Nutrition Services Assistant - Full Time

St. Joseph School District; Saint Joseph (MO); On-site; USD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Joseph School District is hiring a Nutrition Services Assistant for the St. Joseph campus. This full-time, nine-month position supports food preparation, serving students and staff, and maintaining compliance with nutrition guidelines.

The role requires a high school diploma or GED, with 1–3 years of related experience preferred. You will monitor inventory, assist with menu planning, and ensure sanitary kitchen operations consistent with district standards.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

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Frontline Applicant Tracking - St. Joseph School District

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.

Please watch for email communications from our district. If selected for an interview youmaybe contacted via email.

EOE

Postings current as of 10/9/2026 8:44:05 AM CST.

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