Cafeteria Worker

Rankin County School District; Puckett (MS); On-site; USD 18,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A local school district in Puckett, Mississippi, is seeking a Cafeteria Worker to serve nutritious meals in a friendly environment. Responsibilities include food preparation, serving, and maintaining cleanliness in the kitchen. Candidates should ideally have a high school diploma and knowledge of food safety practices. This role requires attendance at training meetings and a commitment to providing excellent service to students.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Experience in food service or related field is advantageous.
• Knowledge of basic food safety and sanitation practices.
• Other qualifications as deemed appropriate by the Board.

Responsibilities

• Serve attractive and nutritious meals to students.
• Perform duties related to food preparation and serving.
• Maintain cleanliness in kitchen and dining areas.
• Report to manager and attend training meetings as required.
• Follow safety measures and sanitation practices.
• Follow safety, sanitation, and work procedure instructions from the manager.
• Perform duties involved in safe food handling, cleaning and sanitizing.
• Maintain the trash and garbage area in a neat and sanitary fashion.
• Lead staff meetings/trainings as applicable; serve on staff committees.
• Take responsibility for personal professional growth and for maintaining required licensure/qualifications.
• Guard district assets and ensure proper use per district policies.
• Undergo periodic evaluations as per policy.
• Maintain confidentiality and punctual attendance.
• Perform other duties as requested by the Board or administrators.

Skills

Basic food safety and sanitation practices

Food service experience

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

Position Type

Cafeteria/ Cafeteria Worker

Date Posted

3/17/2026

Date Available

03/23/2026

Job title

Cafeteria Worker

Reports to

Cafeteria Manager

Receives guidance from

Cafeteria Manager and/or Director of Child Nutrition and/or Principal

Overtime Status

Compliant with position, salary and FLSA regulations

Job purpose

In keeping a tradition of excellence, the purpose of the Cafeteria Worker is to serve the students attractive and nutritious meals in an atmosphere of efficiency, cleanliness, and friendliness. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Duties and responsibilities

• Perform efficiently and to the best of his/her ability the duties assigned in relation to preparation of food, serving food, cleaning all areas of the kitchen or other assigned duties in the time allotted
• Attend training meetings as required
• Report to work at designated time and remain on the job until dismissed by the manager
• Notify the manager by 6:00 a.m. on the day to be missed due to illness
• Maintain pleasant working relations with fellow employees by showing consideration for others, patience, respect, self-control and other desirable character traits
• Maintain desirable relations between school and community
• Follow instructions of the manager relating to safety measures, sanitation practices, personal standards, work techniques and methods of performing duties
• Perform duties involved in the safe preparation and handling of food, cleaning and sanitizing of equipment and facilities and serving of food
• Maintain the trash and garbage collection area in a neat and sanitary fashion
• Lead and attend staff meetings/trainings as applicable; serve on staff committees
• Assume responsibility for own professional growth and development, for keeping current with literature, new research findings, for attending appropriate professional meetings and conferences, and to maintain any credits and/or continued education for maintenance of licensure/qualifications required for the position
• Maintain and accept responsibility for any district owned fixed asset item assigned to employee and ensure appropriate use by following district policies for acceptable use
• Undergo periodic evaluations according to state and board policy procedures
• Maintain confidentiality
• Regular, dependable, in person, and punctual attendance is an essential function of this position
• Perform such other and not specifically enumerated duties as may be requested by the Board of Education, superintendent, administrator, director or established by district policy
• Read, understand, and abide by Employee Conduct Policy, GAB, all other district, state and federal policies, and procedures and protocols as established by RCSD and the Mississippi Educator Code of Conduct

Qualifications

• Education Level: High School diploma or equivalent preferred; Previous experience in food service or related field is advantageous
• Knowledge of basic food safety and sanitation practices
• Certification: None required
• Other Requirements: Any additional qualifications deemed appropriate and acceptable by the Board

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. 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 talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands for fine manipulation, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms using equipment such as a keyboard and video display terminal. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, reach, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and move up to 35 pounds and occasionally up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment

The work 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. The work environment is not a standard office setting; but rather encompasses the entire active school campus both inside and outside the facilities. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate and occasionally high.

Additional Statements

Note: This is not necessarily an all-inclusive or exhaustive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, functions or working conditions associated with the job. The job description is not a contract of employment or a promise or guarantee of any specific terms or conditions of employment. The school district may add to, modify or delete any aspect of this job (or the position itself) at any time as it deems advisable.

Terms of Employment

Salary, days and work year as established by the Rankin County Board of Education

Evaluation

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Rankin County School Board policy on Evaluation of Employees.