Nutrition Services Assistant - Parkway - 6:30am-1:30pm (7 hours)

St. Joseph School District; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 16,531 - 24,796; Full time

Job summary

St. Joseph School District is seeking a Nutrition Services Assistant for Parkway with a 6:30am-1:30pm schedule (7 hours). The role involves ensuring food preparations and delivery align with nutritional guidelines, attending to serve students and staff, stocking supplies, and maintaining sanitary kitchen areas.

Qualifications include a high school diploma or GED. Preferred candidates have 1 to 3 years of related experience and are able to work reliably in a nutrition services setting under a

Qualifications

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Attend work in a regular, reliable and punctual manner.
• Arrange food and beverage items for serving students and staff efficiently.
• Assist in stocking food, condiments and supplies to maintain adequate quantities and security.
• Attend unit meetings, in-service training, workshops to gather information required to perform job functions.
• Cook food prepared from scratch to meet mandated nutritional and projected meal requirements.
• Implement menu plans to meet students’ mandated daily nutritional requirements.
• Inspect food items and supplies to verify quantity, quality and specifications of orders and comply with health standards.

Education

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent

Job description

Nutrition Services Assistant - Parkway - 6:30am-1:30pm (7 hours) JobID: 1826

Position Details

• Date Posted: 7/14/2026
• Position Type: Food Service / Nutrition Services Assistant
• Location: Nutrition Services
• Terms of Employment: 9 Month
• Salary Schedule: Per Approved Nutrition Services Salary Schedule
• Direct Report: Food Service Supervisor / Kitchen Manager
• FLSA: Non-Exempt
• Eligible for emergency telework: No

Qualifications

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

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 serving students and staff efficiently.
• Assist in stocking food, condiments and supplies to maintain adequate quantities and security.
• Attend unit meetings, in-service training, workshops to gather information required to perform job functions.
• Clean utensils, equipment, storage, food preparation and serving areas to maintain required sanitary conditions.
• Cook food prepared from scratch to meet mandated nutritional and projected meal requirements.
• Implement menu plans to meet students’ mandated daily nutritional requirements.
• Inspect food items and supplies to verify quantity, quality and specifications of orders and comply with health standards.
• Inventory food, condiments and supplies to ensure availability of items for menu requirements.
• Maintain equipment, storage, food preparation and serving areas in a sanitary condition to comply with health standards.
• Monitor kitchen and cafeteria areas to ensure a safe and sanitary working environment.
• Perform other nutritional services functions as requested by supervisor.
• Perform other related duties as assigned to ensure efficient and effective functioning of the work unit.
• Prepare food and beverage items to meet mandated nutritional requirements.
• Report equipment malfunctions to notify supervisor for repair or replacement.
• Respond to inquiries of students, staff and the public to provide information or direction regarding available food items and policies.
• Serve one or more items of food to meet mandated nutritional requirements.
• Other assigned duties.

Employee Behavior and Conduct

District employees shall conduct themselves in a professional manner and shall exhibit professional conduct appropriate for the circumstances when interacting internally and externally. Examples include communicative, informative, fair, honest, and respectful conduct.

EEO

Equal Opportunity Employer.