Assistant Kitchen Manager - Pool Posting, Location to Be Determined

Cherry Creek Schools; Centennial, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Cherry Creek Schools is seeking a Kitchen Assistant Manager to support the Kitchen Manager in daily operations, helping ensure meals are nutritious, attractive, and served in a clean, caring environment.

You will assist with staff development, supervise in the manager's absence, and ensure sanitation, HACCP, and USDA standards while maintaining clear communication with staff and school communities, and fostering a positive dining experience for students.

Qualifications

• Criminal background check and fingerprinting required
• High School Equivalency (HSE) diploma
• One (1) year of professional work experience
• Proficient in the English language with the ability read, write, and speak English fluently
• Must be ServSafe certified within first year of hire

Responsibilities

• Assist with kitchen operations and customer service tasks.
• Delegate assignments and ensure timely completion while enforcing food safety.
• Ensure health department sanitation standards and HACCP compliance.
• Supervise food service workers in absence of Kitchen Manager.
• Submit orders and production sheets to central office as required by USDA regulations.

Skills

Food safety

Supervisory

Customer service

English proficiency

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Point-of-sale system

Job description

Job Information

• Job Title: Kitchen Assistant Manager
• FLSA Exemption Status: Non-Exempt
• Classification Group: Food and Nutrition Services
• Supervising Position: Kitchen Manager or designee
• Pay Plan: Educational Support Personnel
• Pay Range: Range 05
• Last Updated: 8/2026

Job Summary

Responsible for assisting the manager in oversight of kitchen operations to ensure that students are served nutritious and attractive meals in a clean and caring atmosphere. Assists with development of kitchen staff and promotes good community relations among various community and school clientele.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• 1. Completes all duties and responsibilities of the Kitchen Assistant Manager while participating in all aspects of customer service including preparation, serving, cashiering, and sanitation tasks.
• 2. Delegates assignments to staff and follows up to ensure all work is completed in a timely manner while ensuring all food safety regulations are being met.
• 3. Works with Kitchen Manager and staff to ensure all health department sanitation standards are being met. Understands and follows all HACCP mandates to ensure food offerings meet all USDA and health department regulations.
• 4. Supervises and directs food service workers in the absence of a Kitchen Manager.
• 5. Submits to the central office all food and non-food orders, inventory, maintenance and repair requests, and production sheets as required by USDA program regulations in the absence of a kitchen manager.
• 6. Carries out all tasks and directives given by supervisor or members of the leadership team and participates in all required meetings, trainings, and professional development.
• 7. Understands and follows all department revenue handling procedures, protects eligibility information of students, and assists in inventory management.
• 8. Stays current with all district and department communication including voicemail, email, and promotions. Shares all information with kitchen staff in a timely manner. Notifies manager and/or supervisor of any personnel issues while keeping them confidential.
• 9. Perform other duties as assigned or requested.

Reporting Relationships

This job has supervisor responsibilities including, but not limited to, interviewing, hiring, directing work, assigning work, supervising work, training, evaluating, disciplining, and terminating. Direct reports:

• Food Service Worker

Minimum Qualifications

The minimum prerequisites of formal education, professional work experience, certifications, licenses, endorsements, designations, trainings, and other criteria that a candidate must fulfill to be considered for a position. It is essential that certifications, licenses, endorsements, designations, and trainings are fulfilled, valid, and not expired.

• Criminal background check and fingerprinting required
• High School Equivalency (HSE) diploma
• One (1) year of professional work experience
• Proficient in the English language with the ability read, write, and speak English fluently
• Must be ServSafe certified within first year of hire

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

The physical demands, mental functions, cognitive capacities, and work environment factors required to perform a position’s essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work location is subject to change to meet the requirements of the organization
• Medium work strength level (lifting or carrying 50 pounds)
• Primarily works indoors
• Typically a loud noise level
• Work with, handle, prepare, serve and cleanup of a variety of proteins including beef, chicken, fish, pork and plant-based options
• Requires repetitive bending, reaching, and pulling
• Prolonged standing/walking
• Eye-hand coordination for register and computer operation
• Visual concentration on equipment
• Temperature variations

Desired Qualifications

Formal education, professional work experience, certifications, licenses, endorsements, designations, trainings, and other qualifications relevant to the position that are strongly preferred but not mandatory for a candidate to be considered.

• Experience working in the public sector, specifically public education
• Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds
• Racially conscious and culturally competent with the skill, will, capacity, and knowledge to commit to a culture of continuous improvement
• Up to two (2) years’ experience in food service, with management experience preferred