Rays of Hope Centre Job Vacancy For Cook

Rays of Hope Centre, a young and vibrant Christian Catholic NGO providing support and hope to marginalised children from the streets of Ashaiman and its environs, is seeking to employ a highly motivated and reliable Cook in its Centre in Ashaiman as part-time employment.

The First Contact Place (FCP)at ZongoLaka is the starting point of our work with marginalised street children in Ashaiman. FCP mainly serves as a day care centre where love, tender care, education and moral values are impacted into these young vulnerable children.Providing them with a balanced, healthy and nourishing diet is aimed to ensure the well-being and successful physical development of our beneficiaries in FCP.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Catering for the beneficiaries during Pre-School Classes.
• Purchasing necessary food items in time including provision of receipts and recording transactions into cashbook.
• Ensuring asafe storage, efficient usage and maintenance of groceries and other kitchen accessories.
• Enhancing cooking skills and promoting hygiene &sanitation practices among beneficiaries in line with their own development as well as ensuring cooking safety and hygiene standards in the kitchen, dining and store room.
• Cooking or organising food for internal programmes in collaboration with other cooks.
• Being a good role model in proper appearance and exemplary behaviour before beneficiaries.
• Performing of reintegration duties during school vacation time and ensuring proper cooperation with the beneficiaries’ families.
• Close communication/ collaboration with Field/Reintegration Officer, Administrator, Pre-School Class Teachers.
• Reporting to Field/Reintegration Officer who may also assign other duties.

Qualification Required & Experience

• JHS or higher, work experience in NGO’s / Orphanages / Schools
• Empathy in children/youth from broken homes who spent part of their young life on the streets
• Catering skills, combined out of experience and passion
• Experience in handling needs and demands of children/youth
• Ability to follow instructions in details and readiness to contribute own suggestions/experiences
• Competent teamwork skills
• Basic knowledge in book keeping

NB: Certificate in Catering will be an added advantage

We offer you:

• An exciting position in putting smiles on children’s faces and helping to build a strong foundation for their future.
• The opportunity to work in an innovative and a steadily developing institution related to the Roman Catholic Church
• To be part of an international team with a great mix of ambition, dedication, experience and expertise
• An attractive benefit package with competitive salary, health and social insurance and allowances/bonuses
• A contract with a probation of 6 months

Location: Accra