Food Service Kitchen Helper FS

WAVERLY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

Position Announcement

• Job Title: Food Service Kitchen Helper FS3 – 3 hours per day
• Location: Middle School
• Start Date: January 2025
• Salary Range / Level: As per the salary schedule contained in the WESPA Master Agreement $14.15 per hour
• Terms of Employment: 2025-26 School Year
• Date Posted: December 4, 2025
• Final date to receive applications: Until Filled

ALL Applicants: A completed online application is REQUIRED. See application instructions at: FS3 Food Service Helper MS Jan 2025.

Resume and cover letter may be:

• Attached within the online application (preferred)
• Faxed:
• Mailed:
  Waverly Community Schools, 515 Snow Rd., Lansing, MI 48917

Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of Federal School Lunch Program and local health department regulations.
• Must possess a Michigan driver’s license and have reliable transportation to travel to all school buildings as assigned.
• Willingness to obtain required training for Food Service programs including allergy training.

Qualifications:

• Willingness to assume responsibility
• Knowledge of proper channels of communication
• A good knowledge of health, safety and sanitation regulations
• A knowledge of requirements of Federal School Lunch Programs
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely orally and written
• Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and policies

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in ordering and distributing stock
• Experience in record keeping and money handling
• Good phone, interpersonal and communication skills

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, and the school community. Ability to speak clearly and concisely both in oral and written communication. Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies. Ability to demonstrate the character traits of respect, responsibility, honesty, and caring when interacting with staff, students, and community members.

The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk, hear (in a quiet or noisy environment). Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust/focus.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud to moderate.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to compare, analyze, communicate both orally and in writing, copy, coordinate, instruct, compute, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile, and negotiate.

Non-Discrimination: The Waverly Community Schools will not discriminate against any person based on race, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, height, weight, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, veteran, or military status.

Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations: Assistance with the application process may be requested through the Human Resources Department at  or