CAMP K: KITCHEN ASSISTANT

Seasonal

Pay: $14/hr 40 hours a week available +$500 end of season bonus

Free room and board

Dates: May 23, 2023 - August 10, 2023

Do you want to spend a paid summer in Alaska? Join us at Camp K for fun at one of Alaska's most beautiful sleep away camps in Cooper Landing. Just two hours South of Anchorage, our camp is located on the beautiful Kenai Peninsula. No outdoor experience is required, just a love for camp! If you want to build an inclusive and loving community at our camp, this is a perfect job for you! Housing and meals are included for the entire season.

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position supports the Kitchen Manager in a youth-focused Food Service program aimed at the provision of nutritious and appealing meals in a safe and clean environment while providing a high-quality camp experience for program participants, families, and visitors. Kitchen assistants prepare meals using Camp K guidelines, keep kitchen inventory, practice heath/sanitation efforts, and help maintain Camp K kitchen equipment. Kitchen Assistants promote, encourage, and demonstrate excellent skills in communication, relationship development, respect for diversity and empowerment/involvement of youth when working with campers. You'll have a great opportunity to be a positive role model for the campers while living on Camp K in the Chugach National Forest with everyday opportunities to be off the grid, experience wildlife, and take in the epic beauty right outside your cabin door!

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• Ability to acquire and maintain an Alaska Food Worker Card is required.
• Current Adult/Pediatric CPR, AED & First Aid Certification from a nationally recognized provider, is required.
• Must be eighteen (18) years of age or older to maintain compliance with regulatory and accrediting agencies.

Preferred:

• Prior experience working with youth, preferably in a residential camp setting is preferred.
• Experience working with diverse populations: multi-cultural, age, gender, etc.; experience with special needs population preferred.
• If 21+, valid Driver’s License and eligibility to drive agency vehicles with ability to drive and maneuver 16 passenger vans and trailer in tow, is preferred.

BENEFITS

• Room and Board (housing and meals) provided for the entire season, even during off time
• Travel Stipend at the end of the season
• Bi-weekly direct deposit
• 1 day off per week, 3 days off for 4th of July Holiday
• Group use of our camp vans during off-time
• Access to free camping equipment to explore Alaska
• Lifelong friends as co-workers
• Extensive training to prepare you for workforce opportunities beyond summer camp

YOU MAY REQUEST A COPY OF THE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION BY EMAILING HR AT jobs@campfireak.org.

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  All applicants who are offered employment with Camp Fire Alaska will be subjected to reference checks and a criminal history check through the Alaska Background Check Program. Offers of employment are contingent on successful completion of both the reference checks and criminal history check in accordance with Municipality of Anchorage Child Care Licensing regulations.

Camp Fire Alaska Inclusion Statement:

Camp Fire believes in the dignity and the intrinsic worth of every human being. We welcome, affirm, and support young people and adults of all abilities and disabilities, experiences, races, ethnicities, socio-economic backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, citizenship or immigration status, religion and non-religion, and any other category people use to define themselves or others.