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Posted July 8, 2025

DISHWASHER & PORTER

We're seeking someone to join our small yet mighty team to wash dishes and help with general cleaning, three days per week. You would be washing dishes that were dirtied while we cooked up locally-sourced and health-supportive food for private clients and also our weekly meal subscription service, Full Fridge Club! Our kitchen is light-filled, comfortable, and well-equipped - we even have a small wares dishwasher to ease the workload. Our work is not customer-facing, so we listen to great music and keep the stress levels low.

For every client we cook for, we put a free meal into the Kingston Community Fridges.

We strive for the following in all of our operations:
- Clear & direct communication (questions are always welcome!)
- Efficiency & thoroughness
- Reliability & flexibility
- Teamwork! We jump in to help one another whenever it's needed.
- Trans & queer affirming space
- Mutual Aid

The ideal person for the job is:
- A meticulous cleaner... perhaps you've washed dishes in a commercial kitchen before and if *not* you are very good at cleaning things 'til they're not greasy
- Someone who moves quickly and with purpose so that we get things done, but we get them done well - must have hustle!
- Strong organization & recall skills - keeping the dish pit organized and putting things back where they came from are so important to our work flow
- An enthusiastic and direct communicator - we prefer that you ask a million questions rather than making assumptions
- Consistently available / able to give at least a week's notice if unavailable for a shift

Current required shifts are Fridays 1-4pm, Sundays 12-5pm and Mondays 12-4pm.

$20/hour, with shift hours guaranteed whether we finish early or not. Uniform allowance after 3 months, year-end bonus. 

Staff receives family meal for each shift, and often you take home leftovers too!

To apply, please send us an email to hello@commontableny.com telling us why you would be excited to join the Common Table team! Please also include two references, details about past kitchen experience, and if you don't have any let us know why you think you'd be great at getting those dishes sparkling clean.