Nutrition Services Assistant - Part Time

St. Joseph School District; Saint Joseph (MO); On-site; USD 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

St. Joseph School District is seeking a Nutrition Services Assistant (Part Time) to support food preparation and delivery in accordance with nutritional guidelines.

The role reports to the Food Service Supervisor/Kitchen Manager and follows the district's 9‑month term schedule. Responsibilities include stocking, food preparation from scratch as needed, maintaining sanitary conditions, and assisting with menu plans to meet daily nutrition requirements.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Attend work regularly and punctually.
• Arrange food and beverages for serving to students and staff.
• Assist in stocking food, condiments and supplies.
• Cleans utensils, equipment, and serving areas to maintain sanitary conditions.
• Cook food as required to meet nutritional and menu requirements.
• Implement menu plans to meet daily nutritional needs.
• Inspect items for quantity, quality, and health standards.
• Inventory food and supplies to ensure availability.
• Maintain sanitary conditions in storage and preparation areas.
• Respond to inquiries about available food items and policies.

Skills

Food service

Education

High school diploma / GED

Job description

Frontline Applicant Tracking - St. Joseph School District

Nutrition Services Assistant - Part Time JobID: 1922

• Date Posted: 10/7/2026

Qualifications

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

Other Details

• 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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Postings current as of 10/9/2026 9:06:15 AM CST.