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About the Role
The Receiver and Porter will support the work of the Sustainable Community Kitchen by receiving goods, cleaning, organizing, inventorying supplies, and assisting with culinary operations.
Responsibilities
- Supports the culinary team in maintaining a clean and respectful shared kitchen space.
- Receives, decants, labels, and puts away stock in the food storage areas.
- Sorts, organizes, boxes, and stores donations in and out of the Sustainable Community Kitchen (SCK).
- Maintains inventory of the entire SCK.
- Manages walk-in and shared food storage, dry storage organization, and cleaning, ensuring stock is clean, organized, and appropriately labeled using FIFO.
- Follows building protocol for freight elevator procedures, including lifting the gate and using responsible decision-making aligned with standard operating procedures.
- Follows DOH and Commissary kitchen guidelines for food labeling to ensure quality, freshness, and consistency.
- Monitors supply levels and communicates with the Culinary Relations Manager when inventory is low.
- Responds to major spills, accidents, or other cleaning crises related to Rethink staff and places safety hazard signs.
- Assists in meal production, including packaging, labeling, boxing, and completing necessary forms.
- Follows SCK standard operating procedures and safety guidelines in all shared spaces.
- Responsibly follows protocol when handling facilities equipment, including appliances, cooking equipment, freight elevator, dollies, hand jacks, and electric jacks.
- Maintains the locker room and linens through scheduled cleaning, organization, and laundry services.
- Assists in dish cleaning and cleaning specialized cooking equipment specific to Rethink's production process.
- Manages trash, including organizing and breaking down boxes for disposal, recycling, and composting.
- Ensures compliance with the Winnow compost system.
- Sweeps, mops, and washes windows for the SCK.
- Follows bathroom maintenance schedules and restocks paper goods.
- Disposes of cooking oil/grease into appropriate barrels.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- NYC Food Handlers Certificate and ServSafe or obtain within the first 30 days of employment.
- Minimum 1 year of experience in porter or kitchen support.
- Minimum 1 year of experience in a medium to high volume kitchen.
- Basic computer skills required (inputting data in Excel, Word, Google Workspace).
- Professional, reliable, and enthusiastic demeanor.
- Ability to follow safety protocols and communicate effectively with supervisors.
- Must be clean, well-organized, and detail-oriented.
- Catering and event experience is a plus.
- Must have a good attitude and be willing to take instructions and work well with others.
- Must have a passion for cooking, understand product utilization, food quality, and seasonal ingredients.
- Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
- Self-motivated individual who takes initiative and is always looking to grow and learn.
- Must embrace the mission and core values of Rethink Food.
- Must be able to stand, bend, stretch, lift, and carry heavy materials up to 50 lbs.
Skills
- Inventory management
- Food safety and handling
- Kitchen operations support
- Cleaning and organization
- Basic computer skills (Excel, Word, Google Workspace)
- Communication
- Multitasking
- Problem-solving
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum 1 year experience in porter or kitchen support
- Minimum 1 year experience in medium to high volume kitchen
Education Level
- NYC Food Handlers Certificate and ServSafe or obtain within the first 30 days of employment
Salary/Compensations
- $20.00 per hour
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Paid holidays
- Two weeks per year for organization-wide office closure
- Retirement plan with employer match
- Free nutritious lunch daily
- Progressive parental leave plan
About the Company
- Rethink Food is a chef-led nonprofit partnering with restaurants to better feed communities.
- Through strong partnerships with local restaurants and community-based organizations, we work with a responsive, hyperlocal network that provides culturally celebrated, nutritious meals.
- Since 2017, we've served over 30 million meals and reinvested more than $142 million into local economies.
- Our work falls into three core areas: Building the Network, Setting the Example, and Advocating for Change.
Equal Opportunity
- Commitment to embodying our values of Inventiveness, Vulnerability, Thoughtfulness, and Kindness.
- We are a team that intentionally reflects on what we are doing well and where we need to improve.
- Our work is centered on the needs of the people that bring our communities to life.
- We are committed to listening and learning in order to identify and scale solutions that ensure stable and reliable access to healthy food for all so each and every community can thrive.
- At Rethink, we show up every day with empathy and compassion and believe everyone should be treated with dignity.