Cafeteria Worker 3.75 Hours per day

Rockford Public School District #205; United States; On-site; USD 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

Paid sick and personal time

IMRF retirement

Job summary

Rockford Public School District #205 is seeking a Nutrition Services Cafeteria Worker to join its Nutrition Services department in the United States. This non-exempt role supports serving students nutritious meals and maintaining a clean, efficient service line.

Responsibilities include meal setup, restocking, customer service, and counting daily production records while ensuring USDA guidelines and district recipes are followed.

Qualifications

• Food services experience preferred.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Bilingual as required by location.

Responsibilities

• Ensures meals are prepared and served according to district recipes and menus.
• Provides excellent customer service by addressing inquiries and maintaining a friendly demeanor.
• Assists with service line setup, restocking, and cleaning of service areas and dishes.
• Assists with receiving and putting away orders and counting daily production records.
• Follows Health Department standards to ensure food safety and sanitation.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Bilingual

Job description

Position Type: Nutrition Services/ Routine Worker

Date Posted: 8/5/2026

ROCKFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT #205

Job Description

Job Title: Nutrition Services Cafeteria Worker

Department: Nutrition Services

Supervisor: Nutrition Services Field Supervisor

Date: September 2024

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Compensation: Cafeteria Worker (Dept. 351) Range $18.05-$20.03

For more information on range placement please review the Collective Bargaining Agreement: AFSCME Local 3210

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION: Serves the students attractive and nutritious meals in an atmosphere of efficiency, cleanliness and friendliness.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 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. In addition to the requirements listed below, regular attendance is an essential function of this position.

• Ensures that all actions are in concert with the Board policies as well as the mission statement, beliefs, objectives, and parameters found in the Board's strategic plan.
• Participates in job training and professional growth opportunities in order to enhance ability to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Performs other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring an efficient and effective work environment.
• Assists with service line set up and restocking throughout meal periods.
• Serves menu options to students according to district recipes and menus.
• Provides excellent customer service by addressing customer inquiries, resolving issues, and maintaining a friendly and professional demeanor.
• Ensures all meals are reimbursable according to USDA regulations.
• Ensures accommodation of dietary modifications and food allergies for students.
• Assists with accurate counting for completion of daily production records.
• Assists with cleaning and sanitizing service area, prep stations and dishes.
• Assists with receiving and putting away orders.
• Follows all Health Department standards to ensure food safety and sanitation standards are met.

QUALIFICATIONS: Food Services experience preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to demonstrate qualities aligned to our core values of Character, Communication, Collaboration and Continuous Improvement.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to learn and use new software systems.
• Bilingual as required by location.

BENEFITS:

• Less Than 3.5 Hours: Not eligible for benefits
• 3.5 hours-5.75 hours Benefit Offerings: Paid Sick and Personal time
• 3.5 hours-5.75 hours Benefit Offerings: Membership in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF)
• 3.5 hours-5.75 hours Benefit Offerings: Optional 403(b) plan
• 3.5 hours-5.75 hours Benefit Offerings: Employee assistance program (EAP)
• 6+ hours -Benefit Offerings: Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 6+ hours -Benefit Offerings: Voluntary life insurance
• 6+ hours -Benefit Offerings: Paid Sick and Personal time
• 6+ hours -Benefit Offerings: Paid holidays
• 6+ hours -Benefit Offerings: Membership in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF)
• 6+ hours -Benefit Offerings: Optional 403(b) plan
• 6+ hours -Benefit Offerings: Employee assistance program (EAP)

WORK CALENDAR: 9 Months

WORKING CONDITIONS: Occasional in-district travel as well as intermittent in-state and out-of-state travel. Occasional prolonged and irregular hours of work.

OTHER: This job description describes duties and responsibilities which are representative of the nature and level of work assigned to the position. The identified duties and responsibilities are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position.

This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the school district and employee and is subject to change by the school district as the needs of the school district and requirements of the job change.

Physical Aspects of the Position

1. X Climbing – Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.

2. X Balancing – Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces.

3. X Stooping – Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.

4. X Kneeling – Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.

5. X Crouching – Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

6. - Crawling – Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.

7. X Reaching – Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

8. X Standing – Particularly for sustained periods of time.

9. X Walking – Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances.

10. X Pushing – using upper extremities to press against something with steady force order to thrust forward, downward, or outward.

11. X Pulling – Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.

12. X Lifting – Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.

13. X Finger use – Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with the fingers rather than the whole hand or arm as in handling.

14. X Grasping – Applying pressure to an object with the fingers or palm.

15. X Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word. Those activities in which you must convey detailed or spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

16. X Hearing – Perceiving the nature of sounds. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sounds such as when making fine adjustments on machinery.

17. X Repetitive Motions – Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.

The Physical Requirements of the Position

1. - Sedentary Work – Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary Work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

2. - Light Work – Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of force greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rate for Light Work.

3. X Medium Work – Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

4. - Heavy Work - Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

5. - Very Heavy Work – Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

The visual acuity requirements including color, depth perception and field of vision

1. - Machine Operations – inspection, close assembly, clerical, administration. This is a minimum standard for use with those whose work deals largely with preparing and analyzing data and figures, accounting, transcription, computer terminal, extensive reading, or visual inspection.

2. - Mechanics – Skilled tradespeople – This is a minimum standard for use with those whose work deals with machines such as power tools, lathes, and drills.

3. - Mobile Equipment – This is a minimum standard for use with those who operate cars, trucks, forklifts, cranes, and high equipment.

4. X Other – This is a minimum standard based on the criteria of accuracy and neatness of work for janitors, sweepers, etc.

The Conditions the Worker will be subject to in this position

1. X The worker is subject to inside environment conditions.

2. - The worker is subject to outside environment conditions.

3. X The worker is subject to extreme heat or cold for periods of greater than one hour.

4. - The worker is subject to noise which would cause them to have to shout.

5. X The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, chemicals, etc.