Kitchen Coordinator

What is our project about?

We are a grassroots NGO supporting refugees on Samos with vital nutrition, dignity and basic human rights. Our project is a free-restaurant run by refugees for refugees. Our aim is to work with mostly refugees to empower the community. Each day we provide around 1000 fresh and healthy meals with a team of around 60 volunteers, the majority from the refugee community itself.

We provide children, pregnant as well as breastfeeding women, people with disabilities, physically impaired people and the elderly with a safe, welcoming space where they can eat and escape from the inhumane conditions of the camp. Through the project, we bring different cultures together and empower people detained on the island. Our aim is not just to distribute food, but to provide an educational space for our volunteers. We offer them vocational training where they can improve their chances of sustainable integration.

When and where:

When: As soon as possible
Location: Vathy, Samos, Greece

Responsibility:

Our kitchen is the centre of Project Armonia. Our chefs cook nutrition geared meals from their home countries to offer our guests a familiar taste of home in a foreign place.

We are looking for someone to join our hardworking, tight-knit, international team to help coordinate the daily operations needed to provide so many nutritious meals.

Your job will include:

• Ensuring our daily dishes are nutritious and healthy

• Helping to come up with new recipe ideas

• Organising the chefs and kitchen team (chef and meal schedule, advising on ingredients)

• Managing volunteers: supervising, training and evaluating volunteers

• Making decisions about how to feed more people; coming up with ideas to improve kitchen efficiency

• Liaising with local suppliers

• Ordering and keeping track of stock

• Monitor the general upkeep of the kitchen and the equipment, ensuring volunteers use all equipment safely and correctly and follow hygiene procedures

• Responsibility of all renovations and maintenance of the kitchen

Requirements:

Essential requirements:

• Minimum 25 years of age

• Minimum 6 month commitment period

• Fluency in English

• Experience working with refugees and asylum seekers

• Experienced in kitchen management or as a head chef

• HACCP/ hygiene training

• 7 – 11 days of quarantine mandatory depending on the country of origin.

Desired Skills & Characteristics:

• Nutritionist

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

• Knowledge of basic administrative programmes such as Microsoft Office, Excel

• Highly flexible and adaptable

• Sound decision making skills

• Ability to identify and resolve conflicts

What we can offer:

• Free accommodation

• Monthly stipend

• Practical experience in the context of crisis with a lot of responsibility

• The unique experience working closely with a diverse, friendly team