Cafeteria Worker (Open-Until-Filled)

Tucson Unified School District (TUSD1.org); Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

Tucson Unified School District is looking for a Food Service Worker to prepare and serve meals in various sites across the district. The role includes ensuring proper payment collection and completing necessary food service logs.

Candidates should have six months of food service experience and demonstrate essential math and communication skills. The position may involve some lifting and other physical tasks. The role will adjust based on customer participation volume. Full-time equivalents vary by site.

Qualifications

• Six months of food service and cashiering experience required.
• Ability to demonstrate math and reading skills at a fifth grade level.
• Communication skills in English needed.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve meals and snacks from various stations.
• Collect and record payment for items received.
• Complete required logs and records for food service.

Skills

Food service experience

Cashiering experience

Communication skills

Math skills at fifth grade level

Reading skills at fifth grade level

Job description

Prepares and serves meals and snack bar items from a steam table, grill, snack bar window, or mobile station. Collects and records payment for items received. Completes required logs and records. Position hours are adjusted throughout the year based on customer participation volume. Work may involve occasional lifting and carrying objects weighing up to 35 pounds as a regular part of the job.

Minimum Requirements

• Six (6) months food service and cashiering experience, or related experience.
• Demonstrated math and reading skills at the fifth grade level.
• Verbal & written communication skills in English and a demonstrated ability to read and comprehend written/graphic and oral instructions.

Requirements Prior to Start Date

• FBI fingerprint background check
• Proof of immunity to rubeola (measles) and rubella (German measles), or proof of MMR immunization
• Post-offer/pre-employment physical exam and 50lb lift test.

Location and Effective Date

Effective: 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR
Location: Food Service - Multiple Sites - District Wide

Openings

• Blenman - .5 FTE - 4hr 9 month
• Bonillas - .75 FTE - 6hr 9 month
• Borman (DMAF Base) - .75 FTE - 6hr 9 month
• Cavett - .5 FTE - 4hr 9 month
• Davis - .5 FTE - 4hr 9 month
• Fickett - .69 FTE - 5.5hr 9 month
• Gale - .5 FTE - 4hr 9 month
• Henry - .63 FTE - 5hr 9 month
• Kellond - .5 FTE - 4hr 9 month
• Mansfeld - .5 FTE - 4hr 9 month
• McCorkle - .5 FTE - 4hr 9 month
• Myers - .75 FTE - 6hr 9 month
• Roberts Naylor - .63 FTE - 5hr 9 month
• Pueblo Gardens - .5 FTE - 4hr 9 month
• Roskruge - .5 FTE - 4hr 9 month
• Sabino -.5 FTE - 4hr 9 month
• Sahuaro - .5 FTE - 4hr 9 month
• Sewell - .5 FTE - 4hr 9 month
• Steele - .5 FTE - 4hr 9 month
• Tolson - .88 FTE 7hr 9 month
• Tucson - .75 FTE - 6hr 9 month
• Wakefield - .75 FTE - 6hr 9 month
• Whitmore - .5 FTE - 4hr 9 month
• Float Eastside - .75 FTE - 6hr 9 month
• Float Central East - .75 FTE - 6hr 9 month
• Float Central - .75 FTE - 6hr 9 month
• Float Central West - .75 FTE - 6hr 9 month
• Float Westside - .75 FTE - 6hr 9 month

Positions less than 30 hours per week are not eligible for district benefits.

Internal candidates will transfer at a rate commensurate with their bargaining unit language.

Tucson Unified School District is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination based on disability, race, color, religion/religious beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or national origin.