Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas

About Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas:

Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas (GSNETX) offers amazing opportunities for talented, forward-thinking individuals who share our vision of helping girls and young women change the world for the better.

Here’s your opportunity to enhance your career while making a difference in girls’ lives and in the world. At Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, you can build a rewarding career in everything from working hands-on with girls, to accounting, human resources and project management, to marketing, research—and more.

About GSNETX Summer Camp:

Camp Gambill, our waterfront camp on Lake Gibbons outside Paris, TX, offers sleepaway family and troop camp experiences for girls ages 5-18. We serve approximately 80 campers per week from a variety of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Campers come to camp with adults from their family or troop.

Kitchen Crew work end of May to end of July 2024.

Job summary:

Camp Kitchen Crew are responsible for supporting the operation of an effective summer camp program for campers and staff by providing food service. This team member serves as a positive role model, cooperative teammate, and helpful problem solver. The position reports to the Camp Director or other supervising staff. Paid staff training is provided at the beginning of the summer.

Benefits:

Summer camp changes lives for the better! Join an amazing community where you will make new friends, develop personal and professional skills, engage your body and your mind in an outdoor environment, overcome challenges, and be the best version of yourself, plus have tons of fun! As part of a team supporting camp operations, you get to make an incredible impact on campers, who remember the sense of belonging, friendship, growth, and magic of summer camp for their entire lives. Camp Kitchen Crew receive housing (if desired) and meals when camp is in session plus paid staff training, paid certifications (where applicable), and invaluable work experience that prepares you to succeed in school, in work, and in life. Camp Kitchen Crew can participate in camp activities during breaktime as space allows.

Primary responsibilities include:

Champion a positive, inclusive, caring, safe, and fun camp environment and promote the values of the Girl Scout Promise and Law
Perform physical work in our commercial kitchen and dining hall, completing tasks on schedule as designated by supervisor
Work as part of a team to meet camp operation needs
Participate in staff trainings and meetings as requested
Follow work procedures as requested by supervisor, including maintaining written records as needed
Maintain camp supplies and equipment in orderly fashion, managing resources wisely
Practice all safety, sanitation, and hygiene standards in workspaces and on camp property

Specific roles available:

Kitchen Crew Leader (age 21+): Serve as kitchen crew with additional leadership responsibilities. Accountable for overall success of kitchen serving 270 meals and 100 snacks daily, including leading a team of 3 Kitchen Crew in preparation of meals for timely food service, sufficient portions, appealing presentation, dietary accommodations, and excellent food quality. Manage inventory, supplies, and overall operation of kitchen. Manage kitchen safety, sanitation, and hygiene standards. Maintain regular communication with Camp Director on food service needs such as orders and adjustments to menus.
Kitchen Crew (age 16+): Prepare, serve, and clean up meals and snacks, including organizing supplies, measuring and chopping ingredients, cooking and baking, building serving trays, washing dishes, cleaning workspaces, and maintaining organization in food storage areas.

Minimum requirements:

Willingness to live and work respectfully and fruitfully with diverse staff and campers all day, with limited privacy and personal time
Willingness to be active all day, partially in an outdoor environment with variable weather conditions (heat, humidity, rain, wind) and to walk extensively around camp
Willingness to role model respect, positivity, smiling, cheerfulness, kindness, patience, honesty, inclusion, good mental hygiene, and accountability and to self-regulate emotions respectfully in a variety of circumstances
Willingness to listen to, learn from, and cooperate with others
Willingness to embrace a simple living environment and to use group latrines (private toilets and showers), if living onsite
Willingness to learn and follow kitchen safety, sanitation, and hygiene standards
Willingness to obtain food handler certificate during staff training (Kitchen Crew)
Willingness to obtain ServSafe food manager certificate prior to staff training (Kitchen Crew Leader)
Experience in food service and leading a team (Kitchen Crew Leader)
Ability to work long hours all day and all week (staff get personal breaktime each day during the week and days off between sessions)
Ability to complete full term (all weeks) of camp agreement

Preferred qualifications:

Experience serving youth in a work or volunteer setting
Experience in food service or cooking (Kitchen Crew)
Current or past food service certifications appreciated

Must abstain from:

Use of tobacco products, herbal intoxicants (CBD, THC, gummies, etc.), vaping and electronic cigarettes, alcohol, illegal drugs, firearms, and fireworks while on camp property or while on duty, plus abstain from possessing on camp property and from returning to camp under the influence of any such substances
Use of explicit language or harmful language
Volatile expressions of emotion
Romantic or sexual activity on camp, no public display of affection
Wearing clothing that features alcohol, drugs, or harmful topics or language
Sharing or discussing private, adult issues with campers
Using (engaging with) cell phone while on duty (can be used during scheduled staff break time, plus we have a radio system for camp communication and emergencies)

Our organization’s cultural values:

We are relevant.
We strive for equity.
We put our stakeholders first.
We collaborate to get the best results.
We own our work.

Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse, inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected characteristics, including race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or age.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, work in a kitchen environment, work in an office environment, work in a seated position, and work with computers.

The employee must be able to drive and have a valid driver’s license. The employee must routinely be able to lift or move 50 pounds. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Activities occur both inside and outside and employee is subject to both environmental conditions; however, employee is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.