Substitute Pool - Child Development Food Service Technician

Job Title

Child Development Center Food Service Worker

Job Description

The College of the Desert, Desert Community College District enrolls approximately 20,000 students each academic year with steady enrollment growth each year. College of the Desert embraces diversity in all forms and the right of all people to have access to quality higher education in a safe learning environment. Designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), College of the Desert administers an array of student programs specifically focused on student support and helping students achieve their educational and career goals. As a two-year college, we offer Associates Degree for Transfer, both in Art and Sciences, Associates Degrees, and Certificates across a wide range of disciplines.

College of the Desert is a district that consists of leadership, staff, and faculty who are committed to enhancing our community through supporting the academic success of all of our students including racially and ethnically diverse students, students with disabilities, students who are first generation to college, veterans, students of all ages, students with diverse socio-economic backgrounds, "dreamers", and students of diverse sexual orientation and gender expression.

When you join College of the Desert you can expect to be part of a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative community. We provide students with a rich and dynamic learning experience that embraces differences, emphasizes collaboration, and engages students in and out of the classroom. We are committed to ensuring that College of the Desert is a welcoming place for the success of all students.

Interested in learning more about College of the Desert and the Coachella Valley? Visit the links below.

• The Community Coachella Valley
• College of the Desert

College of the Desert is seeking individuals from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. As such, we prioritize individuals who fully demonstrate their understanding of the community we serve, the benefits of diversity in a professional and educational setting, and values creating a culture that brings people together. A successful candidate will value working in a collegial, collaborative environment that is guided by a commitment to inclusion, student education, and equity. An equity-minded individual is a person who already does or has demonstrated the desire to:

• Understand the importance of holding ourselves accountable as faculty, staff and leadership for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
• Reframe inequities as a problem of practice and view the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
• Encourage positive race-consciousness and embrace human difference;
• Reflect on institutional and teaching practices and aim to make them more culturally responsive; and
• Strategically build buy-in and participation among colleagues for equity-related initiatives.

Basic Function

Plans and prepares meals and snacks for children of the Child Development Center; operates and maintains kitchen, supplies and equipment in a clean and sanitary condition; prepares food inventory and order supplies and equipment; calculates and maintains food preparation and proportion records; ensures compliance with federal and State Child Nutrition guidelines. Supervision Received Receives general supervision from the Director, Child Development Center or area supervisor

Representative Duties

Representative Duties

1. Plans, and creates menus according to California Child Food Program specifications; develop and post weekly menus on parent bulletin boards.
2. Determines recipes to be used; interprets and converts converts standardized; measures, calculates, weighs and prepares ingredients for cooking and baking; adjust quantities as necessary.
3. Prepares breakfast, lunch and snack items from menu; prepares ingredients for cooking and baking and adjust quantities as necessary; cooks and bakes food foodservice including meats, vegetables, salads, fruit, breads and desserts; ensures proper temperature requirements are maintained; prepares food for special events as assigned.
4. Sanitizes and maintains utensils, serving areas and equipment; cleans and inspects oven vents, floors, sinks, dishwasher, carts, refrigeration and freezers; stores left over food; ensures proper operation and perform minor maintenance on equipment as necessary.
5. Sets up and delivers carts to classrooms; posts food amounts on food carts; serves food to children, students and staff as assigned. Perform record-keeping responsibilities, including food items prepared, liquids, weights, amounts and mealsserved, and logs; ensures compliance with federal, State and District guidelines.
6. Maintains food inventory and storage; conducts physical inventory of supplies and food; orders food supplies; verifies deliveries for compliance with orders; checks for damaged and spoiled products and report as necessary; rotates stock according to established procedures.
7. Utilizes and operates a variety of kitchen equipment and utensils, such as knives, slicers, mixers, graters, blenders, and stoves; operate office equipment such as computers, calculators and others.
8. Maintains daily morning attendance count and physical count of number of children served by age group; prepares daily menu production worksheets as required.
9. Assists Early Childhood Education lab students with cooking activities, instructional, and tutorial situations as assigned.
10. Plans maintenance and usage (planting, harvest) of the community/kitchen gardens; coordinates the centers composting agenda.
11. Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

1. Appropriate and correct methods for preparing, cooking, baking and serving food in large quantities;
2. Portion control techniques;
3. Menu planning and adjustment; Care and safe use of basic kitchen utensils and commercial food preparation equipment;
4. Sanitation and safety requirements in food preparation;
5. Nutritional requirements of school-aged children;
6. Record-keeping techniques;
7. Basic computer operation;
8. Laws, rules and regulations related to assigned activities

1. Plan balanced menus that meet California Child Food Program guidelines, cook and bake skillfully to accommodate a children's meal program operation;
2. Read menus and recipes;
3. Maintain complex records and recipe files;
4. Interpret and apply District, State and federal laws related to child development food programs;
5. Understand the food regulations in order to earn a Food Handler's Permit;
6. Operate mechanical equipment and utensils used in the kitchen;
7. Understand and follow oral and written directions;
8. Work independently with little direction;
9. Provide lead direction to temporary staff and/or student workers.
10. Demonstrate evidence of sensitivity and understanding of the diverse academic, socio-economic, disability and ethnic backgrounds of students, staff and the community.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience Graduation from high school and two (2) years' experience in cooking and baking in large quantities including record-keeping experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience. Licenses and Certifications Valid Food Handler's Certificate issued by the Riverside County Health Department Physical Demands Must be able to lift, carry, push or pull moderately heavy objects including food trays, carts, materials and supplies; stand or walk for extended periods of time; reach overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally; bend at the waist, kneel or crouch. Working Conditions Environment: Food service environment. Exposure to hot foods, equipment and metal objects.

Employment Status

Employment Status: Temporary/Substitute Position Classified Bargaining Unit Position (applicable for current classified staff) Classified Staff Salary Range 8 Retirement System: CalPERS (upon meeting eligibility criteria) Salary placement is contingent on education, experience, and department budget. Continued employment is contingent upon the availability of grant funds.

Schedule & Location Child Development Centers Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

• Locations & Schedule Indio Campus, schedule will vary
• Palm Desert Campus, schedule will vary

The schedule and location are subject to change based on District need.

Required Application and Required Uploaded Documents

To be considered a candidate for this position, the following materials must be electronically uploaded:

• Online Application: All sections of the College of the Desert District online application must be completed including education and experience.
• Resume: Must include length of employment (month/year start and end dates) for each employer.
• Cover Letter: Please address how you meet the minimum requirements for this position and any special qualifications you possess.
• Licenses/Certificates: Valid Food Handler's Certificate issued by the Riverside County Health Department
• College Transcripts: For consideration of college level education, academic transcripts must contain all college level coursework or show date degree