Part-time Food Service Worker

Part-Time School Food Service Worker

Coventry School District is seeking a dependable, hardworking, and team-oriented Part-Time Food Service Worker to join our school nutrition team. The successful candidate will assist with kitchen readiness and preparing and serving nutritious meals to students through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP). This position plays an important role in providing students with safe, appealing, and nutritious meals while maintaining high standards of food safety, sanitation, and customer service.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist with the preparation, cooking, portioning, and serving of breakfast and lunch items.
• Follow standardized recipes, menus, portion sizes, and meal service procedures.
• Help ensure required meal components are available and properly offered in accordance with applicable school nutrition program requirements.
• Set up and replenish serving lines and maintain an organized meal service area.
• Assist with washing dishes, cleaning equipment, and sanitizing kitchen surfaces.
• Maintain proper food storage, labeling, rotation, and temperature control.
• Follow food safety, sanitation, personal hygiene, and allergen awareness procedures.
• Assist with receiving deliveries, stocking supplies, and monitoring inventory.
• Complete temperature logs, production records, and other documentation as assigned.
• Follow established meal counting and point-of-sale procedures, when assigned.
• Provide friendly, respectful service to students and staff.
• Work cooperatively with kitchen staff and school personnel to ensure efficient daily operations.
• Perform other food service duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications:

• Previous food service or kitchen experience preferred, but not required.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Dependable, punctual, organized, and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to learn school nutrition procedures and food safety requirements.
• Ability to obtain any required food handler training or certification under applicable regulations.
• Must meet applicable district hiring requirements, including background checks where required.
• Physical Requirements:
• Ability to stand for extended periods.
• Ability to bend, reach, lift, and carry food supplies and kitchen equipment within established job requirements.
• Ability to perform repetitive food preparation, serving, and cleaning tasks.
• Ability to work safely around hot equipment, wet floors, and cleaning supplies, with appropriate training and protective equipment.

Coventry School District