Job Description

    
Preliminary job information

Job Title: COOK 
Country and Base of posting: YEMEN, MOKHA
Reports hierarchically to: TFC NURSE TEAM LEADER
Contract Duration: 6 months (renewable)
Announcing Date: 14 March, 2024
Announcement Closing Date : 23 March, 2024
Work Starting Date:  ASAP

‘’Priority will be given to the local community and are strongly encouraged to apply ‘’

General information on the mission

PU-AMI’s Context & strategy:

Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale (PU-AMI) is an international, non-profit, non-political, and non-religious humanitarian organization which aims to provide rapid global response to the basic needs of populations affected by humanitarian crises to help them regain independence and dignity. PU-AMI provides assistance to more than 6 million people throughout 24 countries, with more than 2,500 staff worldwide.
PU-AMI adopts an integrated approach, to identify and understand the full array of the needs of the people affected by crises. This innovative approach is at the core of every PU-AMI-supported projects, to better target and prioritize actions, stabilize and improve the situation of the most vulnerable groups. It allows the teams to take all aspects of a problem into account, to come up with an efficient combination of solutions, which will have a powerful and long-lasting impact on the affected populations. In this respect, the organization runs around 190 projects a year worldwide, most of which are focused on Health, Nutrition, Food Security, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Psychosocial Support, Education and Protection activities. 
In Yemen, PU-AMI is supporting 18 health facilities (Health Centers, Health Units and Therapeutic Feeding Centers) in four Districts in Hodeidah (Al Mighlaf, As Sukhnah, Al Mansuriyah and Al Qanawis), three Districts in Raymah (Bilad At Ta’am, Al Jabin and Mazhar) and two Districts in Taizz (Al Mokha and Mawza). PU-AMI’s operations are managed by two field offices in Hodeidah and Mokha cities, both supported by the Sana’a coordination office. PU-AMI recently established a second coordination office in Aden. 
PU-AMI is participating actively in clusters and sub-clusters (health; nutrition; food security and livelihoods; WaSH) and works closely with relevant government departments.

Overall objective

Assist with all kitchen tasks, such as preparing breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the TFC, ensuring proper food handling, sanitation, and following food storage procedures.

Tasks and Responsibilities

1.    Ensure The TFC kitchen is clean according to hygienic standards.
2.    Ensure the well-being of staffs and the patients.
3.    Ensure a sufficient level of cleaning items and supplies in bathrooms and kitchen and the TFC facility.

Specific Goals and Related Activities

1.    Prepare meals for TFC beneficiaries care givers and do the related groceries shopping.

• Carry out the preparation of meals for the TFC accompanying/guardian of the admitted children.
• Always follow all hygiene standards and security rules.
• Ensure meals to be served on time: set table before every meal and clean it up after each meal.
• Control stock of food to ask for anything needed on time, and prepare shopping list and make purchases if required (on weekly basis)
• Ensure the provision of drinkable water during the day.
• Ensure cleanliness of all facilities, utensils, and equipment.
• Look after all equipment provided.
• Keep an inventory of kitchen utensils and equipment, i.e., plates, glasses, cutlery, cookware, etc., and ensure its integrity.
• Report all important information (lost, robbery, damages, deterioration, incident, etc.).to the TFC Team leader.

2.    Specific tasks related to the TFC Kitchen

• Keep a sanitized and orderly environment in the kitchen, including cleaning the disinfecting the fridge.
• Cleaning all dishes, cooking equipment, and food storage areas in accordance with food safety regulations.
• Ensure the Kitchen is clean by sweeping and mopping kitchen floors, as required.
• Storing ingredients according to prescribed food safety regulations.

Team Management
Number of people to manage and their position. 

• Direct manager – TFC Team Leader 
• Indirect management – TFC Logistic Assistant, Medical doctor, TFC Nurse 
• Functional links – TFC GHO Cleaner - TFC GHO cook assistant

Required Personal Characteristics (fitting into the team, suitability for the job and assignment)

• Good human relations and diplomacy – Analytical capacity – Capacity to organize the work and supervise the team
• Experience in problems linked with humanitarian crises 
• Good knowledge of English (read, written, spoken)
• Capacity to work under stressful situations
• Communication skills.