Nutrition Services Worker

Nutrition Services Position

Three (3) positions available: Monte Vista School / 9:15 am - 1:15 pm, Monte Vista School / 6:45 am - 8:45 am & 11:15 am - 1:15 pm, Payne School / 6:45 am - 8:45 am & 11:15 am - 1:15 pm. Under general supervision, support the educational process by providing nutrition services activities with specific responsibilities for preparing and serving food items to students and school personnel in a safe and sanitary condition.

Requirements / Qualifications

Applications with any missing documents not submitted by closing date and time will be disqualified. APPLICATION PROCEDURE: 1. Please read the job description prior to applying 2. Resume 3. Copy of High School Diploma (or equivalent) 4. Two current letters of recommendation (preferably by a supervisor dated within 12 months) CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: Must pass District Proficiency Exam All employment offers are conditional, based upon the successful completion of the following: Drug screening, fingerprint/background clearance, and tuberculosis clearance.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 1. Support the execution of the district's mission and goals. Cleans serving counters, tables, chairs, food containers and other kitchen equipment. Operates dishwasher and washes trays, plates, utensils and other serving equipment. Assist in setting up food preparation lines. 2. May fill vending machines or food dispensers. 3. May act as cashier, including counting cash receipts and maintaining simple records. 4. Understand, follow and assist in the execution of standardized scratch-made recipes. 5. Serve one or more items of food for the purpose of meeting mandated nutritional requirements and/or requests of students and staff. 6. Be a proactive and active team member. 7. Communicate effectively and tactfully in both verbal and written form. 8. Safely lift, carry, and transport large quantities of food, supplies and equipment. 9. Work successfully with diverse groups of people. 10. Prepares and/or serves meals for students with special dietary needs in collaboration with the Nutrition Services team and school site staff. 11. Monitors temperatures of food, sanitizing water, and refrigeration equipment. 12. Calibrate thermometers for the purpose of following safe food handling practices. 13. Maintain service areas in accordance with HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) and standard operating procedures. 14. Record food temperatures at regular intervals during the flow of food items through the preparation, holding, serving, cooling and reheating. 15. Attend school site and department meetings. 16. Complete other duties as assigned.

Comments and Other Information

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER The Board of Education is determined to provide district employees, interns, volunteers, and job applicants a safe, positive environment where they are assured of full and equal employment access and opportunities, protection from harassment or intimidation, and freedom from any fear of reprisal or retribution for asserting their employment rights in accordance with law. This policy shall apply to all district employees and, to the extent required by law, to interns, volunteers, and job applicants. No district employee shall be discriminated against or harassed by any coworker, supervisor, manager, or other person with whom the employee comes in contact in the course of employment, on the basis of the employee's actual or perceived race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex, or sexual orientation or his/her association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. (cf. 0410 - Nondiscrimination in District Programs and Activities) Discrimination in employment based on the characteristics listed above is prohibited in all areas of employment and in all employment-related practices, including the following: 1. Discrimination in hiring, compensation, terms, conditions, and other privileges of employment. 2. Taking of an adverse employment action, such as termination or the denial of employment, promotion, job assignment, or training. 3. Unwelcome conduct, whether verbal, physical, or visual, that is so severe or pervasive as to adversely affect an employee's employment opportunities, or that has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with the individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment. 4. Actions and practices identified as unlawful or discriminatory pursuant to Government Code 12940 or 2 CCR 11006-11086, such as: a. Sex discrimination based on an employee's pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or any related medical condition or on an employee's gender, gender expression, or gender identity, including transgender status. b. Religious creed discrimination based on an employee's religious belief or observance, including his/her religious dress or grooming practices, or based on the district's failure or refusal to use reasonable means to accommodate an employee's religious belief, observance, or practice which conflicts with an employment requirement. c. Disability discrimination based on a district requirement for a medical or psychological examination of a job applicant, or an inquiry into whether a job applicant has a mental or physical disability or a medical condition or as to the severity of any such disability or condition, without the showing of a job-related need or business necessity. d. Disability discrimination based on the district's failure to make reasonable accommodation for the known physical or mental disability of an employee or to engage in a timely, good faith, interactive process with an employee, to determine effective reasonable accommodations for the employee, when he/she has requested reasonable accommodation for a known physical or mental disability or medical condition. Contact Information for the Title IX Coordinator: Rabia Minhas Director of STEAM, GATE, and Technology 3320 Gilman Road El Monte, CA 91732