Food Service Intern

Food Service Intern

Serve at JUC

 

Food Service Cook Intern

Reports To: Vice President of Development

Internship: 3.5 - 6.5 month internship; 7 days/week

Start Date: Beginning August 2023

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Responsibilities

Historic Jerusalem University College is offering semester internships in the Food Service Department, working with American ex-pats and local Jerusalemites. Responsibilities include:

  • Menu planning (weekly and monthly)
  • Food and kitchen consumables ordering and receiving
  • Cooking, preparing, and presenting of meals
  • Maintenance of all health and safety hygiene endemic to food service
  • Some dishwashing

After working with a supervisor to establish a meal plan of American and Middle Eastern cuisine, you will thereafter have significant autonomy in the preparation and presentation of breakfast 7 days each week, along with lunch and dinner once a week, for approximately 60 persons.

Eligibility

This position is open to students pursuing a two-year (minimum) Culinary Arts degree. Applicants must have completed at least 16 credit hours of studies in their program. Of these credit hours, the following classes or their equivalent are highly preferred: 

  • Restaurant Sanitation & Safety
  • Menu Planning & Nutrition
  • Food Purchasing & Cost Controls
  • Hospitality Management
  • Culinary Skills, Methods, & Development

Application

The following items are required to apply. Please see application for more details:

  • Valid driver's license
  • Medical insurance
  • Ability to safely lift and move up to 30 lb crates of food
  • Resume
  • Valid passport with at least three years remaining before expiration
  • Recent transcript (unofficial or official)
  • Faculty and Personal references
  • Video introduction (see application for details)
  • Consent to the JUC Code of Conduct
  • Consent to the NAE Statement of Faith

As you will be working mostly with an English-speaking staff, English as a first language is required. However, if you also speak Arabic or Hebrew, it will enhance your time in Israel. Many Jerusalem residents are trilingual and can communicate in English, Arabic, and Hebrew.

Benefits

Here are the benefits related to this position:

  • An incredible international cross-cultural experience!
  • All travel expenses paid for arrival to and departure from Israel, including student visas, airfare, and shared ride to airports. Personal travel while in Israel is the responsibility of the intern.
  • Room and Board included. Cost for off-campus meals is the responsibility of the intern.
  • JUC will cooperate with the intern's home institution for internship credits accrued based on that school's requirements.