Cafeteria Assistant Manager

Position Type:
Food Services/Assistant Cafeteria Manager

Date Posted:
6/10/2026

Location:
St. James Elementary

Closing Date:
06/17/2026
Job Title: Assistant Cafeteria Manager
Supervisor: Cafeteria Manager
Terms of Employment : 188 Days

Job Summary: To serve students attractive and nutritious meals in an atmosphere of efficiency, cleanliness, and warmth.

Essential Duties

1. Specific area of responsibilities that may be assigned to the assistant manager are:
2. Receiving: Checking delivery of products: (1) Match bid specifications with delivered product (2) Match bid price with invoice price (3) Match quantity requested with quantity delivered (4) Report any discrepancies to manager.
3. Storage: Ensure that stock is properly stored and rotated in the appropriate area.
4. Pre-Preparation: Supervise/participate in productACion of scheduled menu items. Record applicable production data on appropriate forms.
5. Service: Supervise/participate in the service of food ensuring attractively merchandised and portion-controlled menu items. Record applicable production data on appropriate forms.
6. Meal Count/Cash Collection: Supervise/participate in the meal count/cash collection in accordance with common business practices and local, state and federal accountability requirements.
7. Sanitation: Supervise/participate in the general sanitation of the food service operation, in accordance with established sanitation procedures.
8. Required to attend a ten (10) hour Sanitation and Safety Workshop.
9. Inventory: Conduct/assist with the timely recording/extension reporting of inventory stock levels on the appropriate form.
10. Physical Effort: Frequent lifting or moving of objects weighing 30 to 50 pounds. Sweeping and mopping.
    Working Conditions: Work in warm and noisy kitchens, exposed to steam, fumes and cooking odors. Danger of falls, burns, and cuts. Exposure to extreme temperature changes when entering walk-in refrigerators/freezers from warm kitchens.
11. Equipment Condition: Responsible for operating dangerous pieces of equipment -- meat slicers, food choppers, garbage disposals, etc.

Other Duties
Perform any duties and assumes any responsibilities as may be assigned by the school food service manager.

Job Specifications
Performance of this position will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on the evaluation of Support Personnel.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required)

1. High School diploma.
2. Previous food service experience REQUIRED .
3. Previous school food service experience preferred.
4. Quality food production experience preferred.ac

Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and reach with hands and arms; walk; sit; stoop or kneel; crouch or crawl.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


Pay Grade : 102

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This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The employee will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator or supervisor. Horry County Schools reserves the right to update, revise or change this job description and related duties at any time without prior notice.


The deadline is for the convenience of the District. The District reserves the right at any time to extend the deadline date without notice and without final consideration of any pending applications.