Food Service Assistant

Chimacum School District 49; United States; On-site; USD 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Chimacum School District 49 is seeking a Food Service Assistant for the 2026-27 school year. The role supports preparing and serving meals, maintains sanitary kitchen and dining areas, and assists with loading deliveries and supplies.

The position also includes cashiering duties during meals and handling money under supervision. Work involves contributing to a regionally competitive compensation program and being paid on the last working day each month, with 181 paid days per year.

Qualifications

• Performs a variety of duties in handling prepping, preparing, cooking and serving food.
• Maintain sanitary conditions of dining and kitchen facilities.
• This position includes loading and unloading food service venders from food service deliveries and loading/unloading food service supplies into the food service van.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of duties in handling prepping, preparing, cooking and serving food.
• Cashiering, handling of food service monies during meal service, counting collected monies and turning monies in daily to the head cashier.

Job description

Applications will be accepted beginning
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 12:00 AM
(Pacific Standard Time)

Food Service Assistant

Job Description

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

August 19, 2026

Food Service Assistant

School: Food Service Department

School Year: 2026-27

Reports to: Director of Food Services

Bargaining Unit: CIA

Paid Days/Year: 181

Wage Range (Salaries are stated as an estimate only. Actual salary is confirmed only upon hire/job offer.)

$ 20.77 - 25.12 per hour

Note: Employees are paid the last working day of each month.

About Chimacum Schools

Surrounded by farms and forests at the base of the Olympic Mountains and the edge of the Salish Sea, Chimacum Schools are the heart center of a proud and vibrant community in East Jefferson County. We offer a deeply rewarding work environment with dedicated colleagues, enriching professional development, community partnerships, and regionally competitive compensation. Chimacum provides PreK-12 students engaging place-based and hands-on learning, locally produced school lunches, and an invitation to educational innovation and support, among other amazing opportunities!

Primary Responsibility:

Performs a variety of duties in handling prepping, preparing, cooking and serving food. Maintain sanitary conditions of dining and kitchen facilities. This position includes loading and unloading food delivery from food service venders. This position also includes loading and unloading food service supplies into food service van.

Additional duties:

Food Service Assistant serves as the food service cashier. Cashiering, handling of food service monies during meal service, counting collected monies and turning monies in daily to the head cashier.

Responsibilities