Nutrition Services Assistant - Lake Early Learning Center - 6:30am-1:30pm

St. Joseph School District; Saint Joseph (MO); On-site; USD 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Nutrition Services Assistant to join their team. This role is vital in ensuring food preparation and delivery meet local, state, and federal nutritional guidelines. The ideal candidate will be responsible for preparing and serving food, maintaining sanitation standards, and assisting with inventory management. This position offers an opportunity to impact students' nutritional needs positively while working in a supportive environment. If you have a passion for food service and a commitment to health standards, this position could be the perfect fit for you.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• 1-3 years of relevant work experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve food items according to nutritional guidelines.
• Maintain a clean and safe kitchen environment.
• Assist in inventory and stocking of food supplies.

Skills

Food Preparation

Sanitation Standards

Customer Service

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Kitchen Equipment

Job description

Nutrition Services Assistant - Lake Early Learning Center - 6:30am-1:30pm JobID: 318

• Date Posted:
  1/22/2025
  
  
• Date Available:
  Immediate Opening
  
  

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: Coordinator of Food Services

Terms of Employment: 9 Month

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.
• Arrange food and beverage items for the purpose of serving them to students and staff in an efficient manner.
• Assist in stocking food, condiments and supplies for the purpose of maintaining adequate quantities and security of items.
• Attend unit meetings, in-service training, workshops, etc. for the purpose of gathering information required to perform job functions.
• Clean utensils, equipment, and storage, food preparation and serving areas for the purpose of maintaining required sanitary conditions.
• Cook food, prepared and/or from scratch, for the purpose of meeting mandated nutritional and projected meal requirements.
• Implement menu plans for the purpose of meeting students’ mandated daily nutritional requirements.
• Inspect food items and/or supplies for the purpose of verifying quantity, quality and specifications of orders and/or complying with mandated health standards.
• Inventory food, condiments and supplies for the purpose of ensuring availability of items required for meeting projected menu requirements.
• Maintain equipment, storage, food preparation and serving areas in a sanitary condition for the purpose of complying with current health standards.
• Monitor kitchen and cafeteria areas for the purpose of ensuring a safe and sanitary working environment.
• Perform functions of other nutritional services positions, as requested by supervisor for the purpose of ensuring adequate staff coverage within site nutritional services operations.
• Perform other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the work unit.
• Prepare food and beverage items for the purpose of meeting mandated nutritional and projected meal requirements.
• Report equipment malfunctions for the purpose of notifying supervisor of need for repair and/or replacement.
• Respond 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.
• Serve 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.

EOE

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