School Food Service Assistant - Part-Time 11:30am-6pm

Gilroy Unified School District; Gilroy (CA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

Gilroy Unified School District is seeking a Food Service Assistant to join our District Office operations in Gilroy, CA. The role supports elementary and middle school sites with school meals, snacks, and related cash handling in a 6-hour shift from 11:30am to 6:00pm during a 10-month work year.

The position requires knowledge of basic food preparation, sanitation, record keeping, and the ability to supervise student helpers under supervision.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and write at a level sufficient to perform required duties.
• Maintain simple records and prepare routine reports.
• Ability to perform basic mathematical computations accurately.
• Ability to operate and maintain assigned food service equipment and appliances in a safe and sanitary manner.

Responsibilities

• Maintains and prepares records related to food program at kitchen facility or assigned school site.
• Sets up lunch area organizing cold racks, hot racks and beverages and cleaning up area after use.
• Arranges and sets up snack bar, serving area and lunch carts with appropriate food items, beverages and cash box.
• Assists in preparing a wide variety of foods in small or large quantities.
• Bakes or assists in baking large quantities of breads and pastry items.
• Assists with preparing special foods requested at catering events.
• Counts a variety of food items for snack bar/lunch carts and maintains accurate records of quantities received, sold, leftover,
• Assists in planning and ordering necessary food and non-food items for kitchen or school facility operations and proper leftover utilization and storage
• Assists in preparation of daily sales reports, work production worksheets, and other record keeping; collecting necessary information
• Assists in maintaining inventory control records, and keeping kitchen facility/work area clean and orderly
• Operates and cleans a variety of kitchen/snack bar equipment including food warmers, ovens, slicers and mixers
• Sells meal/food tickets making appropriate change and maintaining accurate records related to free/reduced meal program tickets
• May sell food items from snack bar, vending cart or food line
• Reviews applications for free/reduced meal program, checking accuracy and completeness of information and determining eligibility within the established guidelines
• Assists in collecting and accounting for money received and preparing bank deposits
• Performs related duties consistent with job description

Skills

Reading & writing

Record keeping

Math calculations

Equipment operation

Job description

Gilroy Unified School District is seeking a Food Service Assistant to join our District Office operations in Gilroy, CA. The role supports elementary and middle school sites with school meals, snacks, and related cash handling in a 6-hour shift from 11:30am to 6:00pm during a 10-month work year.

The position requires knowledge of basic food preparation, sanitation, record keeping, and the ability to supervise student helpers under supervision.