Floating Dishwasher / Prep Cook

At New Narrative, we believe mental health care is community care. As a nonprofit organization, we partner with individuals to promote healing, housing stability, and long-term wellness through compassionate, equitable support.

If you’re passionate about community impact, we invite you to join our team.

This position is now a full time role.

Shift: Monday - Friday; 8:00am - 4:30pm

Pay Rate: $21.50/hr can increase DOE

Purpose: (General description and summary) 

The primary responsibility of this position is to ensure a safe, clean and sanitary workspace in the Commercial Kitchen. The Prep Cook provides support to the Cooks and Catering Manager as needed.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Washes dishes as they are brought in. 

• Maintains a clean and sanitary workspace at all times.  

• Observes safety regulations and procedures.  

• Maintains the cleanliness and safety of kitchen and of food storage areas.  

• Assists Cooks and Catering Manager with prep work, wrapping, and storage as needed.  

• Safely practices heavy lifting and carrying with the help of another person if necessary. 

• Works for long periods on feet, including standing, walking, and stair climbing 

• Repetitive movements such as pushing, pulling, bending, some stooping and twisting.  

• Communicates clearly, including reading, writing and speaking 

• Works around and with heat sources such as oven and stovetop. 

• Works around and with cleaning agents such as bleach and other caustic chemicals. 

• Works around and with sharp objects such as knives. 

• Completes daily cleaning of all surfaces including sinks, stovetops and sides, refrigerators on both interior and exterior, walls, counters and flooring. 

• Completes daily closing duties, including: 

• Cleaning and sanitizing of kitchen equipment such as ovens, grills, etc. 

• Sweeping and mopping 

• Works efficiently in a high pace and potentially stressful environment. 

• Interacts in a positive and professional manner with other employees, management, and consumers.  

• Observes a fixed work schedule, and communicates any deviations from this schedule to a supervisor in advance.  

• Completes other tasks as assigned by supervisor in a timely manner. 

• Observe all other Luke-Dorf, Inc. policies and procedures. 

Qualifications: 

• Employee must be able to pass a criminal background check 

• Employee must maintain Oregon Food Handler’s Card 

• Employee must have previous experience working in the food service industry 

• Employee must have demonstrated knife skills, and safely handle knives and other sharp kitchen instruments 

All of our job openings are located in Portland, Oregon, and the surrounding metro areas.