Monarch Communities®
Developer and operator of wellness‑centered senior living communities offering personalized services and maintenance‑free living.
Cook (Full-Time)
Prepare and serve nutritious meals, meeting dietary needs for senior living residents.
Job Highlights
About the Role
We are seeking a Cook to join our team and prepare delicious meals for senior living residents, their families, and guests. Reporting to the Director of Culinary Services, the Cook will study recipes, set up menus, and deliver high‑quality dishes while adhering to sanitation regulations. The role also includes accurate record‑keeping, receiving, rotating inventory, and ensuring regulatory compliance, ultimately providing a complete menu that delights our senior community. • Prepare and serve quality meals, including texture‑modified dishes for special dietary needs. • Ensure compliance with food safety, HACCP, labeling, and record‑keeping requirements. • Monitor food preparation, storage, and temperature logs for hot, cold, refrigerator, and freezer units. • Maintain accurate inventory by receiving, rotating, and documenting product supplies.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸meal preparation
- ▸texture modified
- ▸food safety
- ▸inventory management
- ▸temperature monitoring
- ▸menu planning
What You Bring
This is a full‑time position with every other weekend or partial weekend shifts, scheduled for at least 30 hours per week, and offering an hourly wage of $22.00–$24.00. The role requires a high school diploma or GED, a current (or obtainable) ServSafe certification, and at least one year of related food preparation experience. Physical duties involve standing, walking, sitting, reaching, stooping, kneeling, and using fine and gross motor skills. The associate must be able to lift or carry up to 50 lb and use proper body mechanics while performing these tasks. • Hold or obtain a current ServSafe certification. • Possess at least one year of experience with full‑line menu items and special diets. • Demonstrate strong organizational, time‑management, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills. • Ability to stand, walk, lift up to 50 lb, and use proper body mechanics.
Requirements
- ▸servsafe
- ▸1+ year
- ▸high school
- ▸problem solving
- ▸decision making
- ▸physical
Benefits
Our mission is contemporary person‑centric wellness senior living, designed for the next generation. A customized, curated, and organic approach to wellness inspires everything we do, and all members of our communities – residents, families, and team members – help make our communities what they are. We are committed to developing progressive yet approachable communities that support the needs of future generations and aim to transform healthcare infrastructure so people can age well, live well, and thrive. • Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; life/AD&D coverage; short‑ and long‑term disability; FSA; employee assistance program; 401(k) with company match; paid time off, holidays, and tuition reimbursement. • Additional compensation: employee referral bonus and resident referral bonus.
Work Environment
Onsite