Kitchen Assistant

8 weeks, June 25th – August 16th 2024 – 30hrs/week  – 17$/h

 

As part of the Canada Summer Jobs program, we have the opportunity to welcome 6 young people as assistants in 5 Depot programs. Visit our website to find the position that suits you! 

 

Are you passionate about good food, love cooking or would like to improve your skills? Join the Resto-Depot Team! Our program allows us, among other things, to serve a meal 4 times a week to our community.

 

What we are offering: 

• Work experience with our Chef to add to your CV!
• Participating in a team effort that is dynamic and warm, multigenerational, and multicultural.
• Improve your culinary skills! Learn about health and safety, food prep, and knife skills.

 

Your responsibilities / Tasks:  

• Assist our community Chef with meal planning and preparation in the Depot Kitchen;
• Make sure kitchen volunteers have assigned tasks, and help orient new volunteers to the kitchen.

 

Qualifications:

• Comfortable speaking and reading French and/or English (additional language an asset);
• In good physical shape, able to stand for several hours at a time, able to carry heavy loads (max: 50lbs);
• Ability to work efficiently as a member of a team;
• A sense of initiative and a desire to take part in the adventure of life at the Depot!

 

About the Depot*: Founded in 1986, The Depot is a community-based non-profit organization  (NPO) that works collaboratively with its community to address the root causes of hunger and poverty in NDG and the surrounding areas, in a manner that ensures dignity, community engagement, and the development of human potential. Our activities are built around four main pillars: share, grow, cook, and mobilize. To learn more, come visit our website!

 

Eligibility and working conditions: 

• This position is offered through the Canada Summer Jobs program. Link to the Eligibility Criterias.
• Supervisor: James Barrington (Food Skills Manager & Meal Program Coordinator)
• Workplace: our kitchen in NDG (Montreal)
• Schedule: 30 hours per week, including Tuesday evenings. Exact schedule to be determined.

 

To apply:  

Please fill out this online form (https://bit.ly/3wlJFJL). 

If you don’t have access to the form, or have any questions, contact Marie-Lise Chicoine ([email protected]) or call (514) 483-4680 x 0.

Interviews will start as soon as May 13th. 

*The Depot is working towards creating a stakeholder-informed organizational culture, where anti-oppression and anti-racism are living and embodied practices. To achieve this, we aim to recruit a team that is representative of NDG’s diverse identities and lived experiences in order for our work to be by and for our communities.