Child Nutrition Assistant - Part Time

Child Nutrition Assistant Cafeteria

Perform a variety of duties related to the day-to-day preparation and delivery of school food service to students and adults.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Must be 18 years of age
• Possess or ability to obtain a Maricopa County Environmental Services Food Service Worker card within 30 days from hire.
• Have the ability to perform vigorous physical work and to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Have the ability to continuously stand and/or walking for shift
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, school staff and students.
• Ability to communicate effectively with students, parents and staff.
• Ability to be flexible.

Preferred:

• Have experience in institutional, restaurant or school kitchen environment.
• Have some knowledge of basic food safety and sanitation practices.
• Have some knowledge of food borne diseases.
• Ability to learn and understand the regulatory requirements of the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Excellent employee attendance is critical to perform the duties and responsibilities.
• Be involved in the preparation and serving of food daily in the cafeteria, to include outside serving carts.
• Operate various types of commercial kitchen equipment such as mixers, slicers, choppers, steam tables, ovens, etc. as needed.
• Wash dishes, pots and pans, equipment, kitchen utensils, and work area cleanup.
• Set-up and cleanup food serving lines, food bars, etc.
• Excellent customer service.
• Conform to District, Food and Nutrition and Health Department policies.

Additional duties:

• May transport food to another location and organize food distribution.
• May assist in training employees.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Handle money for purchase of food and beverage service and operate a register or computerized point of sale, to include associated paperwork.

Supervision: Cafeteria Manager

All applicants please note: If offered a position with Food and Nutrition, the offer is conditional on the applicant being required to pass a timed agility test. This test includes basic mobility; bending, reaching arms overhead and out, rotation, squatting and kneeling, as well as lifting and carrying a 10lb weighted crate, pushing a cart with a 20lb weighted crate and lifting a 47lb weighted crate. Exact details of the test will be explained at the time of testing.

An Equal Opportunity Organization: The district does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex or gender, sexual orientation, disability, age or marital status.

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