Nutrition Services Assistant - Full Time

St. Joseph School District; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Applitrack in Costa Mesa, CA seeks a Nutrition Services Assistant for a 9-month, non-exempt position. The role supports food preparation and service to students and staff in alignment with nutritional guidelines. On-site work with regular hours is required.

The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma or GED, (preferred) 1–3 years in a similar setting, and a commitment to safe, sanitary food handling and collaborative teamwork within the district's nutrition services team.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Preferred 1–3 years of relevant work experience.

Responsibilities

• Attend work regularly and punctually.
• Arrange food and beverages for serving to students and staff.
• Stock food, condiments and supplies to maintain adequate quantities.
• Attend meetings, trainings and workshops for required information.
• Maintain sanitary conditions in utensils, equipment and serving areas.
• Cook food from scratch to meet nutritional and projected meal requirements.
• Implement menu plans to meet students' nutritional needs.
• Inspect foods and supplies to verify quantity, quality and health standards.
• Inventories to ensure availability of items for menu requirements.
• Maintain sanitary kitchen and cafeteria areas and monitor safe working environment.
• Perform other nutritional services duties as needed by supervisor.
• Prepare food and beverages to meet nutritional targets.

Skills

Punctuality

Communication

Teamwork

Customer service

Education

High school diploma / GED

Job description

Nutrition Services Assistant - Full Time JobID: 1923

• Date Posted:
  10/7/2026
  

Qualifications

Required: High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
Preferred:1 to 3 years of relevant work experience

FLSA: Non-Exempt
Salary Schedule: Per Approved Nutrition Services Salary Schedule
Direct Report: Food Service Supervisor/Kitchen Manager
Terms of Employment: 9 Month
Eligible for emergency telework: No
Purpose: Ensuring that food preparations and delivery are in accordance with local, state and federal nutritional guidelines.

Essential Job Functions

• Attend work in a regular, reliable and punctual manner.
• Arranges food and beverage items for the purpose of serving them to students and staff in an efficient manner.
• Assists in stocking food, condiments and supplies for the purpose of maintaining adequate quantities and security of items.
• Attends in unit meetings, in-service training, workshops, etc. for the purpose of gathering information required to perform job functions.
• Cleans utensils, equipment, and storage, food preparation and serving areas for the purpose of maintaining required sanitary conditions.
• Cooks food, prepared and/or from scratch, for the purpose of meeting mandated nutritional and projected meal requirements.
• Implements menu plans for the purpose of meeting students' mandated daily nutritional requirements.
• Inspects food items and/or supplies for the purpose of verifying quantity, quality and specifications of orders and/or complying with mandated health standards.
• Inventories food, condiments and supplies for the purpose of ensuring availability of items required for meeting projected menu requirements.
• Maintains equipment, storage, food preparation and serving areas in a sanitary condition for the purpose of complying with current health standards.
• Monitors kitchen and cafeteria areas for the purpose of ensuring a safe and sanitary working environment.
• Performs functions of other nutritional services positions, as requested by supervisor for the purpose of ensuring adequate staff coverage within site nutritional services operations.
• Performs other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the work unit.
• Prepares food and beverage items for the purpose of meeting mandated nutritional and projected meal requirements.
• Reports equipment malfunctions for the purpose of notifying supervisor of need for repair and/or replacement.Responds to inquiries of students, staff and the public for the purpose of providing information and/or direction regarding available food items and/or food service policies and practices.
• Serves one or more items of food for the purpose of meeting mandated nutritional requirements and/or requests of students and school personnel.
• Other assigned duties.

Employee Behavior and Conduct

District employees shall conduct themselves in a professional manner and shall exhibit and extend such professional conduct appropriate for the circumstances to those with whom they come into contact, both internally and externally during the performance of their duties. Examples of professional conduct include, but are not limited to, being communicative, informative, fair, honest, and respectful.

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