fall mid-semester break, Thanksgiving recess, December recess, January term, mid-semester break).
Under the direction of the Executive Chef and Production Manager: Cooking, preparation for, serving of, and clean-up in connection with any meal; sanitation of entire scope of Food Service areas including utensils and equipment; assists with inventory as needed; distribution of stock, grocery, produce and dairy orders; timely communication/reporting of any problems/concerns immediately to supervisor, including any accidents that occur. Some supervision of student staff required.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum of four (4) to five (5) years experience in cooking and quantity food preparation in another college or high volume quality restaurant or equivalent.
- The ability to accept responsibility and willingness to exhibit initiative in the performance of duties; must be dependable, has the ability to communicate effectively and relate well with members of campus community; willingness to be flexible around scheduling and ability to perform in satisfactory manner under pressure. Must possess and practice good knife skills. Must be proficient in written and oral communication. Must be able to lift/move a minimum of 20 pounds and up to a maximum of 50 pounds with assistance and without restrictions. ServSafe certification and completion of an allergen awareness class is required.
Mount Holyoke College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Mount Holyoke College is committed to enriching the educational experience it offers through the diversity of its faculty, administration, and staff members. Mount Holyoke seeks to recruit and support a broadly diverse team who will contribute to the college's excellence, diversity of viewpoints and experiences, and relevance in a global society. In furtherance of institutional excellence, the College encourages applications from individuals from underrepresented groups, including faculty, staff, and administration of color, diverse gender identities, first generation college students and individuals who have followed non-traditional pathways to college, and individuals with a demonstrated leadership commitment to including diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
Organization
Mount Holyoke College is a highly selective liberal arts institution with a long tradition of educating women for active engagement in the world. A diverse community of approximately 2000 students (13% international, 17% U.S. women of color), the College is committed to the creation of a powerful learning environment which seamlessly links the curricular and co-curricular dimensions of campus life in a way that affirms identity, builds community and prepares women for leadership in a pluralistic world.
Mount Holyoke is located in the beautiful Pioneer Valley in Western Massachusetts. The College, which has just completed the third year of an ambitious six-year strategic plan, is committed to educating a diverse community of women at the highest level of academic excellence and to fostering the alliance of liberal arts education with purposeful engagement in the world. Mount Holyoke is in a particularly strong position having received the highest numbers of applications in its history. Mount Holyoke is a member of the Five College Consortium (along with Amherst, Hampshire, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst).
As the first of the Seven Sisters—the female equivalent of the once predominantly male Ivy League—Mount Holyoke established higher education for women as a serious endeavor. Our long, distinguished history of educating leaders arises from a powerful combination of:
- academic excellence in a global learning environment
- a tight-knit, diverse, and international community
- a worldwide network of alumnae
- the conviction that women can and should make a difference in the world.
Reputation
Mount Holyoke College is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review Guide's 2010 edition of its annual guidebook, The Best 371 Colleges. Mount Holyoke rates highly in a number of categories, among them "best classroom experience" (#6), "best college library" (#12), and "dorms like palaces" (#13).
Students
Our 2,200 students hail from 48 states and nearly 70 countries. One in three students is an international citizen or African American, Asian American, Latina, Native American, or multiracial. Sixty-two percent of incoming first-year students were in the top 10 percent of their high school classes.
Majors
- 49 departmental and interdepartmental majors
- Option to design your own major
- 33 percent of all majors are interdisciplinary
- Majors of current MHC students: humanities, 32 percent; social sciences, 42 percent; natural and applied sciences, 26 percent
Class Size
- 15 percent of classes have 10 or fewer students
- 64 percent have 20 or fewer
- 82 percent have 25 or fewer
Student-to-Faculty Ratio
9 to 1
After College
Six months after graduation, 86 percent of the class of 2008 were working or in school. Of those students, 16 percent were attending graduate/professional schools of their choice. Typically, 75 percent of MHC graduates enroll in graduate/professional school within ten years.
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