Purpose:             Help serve meals for campers and staff, wash dishes, clean kitchen​
Reports to:        Food Service Manager
Classification:   Exempt, seasonal

About Camp Fire Minnesota
With nature as our catalyst, we energize youth to discover their spark so their futures glow brighter.

Youth spend 90% of their time indoors. Camp Fire Minnesota addresses this challenge by delivering culturally relevant, nature-based programs at Tanadoona, Camp Bluewater, and throughout the community to over 6,500 youth from all backgrounds each year. We help youth “light their spark within” through summer camp, environmental education & STEM classes for schools, and community-based out-of-school time nature programs.

We are proud to offer inclusive and welcoming programs to youth in the community. To this end, 40% of Camp Fire youth participate at reduced or no cost. As a result of their Camp Fire experience, 92% of youth report valuing nature and stewarding the environment.

Our summer camps at Tanadoona in Chanhassen and Camp Bluewater in Grand Rapids offer youth and teens progressive, nature-based learning through day, specialty day, overnight, adventure and leadership development camps. Tanadoona is an ACA accredited camp.

About This Position
The Camp Cook works 40 hours per week in a seasonal hourly capacity and reports to the Food Service Manager, while working closely with our kitchen assistants and other staff.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve food at meal times.
• Pull out food from the warmers, prepare meals to be served with little supervision.
• Maintain a clean and organized kitchen and dining room to meet the standards set by the State Health Department and ACA (American Camp Association): washing dishes, stocking and cleaning bathrooms, etc.
• Assist with food orders
• Occasionally assist cooks in the preparation of meals
• Pack-out cabin cookouts and assist with trip food pack-out.
• Help unpack and store food when delivered.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to organize tasks
• Ability to work with campers and peers in a friendly and polite manner
• Ability to accept supervision and guidance
• Ability to teach/review health standards with staff
• Ability to provide basic health and safety assistance to campers and staff
• Ability to work well with others, from a variety of backgrounds
• Maintain Camp Fire Minnesota standards at all times

Minimum Qualifications

• Good character, integrity, and adaptability
• Food handlers card.
• 17 years of age or older.

Pay
$200 a week, room and board included if desired.

Camp Fire Minnesota is strongly committed to addressing environmental justice. We encourage candidates with diverse experiences and backgrounds, Black, Indigenous and people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and unemployed persons to apply.