Float Food Service (30 hours, benefit eligible)

Positive Education Program; Valley View (OH); On-site; USD 18,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio is seeking a substitute Food Service Specialist to support five therapeutic schools. The role includes substituting for Food Service Specialist duties, handling meal orders, menus, deliveries, inventory, and sanitation. Must maintain safety and health standards and participate in required trainings.

The position is 30 hours per week, benefit-eligible, with opportunities to help ensure smooth operation of school cafeterias.

Qualifications

• Must have high school diploma or equivalent.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office (Email, Word, Excel).
• Ability to work professionally and collaboratively with others.
• Good organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks.

Responsibilities

• Fill in for Food Service Specialist duties during staff absences.
• Enter weekly meal orders and accommodate special diets.
• Distribute monthly menus and nutritional information.
• Receive deliveries, verify quantities, and report issues.
• Maintain inventory and rotate stock; prepare meals for cooking.
• Ensure timely preparation and distribution of meals.
• Take temperatures to verify safe temperatures and maintain logs.
• Follow sanitation procedures and assist in health inspections.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Frontline Applicant Tracking - Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio

Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio

Float Food Service (30 hours, benefit eligible) JobID: 3610

• Position Type: Maintenance/Custodial/ Food Service

Fills in for the day-to-day absences of Food Service Specialist absences across five therapeutic schools (Cleveland, Fairview Park, Parma Heights and Grafton) and provides overall support for the operation as needed.

FOOD SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Fills in for staff absences and assumes all Food Service Specialist duties when substituting, including:
• Entering weekly orders for meals, requests substitutions for special diets.
• Distributing monthly menu/nutritional information.
• Assisting with receipt of deliveries including verifying quantities and reporting issues.
• Maintaining an accurate inventory of product.
• Organizing, storing dating, and rotating stock as directed.
• Placing unitized (pre-packaged) meals in oven for cooking as indicated.
• Ensuring timely preparation and distribution of meals.
• Taking temperature of cooked meals to ensure a safe minimum temperature.
• Maintaining daily temperature logs for food and equipment.
• Using products carefully and according to guidelines to reduce waste.
• Preparing and submitting accurate records. Helps to reconcile discrepancies.
• Maintaining an orderly/sanitary kitchen area.
• Complying with health and food safety regulations.
• Ensuring leftover food, supplies and equipment are stored and/or discarded properly.
• Following established sanitization procedures to properly clean items and surfaces.
• Helping prepare for and participate in health/safety inspections.
• Learning how to operate fire/safety equipment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Ohio Food Protection Manager Certification required (or must obtain within 90 calendar days from hire; expenses paid by employer).
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office (Email, Word, Excel) or ability to learn the software quickly.
• Ability to work professionally, effectively, and collaboratively with others.
• Ability to make appropriate decisions and use sound judgment.Good organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, complex, and dynamic environment.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks and projects.
• Demonstrates a passion for serving youth with a variety of experiences and backgrounds.

Expectations, Skills and Abilities

• Participate (and pass requirements where applicable) in all required training.
• Knowledge of and adherence to PEP Policies and Procedures.
• Knowledge of and adherence to USDA National School Lunch and Breakfast Program.
• Knowledge of and adherence to public health, sanitation and food service regulations.
• Ability to respond quickly and effectively to high priority situations.
• Punctual with consistent attendance practices. Good time management.

Physical requirements

• Ability to balance, bend, climb, crouch, kneel, reach, push, stoop, stand and sit.
• Ability to lift and carry a minimum of 30 lbs.
• Ability to operate a commercial oven for food preparation.

Postings current as of 9/19/2026 9:12:04 AM CST.

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