Come Work Off Grid in Chicken, Alaska - Free Housing

Come experience the historic charm of one of Alaska's most unique and active small towns! 

We are looking for multi-skilled individuals who want to work in a dynamic forward thinking, millennial owned and operated business in the middle of nowhere, Alaska.

We pay $15 an hour + tips, offer free housing (which includes access to employee kitchen and shower facility), and one free employee meal a day!

Check out our Instagram and Coolworks profile for more photos of the town.

Downtown Chicken consists of:  

• The Cafe sells  coffee / espresso, homemade baked goods such as cinnamon rolls, cookies, croissants, and French baguettes among other things. We also make burgers, chicken soup, and sandwiches. (We are also fans of the oxford comma)
• The Saloon, where we serve craft beer, natural wines, and a selection of handcrafted cocktails made with Alaskan ingredients (we also host weekly community nights at the bar)
• The Chicken Liquor store, the only one within a hundred miles or so
• The Mercantile Emporium, a gift shop with unique gifts from all over, many designed by us. We also  feature a mini second-hand gift store called “Ariadne's Used Threads."  We like to promote sustainable products wherever we can.
• A Gas Station … not much to say about it, just a couple pumps to get unleaded gasoline or road use diesel 

Chicken is a small tourist/gold mining community 40 miles from the Canadian Border on a road that is maintained 6 months of the year.  No plowing in the winter!!  Mail comes by small plane two times a week, weather permitting.

Downtown Chicken is looking for 2 additional team members to come and work in our lovely town for the summer. 

Essential Functions: 

Cafe:

• Maintains excellent customer service and positive attitude towards customers, clients, co-workers, etc.
• Bake cookies, pies and other pastries according to standardized recipes
• Cook and prepare a variety of short order foods according to production guidelines and standardized recipes
• Prepare ingredients by measuring, weighing, mixing, chopping, trimming, and peeling food items
• Safely utilize a variety of utensils, including knives
• Operates equipment such as ovens, stoves, mixers, etc.
• Run cash register and credit card machines
• Make coffee with an espresso machine 
• Unload and stock foodstuff
• Sweep, mop, wash dishes, clean work surfaces
• Other duties and tasks as assigned by the manager

Bar:

• Maintains excellent customer service and positive attitude towards customers, clients, co-workers, etc.
• Mix house signature cocktails 
• Serve beer, wine and mixed drinks 
• Manage bar patrons and foster a positive drinking environment
• Sweep, mop, wash dishes, clean work surfaces
• Run cash register and credit card machines
• Unload and stock alcohol and merchandise
• Other duties and tasks as assigned by the manager

Gift Shop:

• Maintains excellent customer service and positive attitude towards customers, clients, co-workers, etc.
• Restock gift shop, and record inventory
• Run cash register and credit card machines
• Unload and stock merchandise
• Other duties and tasks as assigned by the manager

Qualifications:

• Experience in hospitality or retail is encouraged but not required 
• Must be able to obtain food safety certification — available online.
• If applying for bartender position must be able to obtain techniques of alcohol management certification — available online.
• Demonstrates basic math and counting skills (be able to count back money, etc.)
• Demonstrates interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Requires occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling up to 50 lbs.

Do you feel up to the challenge of living off-grid in small individual housing? There are no flush toilets in Chicken, only outhouses!  There is a shower, though, and of course a washer and dryer.

Some cool leisure activities that are available in the community are hiking, kayaking the rivers, gold prospecting, getting in touch with one's “inner-self” and taking a break from technology. We have satellite internet, but it’s not the greatest. Definitely plan on catching up on reading or finding other ways to entertain yourself.

The start date is flexible.