2025 Camp Kitchen Assistant

At Caldera we believe in the power of creativity. Our mission is to inspire and support youth from underserved rural and urban communities by awakening the potential of their creative voice. We do this through a unique fusion of art environment and mentorship. Our Youth Program provides students from Portland and Central Oregon with longterm relationships with caring adults which nurtures individual creativity beginning in sixth grade and continuing into young adulthood.

Position Title: Kitchen Assistant

Supervisor: Lead Cook & Camp Manager

Compensation:

• Salary/Rate of Pay: $102/day with 1 increase for each year of experience working at Camp Caldera (not to exceed 7
• Training Salary/Rate of Pay: $50102/day (depending on whether meals are prepared)
• Room and board provided during days with programming; room only during nonprogramming days. A light dinner will be provided on staff arrival days. Brunch is served on the last day of each session.

Location: This is a seasonal position at our Arts Center 31500 Blue Lake Drive Sisters OR 97756 (transportation not provided).

Choose one or more sessions; placement is dependent on availability & scheduling (must be available for all dates in session(s) chosen). Must be available for training dates and on the following dates and times to start each session:

• PORTLAND Staff Training June 2326
• SISTERS Staff Training July 12
• Arrive between 1:002:00 pm July 6* for the Immersion 1 (High School) session July 716
• Arrive between 4:005:00 pm July 19* for the immersion 2 (High School) session July 2028
• Arrive between 4:005:00 pm July 31* for the Discovery 1 (Middle School) session Aug 18
• Arrive between 4:005:00 pm Aug 11* for the Discovery 2 (Middle School) session Aug 1219

*Indicates Half day compensation

Sample Daily Schedule:

6:007:50 Breakfast Prep

8:008:30 Serve Breakfast

8:309:00 Breakfast Cleanup

9:0010:00 Break

10:0012:20 Snack & Lunch Prep

12:301:20 Serve Lunch

1:202:00 Lunch Cleanup

2:007:30 Off

7:458:45 Optional Evening Activity

8:459:45 Optional Campfire

OR (each day may rotate)

8:0010:30 Off

11:3012:20 Snack & Lunch Prep

12:301:20 Serve Lunch

1:202:00 Lunch Cleanup

2:003:00 Break

3:006:00 Snack & Dinner Prep

6:307:30 Dinner

7:458:45 Optional Evening Activity

8:459:45 Optional Campfire

Position overview:

At Caldera the kitchen staff is a very important part of the community and is welcome to participate in daily program activities when kitchen duties are complete. Lead Cook Cook and five Kitchen Assistants maintain Calderas kitchen and prepare meals that are healthy delicious and appealing to both youth and adults (roughly 100120 per session).

Kitchen Assistants are responsible for meal preparation and maintaining a friendly sanitary kitchen and dining space. This position begins before youth and staff arrive.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Maintain a clean healthy work environment
• As directed by Lead Cook prepare meals providing abundance on a tight budget
• Follow serving guidelines while being sensitive to youth who may be familiar with the concept of scarcity and feelings of hunger
• Assist with set up and take down of kitchens
• Follow meal schedule determined by Lead Cook and Camp Manager
• Complete assigned shared dishwashing and cleaning duties
• Other duties as assigned

General Responsibilities:

• Serve as mandatory reporter working with Youth Impact Manager to report instances or suspicion of child abuse. Caldera has a zero tolerance policy around child abuse and any negligence will result in immediate dismissal
• Promote program understanding and involvement through Calderas goals and agreements participation agreement and responsibility process
• Actively participate in all aspects of camp life including: camper orientation community meetings evening activities campfire free time etc.
• Model appropriate camper behavior at all times
• Perform duties with consistency and integrity
• Set and respect personal boundaries while acting as mentors guides and allies to campers
• Oversee health and safety of charges in fire drills and emergency procedures
• Maintain cleanliness of living and common areas and help with cleanup at the end of each session

Qualifications:

• Current Oregon Food Handlers Permit required (please attach)
• Prior experience in food service nutrition and/or youth programming is desirable
• Willingness to live in a camp setting and work irregular and long hours. Additionally you must have the ability to deal with limited cell and internet service and daily exposure to outdoor factors such as sun heat bugs bats snakes etc.

Living Conditions:

• Requires onsite living in shared staff quarters.
• A vegetarian option (that may include eggs and/or dairy) will be available for all meals. We do our best to accommodate other dietary restrictions; however employees with special dietary needs should plan to bring food to supplement or replace provided meals. Please address specific needs with your supervisor.
• Typical days are 10 hours in length with sessions that make for up to 10 straight days of work without a full day off. Each staff member will have at least 1 night off per session.
• Alcohol and are not permitted on campus even in personal living quarters.

Working Conditions:

• Must be physically able to move around 116 acres of camp property with varied terrain
• Must have visual perceptual and cognitive ability to recognize and respond quickly to health and safety concerns of students and appropriately redirect any behavior that is misaligned with Caldera agreements
• Employee must carry out their duties regardless of inclement weather which can include but is not limited to heat rain wind cold and smoky or dusty conditions.
• Moments of quiet and nonactivity are few and spread out
• Creating a cohesive staff environment round the clock can be challenging. It is crucial that staff see youth and adults through a strengthsbased lens and prioritize creating the best possible youth experience at all times despite what challenges may arise at the staff level
• Physical Demands (which can include bending stooping hiking climbing and stretching) are: 5 Sitting 45 Standing 30 Walking 25 Lifting/Carrying/Pushing/Pulling Pounds 5 80 lbs.

To Apply:

Complete the application and questions and provide a reference ideally from each of the following categories: a youth serving organization a family member and one other professional reference

Equity & Inclusion

We recognize that Caldera communities face many societal inequities. We recognize the history and ongoing impacts of racism in our country state and institutions. We acknowledge that we will always have room to grow as an organization and as individuals in our understanding of racism and oppression.

We commit to continually examining our role in both perpetuating and combating institutional racism. We also commit to ongoing alignment of our policies and practices to advance racial equity inclusion and freedom of expression.

We commit to integrating equity and inclusion into all areas of our work to better serve our mission; when we do we get closer to the world that we want for our youth. To ensure our own accountability we will 1 seek deeper relationships with and feedback from our larger community; 2 use our Equity Plan to guide ongoing work; and 3 apply our Equity Lens to decisionmaking. We will also seek inspiration from artistic and cultural traditions.

Caldera is an equal opportunity employer encouraging applicants of all backgrounds and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion (creed) gender expression age national origin (ancestry) disability marital status sexual orientation or military status in any of its activities or operations.

We encourage people of color and Caldera community members to apply.