School Nutrition Assistant III

The School Nutrition Assistant III assists the school food service team in the preparation, serving, and cleanup of nutritious, appealing meals and works with the manager in maintaining documentation of daily record keeping or financial daily record keeping for specific department.

This (1.0) position is 6.0 hours/day, 187 days per year, with the Food & Nutrition Services team, located at Charles Barrett Elementary School
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• Education: A High School diploma or equivalent.
• Certificates & Licenses: Serv Safe; NVCFM
• Experience: Job related experience is desired.

• Serve as lead cashier, produce/baker, or prep/production employee as assigned by manager. Provide leadership to other employees in assigned area.
• Assist with management responsibilities in the absence of the manager/assistant manager.
• Work with manager/assistant manager to train new employees.
• Arrange food and beverage items (e.g. placing in steam tables, displaying, filling racks, transporting food carts to classrooms, etc.) for students and staff.
• Assist in promoting the food services program to ensure it is self‑supporting.
• Assist in the preparation of a variety of lunchroom‑related reports (e.g. bank deposits, production sheets, temperature sheets, etc.) in compliance with established regulations.
• Assist with stocking and inventorying refrigerated and frozen groceries.
• Cleans utensils, equipment, and the storage, food preparation and serving areas to maintain sanitary conditions.
• Collect payments for food items (e.g. cash, eligible meal recipients, etc.).
• Cook food, prepare and/or from scratch, to meet projected meal requirements.
• Document waste (e.g. leftovers, unsanitary food items, spoilage, etc.) in compliance with state and federal regulations.
• Inspect food items and/or supplies to verify quantity and specifications of orders in compliance with mandated health requirements.
• Load carts and deliver meals to classrooms as assigned.
• Monitor kitchen and cafeteria areas to ensure a safe working environment.
• Monitor temperatures (e.g. freezer, refrigerator, hot food, etc.) to ensure safe storing and serving of food items in compliance with health and safety requirements.
• Prepare food and beverage items to meet mandated nutritional requirements and projected meal requirements.
• Receive supplies and food items to ensure adequate supplies to meet mandated nutritional requirements.
• Reconcile cash transactions and item counts to balance financial and daily inventory accounts.
• Respond to inquiries from various parties to provide information and/or refer to appropriate personnel.
• Serve food items to meet mandated nutritional requirements and/or requests of students and school personnel.
• Stock food, condiments and supplies to maintain adequate quantities and security of items.
• Ability to stand for long periods of time.
• Lifting ability of 50 pounds or more.

Pay Information: Hourly wage, $17.84 to $21.32 an hour (additional factors in calculation, including hours, number of days, etc.)

• Criminal Justice Fingerprint/Background Clearance.
• Tuberculosis Skin Test.
• Public Health Compliance – Must follow safety and health protocols.