Kitchen Staff - Cook

Do you enjoy cooking and baking? Does the thought of preparing family-style meals for 25+ people excite you? Do you enjoy working in a dynamic environment with a variety of individuals? Do you believe that a clean kitchen is a healthy kitchen? The Center for Benedictine Life at the Monastery of St. Gertrude has an opportunity for a creative individual to join our Kitchen staff.

Full-time, 32-40 hours per week . Cooks contribute to the ministry of the Center for Benedictine Life by preparing breakfast, dinner (midday meal), and supper daily for the sisters and residents of the monastery, for the guests of our 22-room retreat center, and for the employees in this community. Tasks are assigned by the Kitchen Manager and directed by the head cooks including cooking meals, making salads, baking bread and desserts, minimizing waste, and sharing in the cleaning of the kitchen.

Prior cooking experience preferred, on-the-job-training available. Scheduling flexibility necessary. Must fit in with the other kitchen staff and the larger CBL community.

Benefits include: pay based on experience; added shift-differential pay for weekends and holidays; paid time off for holidays, vacations, and sickness; health insurance, Health Savings Account, and 401(k) retirement program; 15% employee discount at the gift shop; participation in a dynamic community.

The Center for Benedictine Life at the Monastery of St. Gertrude is a dynamic community of sisters, co-housing residents, Oblates, employees, volunteers, guests, and benefactors. We are members of the Cottonwood community for over 115 years. Please join us in our mission of Healing Hospitality, Grateful Simplicity, and Creative Peacemaking.

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off

Location:

• Cottonwood, ID 83522 (Required)

Work Location: In person