NUTRITION SERVICES DRIVER (2370)

About the Employer

In Glendale Unified schools, we focus on maximizing student achievement, fostering students' social and emotional growth, and creating a vibrant, inclusive environment where all children can learn and thrive. Glendale Unified is the third largest school district in Los Angeles County. We proudly serve 25,000 students in preschool through 12th grade and beyond.


We proudly offer dual immersion programs in seven languages; Armenian, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish. Glendale Unified also offers six magnet schools focused on technology, world languages, and visual and performing arts, and a wide variety of Career and Technical Education pathways beginning in middle school. Through a collaborative partnership with Glendale Community College, Glendale Unified offers students multiple opportunities to earn college credit before they graduate from high school, including our Hoover Early College Academy and Glendale High Cloud Computing and Computer Science Academy. We are excelling together to provide our students with endless pathways for success! Several of our schools are recipients of prestigious awards such as: National Blue Ribbon Schools, California Distinguished Schools, California Gold Ribbon Schools, and Title I Academic Achieving Schools.


Glendale Unified is a diverse school district that welcomes students and families from all over the world. Our students come from a wide range of ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds and speak 35 different languages.

Job Summary

Transports prepared foods and food service supplies to district sites, serves on a meal line, acts as a cashier, and performs related duties as necessary.


CURRENT VACANCY: One part-time position (6 hrs./day, 9.25 mos./yr.), with district-paid benefits for the employee only.
Note: Positions in this classification require traveling to various sites within district boundaries (Glendale, La Crescenta or Montrose). Possession of a valid State of California Class C driver's license and proof of insurance are required.

Job Description / Essential Elements:


GLENDALE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT CLASS DESCRIPTION

NUTRITION SERVICES DRIVER

DEFINITION

Transports prepared foods and food service supplies to District sites; serves on a meal line, acts as a cashier, and performs related duties as necessary.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS AMONG RELATED CLASSES

A Nutrition Services Driver loads and drives a food transport vehicle from a production kitchen to District sites, serves on a meal line, acts as a cashier, and completes daily records.


A Cook/Baker prepares a variety of main dishes from established recipes, stores food, and cleans equipment.

A Cafeteria Worker I performs a variety of entry level, repetitive assignments in a school cafeteria, including assembling simple sandwiches, serving on a meal line, acting as a cashier, washing pots and pans, and heating prepared foods.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED

General supervision is provided by a cook or cafeteria manager.

Assignments may require the indirect supervision of cafeteria workers.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

Review and confirm with supervisor all catering events.


Prepare and deliver all the items necessary to properly complete a catered event.


Ensure that all catering equipment is in good working condition at all times.


Ensure that all catered events are set-up and broken down in the appropriate manner.


Ensure that all supplies are cleaned and put away after each catered event.


Ensure that food is handled at proper temperatures during all stages of preparation, delivery, service, and cleanup.


Perform any duties and responsibilities that are within the scope of employment as assigned by the Director or Supervisor.


Loads, counts, and unloads food trays, pans, and boxes into a transport vehicle for delivery to District sites.

Delivers food service supplies to and from District sites.

Performs regular visual safety inspections and cleans a transport vehicle.

Sets up serving area, serves on the meal line, acts as cashier, and keeps daily records at a District site.

Acts as a cook at barbeques as necessary.

Performs related duties as assigned.

Transports propane canisters to a vendor for servicing.

CLASS QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge of:

Basic food service measurements, procedures, and equipment used in serving foods in quantity.

Applicable health and sanitation requirements.

Ability to:

Operate a light vehicle (under 16,000 lbs. GVW).

Work independently without close supervision.

Follow applicable health and sanitation requirements.

Follow oral and written instructions.

Handle money and complete simple records.

Work efficiently under rush conditions.

Perform physically demanding tasks.

Establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships.

Be insured at standard vehicle liability and property damage insurance rates and maintain insurability.

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS

Minimum Requirements:

Six months of experience in a quantity food service operation.

Desirable:

Written and oral proficiency in a second language.


License or Certificate:

Possession of a valid State of California Class C driver's license.

Proof of insurance.

CONTINUING EDUCATION/TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

Each year, at least 6 hours of annual continuing education/training including topics such as:

Free and reduced price eligibility.

Application certification and verification procedures.

The identification of reimbursable meals at the point of service.

Nutrition, health, and safety standards.

Any specific topics required by the USDA, Food Nutrition Services as needed to address program integrity or other critical issues.

The required continuing education/training will be paid for by the district.

11/1987 - New Classification
01/15/1998 - Minor Revision
05/26/1999 - Minor Revision
07/09/2001 - Revision
08/2013 - Revision - Duties
10/14/2013 - Revision - Title Change
10/13/2015 - Continuing Education/Training Requirements
06/13/2017 - Minor Revision to Employment Standards

Requirements / Qualifications

Comments and Other Information

Statement of Non-discrimination (Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973): The Board of Education is committed to equal opportunity for all individuals in education. District programs, activities and services shall be free from unlawful discrimination, harassment (including sexual harassment), intimidation, and/or bullying based on actual or perceived sex, race or ethnicity, color, national origin, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, sexual preference, ancestry, ethnic group identification, gender, gender expression, gender identity, physical or mental disability, marital or parental status, or on the basis of a person's association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or sexual harassment in any district service, program and/or activity that receives or benefits from state financial assistance. The Board shall promote programs which ensure that unlawful discriminatory practices are eliminated in all district activities. The District will take steps to assure that the lack of English will not be a barrier to admission and participation in district programs. A copy of the District's Uniform Complaint Policy is available by calling View phone number on click.appcast.io. Complaints alleging noncompliance with this policy of nondiscrimination should be directed to the following personnel:
Title IX Coordinator: Dr. Kelly King, 223 N. Jackson St., View phone number on click.appcast.io, View email address on click.appcast.io
Section 504 Coordinator: Dr. Narineh Khemichian, 223 North Jackson St., View phone number on click.appcast.io, View email address on click.appcast.io
Title II/ADA: Dr. Kelly King, 223 N. Jackson St., View phone number on click.appcast.io, View email address on click.appcast.io