School Nutrition Assistant

SCHOOL NUTRITION ASSISTANT

Craven County Schools SCHOOL NUTRITION - New Bern, North Carolina Open in Google Maps

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Job : 5912480
Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
Posted: Sep 02, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

CRAVEN COUNTY SCHOOLS
School Nutrition Assistant

Job Description

Position: School Nutrition Assistant

Reports to:

Cafeteria Manager

Terms of Employment: Full-Time (6 hours/day), Part-Time (2 – 5 ¾ hours/day)

Pay Range: $15.00/hour - $17.77/hour

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

An employee in this class performs semi-skilled work preparing and serving meals and other food in a school cafeteria. The employee is expected to solve most problems independently. Errors can result in spoiled food, illness among consumers and significantly wasted work hours. Work involves various facets of the food preparation and serving process.

Graduation from high school. Sufficient education to read at level of written materials and make arithmetic calculations with considerable experience in quantity food preparation.

Possession of a valid TB test and health examination issued by the local county board of health or recognized medical authority

• Maintains a positive working relationship with other employees and staff
• Politely, respectfully, and efficiently serves students, staff, parents, and others
• Accepts responsibility for multiple tasks without supervision
• Follows a work schedule, a sanitation (HACCP) schedule, plans ahead, and helps others on the child nutrition team
• Completes production records as instructed on a daily basis
• Takes and records temperatures of food items as instructed
• Cleans oven, steamer, tilt skillet or other heating equipment in kitchen
• Cleans refrigerator, milk box, freezer, holding cabinets, and all equipment and facilities – including restrooms
• Cleans service line, coolers, freezers, dock areas and any area as instructed
• Sets up, runs, breaks down, properly cleans, and de-limes dishwasher
• Cleans windows, walls, tables, and chairs in dining room
• Takes out trash and washes trash cans
• Rings student meals into POS and collects and records meal money from students and adults; accurately executes all cash handling procedures
• Checks in deliveries, puts them in storage, assists with inventory, and dates the food in stock; uses foods according to FIFO rules
• Prepares meals by following recipes – does not deviate from recipes
• Prepares bread, biscuits, cookies, etc., by following recipes
• Washes and prepares vegetables and fruit as well as salads and garden bars
• Prepares and sets up any additional foods as assigned including snacks, condiments, and beverages; sets up serving line accurately
• Attends all in service training and workshops; maintains USDA mandated professional standards; follows all policies and procedures for Craven County Schools and the SNS department.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the PIC, manager, supervisor, director, principal, or administrative staff

• General knowledge of food preparation and standards of sanitation and
• General knowledge of proper storage methods for various foods, supplies, and equipment.
• General knowledge of how to operate and clean kitchen
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and to use initiative to resolve problems and make improvements in the cafeteria
• Ability to read and follow standardized recipes and written
• Ability to respond to inquiries regarding food
• Ability to properly clean kitchen area, equipment and
• Ability to establish and maintain effective…