Baker

Description

Position Summary: The Baker provides baked goods for the school kitchen and coffee shop in a friendly and efficient manner. This role is responsible for final preparation of food, active service during lunch periods, and maintaining a high standard of cleanliness across the entire kitchen facility. 

Responsibilities: 

Back of House (Prep & Support) - 25% 

• Assist the Lead Cook with basic food preparation and setting up for lunch service.  
• Set up steam tables, salad bars, small wares, POS stands, and serving lines, ensuring all equipment is at the correct operating temperature. 
• Assist in unloading deliveries and organizing the walk-in cooler, freezer, and dry storage using the FIFO (First-in, First-out) method.  

Service Duties (Front of House) - 30% 

• Serve students during lunch periods with a focus on speed, accuracy, and positive interaction.  
• Follow standardized recipes and use correct serving utensils to ensure consistent portion sizes and minimum waste.  
• Maintain a clear understanding of the day’s menu to answer basic student questions regarding ingredients (e.g., “Is this Gluten Free?”). 
• If required, operate the Point of Sale (POS) system, ensuring student accounts are charged correctly. 

Sanitation & Cleanup – 15% 

• Operate the industrial dishwasher and manually wash pots and pans as needed.  
• Empty and sanitize steam tables, salad bars, and milk coolers.  
• Participate in a scheduled deep cleaning of ovens, refrigerators, and storage shelves.  
• Complete daily checklists and temperature logs for the dish machine, coolers, and freezers.  

Baking - 30% 

• Prepare and bake fresh baked goods according to established recipes and production schedules.  
• Ensure baked products meet high standards for quality, consistency, freshness, and presentation.  
• Properly store, label, and rotate ingredients and finished products following food safety guidelines. 

Other duties:  

Additional Responsibilities: The tasks listed in this job description are not all encompassing. At any point, New Life Church and Academy reserves the right to add additional or different job duties and remove job duties from this position.  

Spiritual: Employees of New Life Church and Academy must be able to effectively integrate a gospel centered message into their day-to-day responsibilities, must be a born-again believer who exhibits the Fruit of the Spirit in their daily walk and a regular attendee and supporter of a church whose fundamental beliefs are evangelical in nature. 

Requirements

Education:  

Required Education:  

• High School Diploma  

Experience:  

Required Experience:  

• No previous experience required  

Skills:  

• The ability to switch between tasks quickly and efficiently based on daily needs and unexpected circumstances. 
• Show initiative to provide the best customer service possible.  
• Basic knowledge of food safety and sanitation practices. 
• Ability to stand for long periods of time and lift cases of milk, produce, etc. 
• Ability to work quickly under the pressure of a timed lunch rush. 
• Friendly, patient demeanor when working with children, teenagers, and staff. 

Travel: Some local travel may be required.  

Working Conditions: This job operates in a commercial kitchen environment and will routinely use standard kitchen and office equipment such as commercial ovens, mixers, dishwasher, various kitchen prep utensils, IPads, computers, photocopiers, and smartphones. Employees must be able to stand for long periods of time. Must be able to repetitively lift at least 40 –50 lbs occasionally and 25 lbs regularly. Must wear apron, hair covering, and non-slip shoes.  The work environment also involves working in a K-12 Private Christian School and Evangelical Church environment and all employees are expected to have a demonstrated and personal relationship with Jesus Christ.  

Working Hours: Typically, employees are expected to work during normal hours and days of business, between Monday and Friday. Specific expectations for each position will be communicated by the supervisor of this position. Occasional weekend and evening hours may be required. This position works up to 28 hours per week and 9.5 months of the year.