Central Kitchen Coordinator

Food Service Worker

Assist in preparing and serving meals, clean up, and related food service duties as required. Understand and support the educational environment and the District's mission, vision, and Strategic Plan. Model appropriate and cooperative behavior while fostering and maintaining strong and productive relationships with District employees, community members, and identified stakeholders. Participate in professional growth activities and reflect and respond to suggestions for professional improvement. Participate as a member or facilitator in meetings, workshops, and seminars that may involve a wide range of issues such as goals attainment, problem resolution, and District operations for the purpose of conveying and/or gathering information required to perform job duties. Recommend solutions to a wide variety of issues for the purpose of addressing the short and long-term needs of the District.

This is not an exhaustive list of all essential duties associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current responsibilities, the district reserves the right to revise the job as necessitated by operational need. Performs a variety of duties in the preparation of, serving, transporting, and cleaning up after meals. Cashier's meals/snack bar. May be required to prepare food service receipts. Perform other duties as assigned.

Ability to lift up to fifty pounds (50 lb.). Experience in handling money and operating a cash register preferred. Ability to stoop and climb as necessary. Ability to relate to students, staff and parents. Ability to operate computers and copiers. Achieve minimum acceptable levels/scores in reading, writing, math, and technology assessments.

High school diploma or equivalent. Previous school food service experience in quantity cooking preferred. Possess a current food handlers card. May be required to have a valid State of Washington Driver's license.

Location: Orting Middle School Work Year: 201 days (including paid holidays that fall within the school year) Paid Hours: Eight (8.0) hours per day, Monday - Friday plus a 30-minute duty free lunch Schedule: 5:30am - 2:00pm, Monday - Friday Salary: 2025-26 PSE Salary Schedule A ($25.86 - $28.95 DOE) *Will be paid at 2026-27 rate

Reports To: Director of Nutrition Services Work Environment: Job duties involve sitting, walking, standing, stooping, crouching and climbing. May be exposed to high noise levels. May be required to deal with distraught students. Work is performed in a generally clean and healthy environment.

Benefits: For on-call positions, eligibility for benefits is determined by a number of factors, including the number of hours an employee worked during the last two (2) school years (September 1 through August 31). Some on-call positions may not be benefit eligible. Benefits are administered through the Payroll Department. Additional information is available on their district webpage. Regular employees who are not in on-call positions and are anticipated to work 630 hours or more in a year are eligible for the following benefits: medical, dental, vision, retirement, life insurance, long-term disability and the employee assistance program. The district's healthcare benefits are administered by the Washington State Healthcare Authority (HCA) under the School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB). Benefit eligible employees also qualify to optionally participate in deferred compensation/403B plans, dependent care flexible spending/health savings accounts, and additional life insurance and/or added long-term disability coverage through employee contributions. Sick leave, vacation, personal leave, and any paid holidays are aligned with bargaining agreements by association, as listed on our website. Other benefits include VEBA, which is a Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) and serves as a way to contribute dollars on a pre-tax basis for out of pocket benefits costs, whether it be for medical, dental or vision premiums, or any other out of pocket medical expenses. This benefit is available, based on the outcome of annual voting of employees by group. The preceding list is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary.

Orting School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, marital status, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination and their offices are located at 121 Whitesell St NE, Orting, WA 98360: Civil Rights Compliance/Title IX/ADA Coordinator Carrie Joy, Director of Human Resources View phone number on click.appcast.io View email address on click.appcast.io Section 504 Coordinator Dr. Jennifer Westover, Executive Director for Student Support Services View phone number on click.appcast.io View email address on click.appcast.io Information about the nondiscrimination and sex-based discrimination policies and grievance procedures, and how to report a concern or complaint can be accessed here. Title IX inquiries may also be directed toward the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights.