School Baker - Kaimuki Middle

Hawaiʻi State Department of Education; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 51,326 - 61,478; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

21 days vacation

Sick Leave

Job summary

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education is seeking a School Baker in Honolulu, responsible for baking and producing high-quality baked goods for meal service. The role involves coordinating with food service staff, managing production schedules, ensuring food safety, and maintaining equipment and inventory.

Qualifications include a high school diploma, baking experience, and skills in quantity baking. Benefits include health insurance, vacation, and retirement plans.

Qualifications

• Graduation from high school or equivalent is required.
• Six months of work experience in a kitchen is needed.
• One year as a baker producing baked goods from scratch is required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with food service staff to meet baking schedules.
• Prepare and bake various baked goods for meal service.
• Ensure cleanliness and sanitation of work areas.

Skills

Baking skills

Food safety practices

Quantity baking

Measurement and mixing

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate’s degree in food service/culinary arts

Job description

Job Summary

School Baker position responsible for baking and producing high-quality baked goods for meal service. Coordinates with food service staff, manages production schedules, ensures food safety, and maintains equipment and inventory.

Salary

School Baker, BC-06: $5,054.00 per month

Responsibilities

• Coordinates and works closely with other food service employees to ensure baked goods are prepared in a timely manner to meet meal service times and/or satellite delivery schedule.
• Reviews daily production records, determines appropriate standardized recipes, and secures necessary ingredients and equipment for preparation and/or baking purposes.
• Accurately weighs, measures, and mixes ingredients in accordance with approved standardized recipes for daily/weekly production needs; performs mathematical calculations to adjust recipe yield to meet appropriate production record serving portion/size and/or bread equivalents.
• Prepares mixes for and bakes bread, rolls, buns, biscuits, muffins, pizza crusts, wiener in a blanket, and other baked goods.
• Sets-up serving counters for meal service, serves students and staff, and replenishes food and other supplementary items as needed.
• Portions and/or directs the portioning/packing of menu items for satellite meals.
• Cleans and maintains work areas, serving counters, and dining areas in a neat, clean, sanitary, and orderly manner; thoroughly cleans and sanitizes utensils and equipment after use.
• Properly labels, stores, and/or disposes leftover foods; documents on the production record; informs School Food Services Manager of leftovers; and may recommend their utilization.
• Receives provisions ordered, documents product temperature if applicable, and reports discrepancies to School Food Services Manager; dates and stores goods in proper manner and place; records supplies and ingredients used; and assists in completing monthly inventory and maintaining routine records as directed.
• Directs/instructs cafeteria helper(s) and/or other adult/student helper(s) assigned to assist with baking, serving, and/or clean-up; assists in training new food service employees; and may supervise serving operations at satellite schools.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings, workshops, and in-service training; achieves the annual minimum required training hours as outlined by the USDA.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education Requirement: Graduation from high school or equivalent.
• General Experience: Six (6) months of work experience as an apprentice or helper in a kitchen where basic baking skills were acquired.
• Specialized Experience: One (1) year of work experience as a baker producing a variety of baked goods from scratch and in large quantities, demonstrating proficiency in quantity baking, recipe adjustment, equipment handling, food safety, and sanitation practices.
• Substitutions Allowed:
  • Associate’s degree in food service/culinary arts with quantity baking training may substitute for required experience.
  • Completion of a substantially full‑time curriculum from an accredited technical school, community college, or university comparable to the specialized experience may substitute on a month‑for‑month basis.
  • Excess specialized experience may substitute for general experience on a month‑for‑month basis.

Equal Opportunity

The Hawaii State Department of Education does not discriminate in its educational policies, programs, and activities on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability in accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991. The Department does not discriminate in its employment policies, programs, and activities on the basis of sexual orientation, arrest and court record, and National Guard participation, as well as on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability, in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991, Equal Pay Act of 1963, and Chapter 378, Part I, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Payday

New employees can expect their first paycheck within the first three pay periods; paydays are on the 5th and 20th (or previous business day) of every month.

Benefits

• Holidays: Eligible for 13 paid holidays each year; 14 during an election year.
• Vacation: Employees earn 21 days per year.
• Sick Leave: Employees earn 21 days per year.
• Health Insurance: State pays part of the premiums for eligible employees.
• Group Life Insurance: State provides a free life insurance policy for employees and retirees.
• Premium Conversion Plan: Employees may increase take-home pay by having health care premiums deducted before payroll taxes withheld.
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Eligible employees can reduce federal and state income taxes and social security taxes under the Island Flex program.
• Retirement Plan: State contributes to a retirement plan; eligibility based on credited service and age.
• Tax Shelter Annuity (TSA): Eligible employees may participate in a tax-shelter annuity program.
• Deferred Compensation: Offers a tax-deferred retirement investment program.
• Temporary Disability Insurance: Benefits for disability caused by non-work-related injury or illness.
• Social Security: Employer contributes to social security account.
• Workers’ Compensation: Benefits available for injured employees.
• Union & Collective Bargaining: Employees may join a union; non-joining still pays service fees unless job is excluded from collective bargaining.