Nutrition Services Unit Leader

Pay Grade: Non Exempt Salary Schedule (Grade H1)

Department: Nutrition Services

Accountable To: Nutrition Services Manager

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Creation/Revision Date: July 10, 2019

Summary: The Nutrition Services Unit Leader's responsibilities, under the direction of the Kitchen Manager, include overseeing operations of the production kitchen, coordinating the work of the kitchen staff, and completing daily paperwork.

Essential Functions:

• Follows standardized operating procedures, standardized recipes, menu notes, and production plans.
• Performs cleanup, including dishwashing, cleaning tables and preparation areas, cleaning equipment, disposing of unsalvageable food, and removing garbage from the kitchen.
• Practices safe food handling according to HACCP, Maricopa County Health Department, and WESD Nutrition Services Standard Operating Procedures.
• Completes production records, HACCP logs, and equipment temperature logs daily.
• Assists food service managers with inventory and weekly food deliveries.
• Obtains required hours of Professional Standard training as mandated by USDA for National School Meal Programs.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

Required Qualifications:

• Valid Food Employee Certificate
• High School Diploma or equivalent (G.E.D.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• One year of Food Service experience

Knowledge and Skills Required:

To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Skills required for this position include:

• Knowledge of appropriate food preparation techniques;
• Ability to work rapidly and efficiently;
• Understanding of food service equipment use and care;
• Basic mathematics skills including money and food measurement conversions;
• Ability to read and write in English;
• Knowledge of National school meal requirements;
• Knowledge of food safety and HACCP procedures;
• Effective communication skills for interacting with supervisors, staff, students, etc.

Physical Requirements:

The physical requirements described here 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 regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions:

The working environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing 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 regularly exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather) and toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; extreme cold (non-weather); extreme heat (non-weather); and risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to work in high, precarious places and outdoor weather conditions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

The Washington Elementary School District is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Civil Rights Act Title VII of 1972, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Washington Elementary School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or age in employment or in any of its educational programs or in the provisions of benefits and services to students.

For information regarding discrimination grievance or complaint procedures, contact the Executive Director for Human Resources at .