Food Service Aide (Full-Time, 40 hours, Academic Year)

University of Rhode Island; Kingston (RI); On-site; USD 34,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition waiver

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Job summary

University of Rhode Island is hiring a Food Service Aide for the Kingston campus in an academic year, full-time capacity. Responsibilities include serving light refreshments, preparing beverages and sandwiches, operating a cash register, and maintaining clean service areas.

The position requires physical capability and cooperative work habits. The role offers an academic year salary with benefits; location is Kingston, RI, with opportunities tied to dining retail operations.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with serving diners at a counter or table and ability to apply such methods
• Ability to make sandwiches and simple cooking tasks (eggs, bacon, etc.)
• Ability to learn cash register operation and keep simple records
• Ability to understand and follow simple instructions
• Courteous and cheerful demeanor in duties

Responsibilities

• Serve sandwiches, pastries, beverages to employees, public, students or patients
• Prepare and serve coffee, tea, beverages, ice cream sodas; make sandwiches and simple cooking tasks
• Stock shelves, replenish supplies, take inventories, prepare simple sales reports; operate a cash register and handle funds
• Set tables with utensils and supplies; take and transmit orders; carry and serve; calculate costs and present checks; clear tables and wash as needed
• Perform related duties as assigned

Job description

Food Service Aide (Full-Time, 40 hours, Academic Year)

• Posting Number: CS02337
• FTE:
• FLSA:
• Pay Rate:
• Salary Range: $33,619 - $35,865 (academic year salary)
• Pay Grade Level: Grade 309
• Union: C94/L528 - Council 94/Local 528 (Serv/Maint)
• Status: Academic Year, Permanent, Full-time
• Department: Dining Retail Operations
• Campus Location: Kingston
• Posting Date: 11/05/2026
• Closing Date: 11/14/2026

Duties and Responsibilities

ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED:

As assigned:

• To serve sandwiches, pastry, beverages, or other light refreshmentsto employees, general public, students, or to patients.
• To prepare and serve coffee, tea, milk drinks, fruit drinks orother beverages, ice cream sodas and other fountain beverages andrefreshments; to make sandwiches and to perform simple cookingtasks such as cooking bacon, eggs, ham, etc.
• To sell a variety of sundry articles for personal use; to arrangestock on a counter, replenish supplies, take inventories according to explicitinstructions, and to prepare simple reports relating to sales andinventories; to operate a cash register and to make changeaccurately and account for funds.
• To set tables with cutlery, sugar, salt and pepper, napkins, etc.;to fill water glasses; to take and transmit written or oral ordersfor food and beverages; to carry and serve such orders; to computecost of such orders and present diners with checks for same; toclean tables when diners have eaten; when necessary, to removedishes, cutlery, glassware, etc., to a designated place for washing.
• To do related work as required

Required Qualifications

KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS AND CAPACITIES:

A familiarity with the methods and techniques usually employed inserving diners at a counter or at a table and the ability to applysuch methods and techniques; the ability to make sandwiches and toperform simple cooking task such as cooking bacon, eggs, ham, etc.;the ability to learn the operation of a cash register and to keepsimple records; the ability to understand and follow simpleinstructions; the ability to perform duties in a courteous andcheerful manner; and related capacities and abilities.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

EDUCATION:

Such as may have been gained through: completion of ten schoolgrades; or,

EXPERIENCE:

Such as may have been gained through: employment requiring thefollowing of simple

OR:

any combination of education and experience that shall besubstantially equivalent to the above Education andexperience.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: At the time of appointment must be physicallyqualified to perform assigned duties as evidenced by a physician'scertificate.

Special Instructions to Applicants

Full-Time, 40 hrs., Academic Year

A generous benefits package including a tuition waiver for CCRI,RIC, and URI for the successful candidate, spouse, and dependents(if applicable) based on current education. paid time off, paidstate holidays, and a mandatory retirement plan are also availablein addition to many other types of benefits.

To learn more about the benefits package, please visit: https://www.exploreemployeebenefits.ri.gov/

URI is unwavering in its commitment to equal opportunity,community, equity, and diversity. In furtherance of its mission toserve and support all learners as the state's public flagshipuniversity, URI continues to expand efforts to recruit and retain abroadly representative workforce as well as to regularly evaluatethe effectiveness of those efforts.

All employment decisions, including hiring, are made without regardto protected status. Qualified individuals with disabilities mayrequest a reasonable accommodation by contacting the URI benefitsoffice at 401-874-2416. For TTY assistance, contact R.I. RelayServices at 711.

For positions covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the search process may be subject to applicable bargaining unitprocedures.

The successful candidate will be subject to a pre-employment criminal background report paid for by the University.