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Open Positions:

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To apply: after downloading and filling out the application, mail the form and/or resume with references to Executive Director, Center for Benedictine Life at the Monastery of St. Gertrude, 465 Keuterville Road, Cottonwood, ID  83522, or e-mail to employment@stgertrudes.org.

Kitchen Manager

 

Do you have experience managing a commercial kitchen? Do you value your staff as much as you value your guests? Do you enjoy cooking and baking? Does the thought of preparing healthy, family-style meals for 25+ people excite you? Do you enjoy working in a dynamic environment with a variety of individuals? Do you believe that a clean kitchen is a healthy kitchen? The Center for Benedictine Life at the Monastery of St. Gertrude has an opportunity for a responsible individual to lead our Kitchen staff.

This is a full-time position: working 32-40 hours per week. The Kitchen Manager contributes to the Center for Benedictine Life by guiding and participating in the preparation of breakfast, dinner (midday meal), and supper daily for the sisters and residents of the monastery, for the guests of our 22-room retreat center, and for the employees in this community. Tasks are assigned by the Kitchen Manager and shared by the kitchen team. Responsibilities include leading the kitchen team, managing the daily meal preparation, planning the weekly menus, ensuring safety and quality standards, maintaining cleanliness, minimizing food waste, ordering groceries and supplies, and serving as the kitchen point of contact for the residential community members and the Monastery of St. Gertrude ministries.

Requirement: 5+ years managing a commercial kitchen (or equivalent).

Benefits include: pay based on experience; paid time off for holidays, vacations, and sickness; health insurance, Health Savings Account, and 401(k) retirement program; 15% employee discount at the gift shop; participation in a dynamic community.

Certified Nurses Assistants and Caregivers

 

Do you find meaning in caring for others? Do you appreciate lives overflowing with wisdom? Do you find patient service rewarding. The Monastery of St. Gertrude has an opportunity for a caring, detail-oriented individual to join our Sun Porch Care Team.

We have an immediate need of a full-time CNA or caregiver. Caregivers assist the Monastery of St. Gertrude community, particularly the sisters living on the second floor “Sun Porch”. Tasks are directed by the Head Nurse and include accompanying the sisters in daily living activities, assisting at mealtime, aiding with personal hygiene, and offering basic cleaning services.

Benefits include: no experience necessary, on-the-job-training; pay based on experience and certification with shift differential pay for evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays; health insurance, Health Savings Account, and 401(k) retirement program; accrued paid time off for holidays, vacations, and sickness; 15% employee discount at the gift shop; participation in a dynamic community.

The Center for Benedictine Life at the Monastery of St. Gertrude is a 501(c)(3) corporation.  We are a progressive, Catholic community of 28 Benedictine sisters as well as 80 oblates (lay members), 29 employees, and many active friends and benefactors, within the Diocese of Boise. Our primary focus is common prayer and community and, from that focus, we minister in a variety of areas throughout the Northwest and beyond.

We operate a spirituality/retreat center that hosts over 3,000 guests a year, a museum that focuses on the history of north-central Idaho and the Monastery, and a four-unit bed and breakfast.  We own over 1,000 acres of timber and farmland, which we actively steward for sustainability.  Our monastic community includes sisters ministering in social work, health care, parish ministry, while being creative, pioneering, grounded in faith, and committed to moving into the future.

Our employees are an integral part of our broader monastic community, extremely dedicated to our mission and find the monastery an excellent place to work.

The Center for Benedictine Life at the Monastery of St. Gertrude is a dynamic community of sisters, co-housing residents, Oblates, employees, volunteers, guests, and benefactors. We have been part of the Cottonwood community for over 115 years. Please join us in our mission of Healing Hospitality, Grateful Simplicity, and Creative Peacemaking.

Cottonwood, Idaho, is a peaceful, quiet, small town located on the scenic Camas Prairie in north-central Idaho, offering many opportunities for outdoor recreation with nearby mountains, rolling hills, rivers and reservoirs for fishing, rafting, and boating, two ski hills within 25 miles, and trails for cross-country skiing and for ATV and snowmobile use. The weather is temperate with mild, dry summers and limited snow in the winter.

The Center for Benedictine Life offers excellent benefits for full-time employees (and partial benefits for part-time employees):

  • Competitive salaries (starting well above minimum wage)
  • 401K contributions
  • Health insurance
  • and more!