About the Tsakwa'lutan Healing Centre
We, the We Wai Kai Nation, embrace our language and culture to build a proud, healthy, safe, and self sufficient community. We support and encourage each other to thrive by following the footsteps of our ancestral history as stewards of our lands and waters, while balancing our role in modern-day society. The Tsakwa’lutan Healing Centre, located on Quadra Island, represents a vision for addiction recovery with the goal of restoring lives, families, and empowering communities. Our approach is to destigmatize addiction as an individual issue and to engage, educate, and empower individuals, families, and communities in the recovery process. We achieve this by integrating the best of Western medicine with our traditional healing practices and values.
About the Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for a full-time Cook based on Quadra Island, BC.
Reporting to the Head Cook, you will play a key role in providing high-quality, nutritious meals for our patients, staff, and visitors, ensuring the food service aligns with both health and safety standards and the holistic healing goals of our Centre. The successful candidate will demonstrate a commitment to creating meals that nourish and support our patients in their recovery journeys.
More specifically, your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
· Prepare and cook meals in accordance with planned menus and dietary needs.
- Incorporate Indigenous culinary traditions where appropriate.
- Ensure all meals are balanced, appealing, and meet nutrition standards.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and organized kitchen environment.
- Manage food storage, inventory, labeling, and rotation to minimize waste.
- Monitor and maintain compliance with food safety and health regulations.
- Oversee kitchen helpers and ensure tasks are completed efficiently.
- Report equipment or facility issues to the Head Cook.
- Support cafeteria service and maintain cleanliness of dining areas.
- Organizing and storing food items appropriately in refrigerators, freezers, and dry storage. Ensure proper labeling and rotation of ingredients to minimize waste.
- Ensuring safe and responsible use of the tools and equipment needed to perform work, ensuring the safety of themselves, co-workers, patients, and visitors as per activities stated in the OHS manual.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
ABOUT YOU
To qualify, the following skills and background will be highly valued:
- Grade 12 graduation with culinary training or equivalent experience.
- Previous experience as a Cook in a commercial or institutional kitchen.
- Food Safe Level 1 certification (required; Level 2 an asset).
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
- Physically able to meet the demands of a busy kitchen (standing, lifting, repetitive tasks).
- Commitment to safety, professionalism, and respectful teamwork.
- Clean criminal record, including a vulnerable sector check.
As a Cook, you are dependable, adaptable, and committed to supporting meals that nurture both body and spirit. Your respect for cultural values and teamwork supports the holistic healing journey of each patient. This is a full-time job, requiring early mornings, late evenings, weekends, and holidays.
ABOUT THE BENEFITS
A competitive wage of $25.00 per hour and a host of excellent benefits including:
- Extended health, dental, and vision coverage
- Pension with up to 9% employer match
- Pick-up and drop-off available from Campbell River ferry
- Beautiful facility along the ocean
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: From $25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
Education:
- Secondary School (required)
Work Location: In person
