School Kitchen Assistant Manager - Mercer Middle School

Seattle Public Schools; Seattle (WA); Presencial; USD 25.000 - 30.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Seattle Public Schools is seeking a kitchen assistant/satellite server to support nutritious meals under the Kitchen Manager. This role emphasizes following standardized procedures, serving high quality meals, and maintaining accurate records in a busy cafeteria environment.

You will assist in meal preparation, help with inventories, promote nutrition, and ensure safety and sanitation standards are met while working with staff and students.

Formación

• One year of experience in commercial or institutional food preparation.
• Ability to plan menus and adjust recipes.
• Competency to complete and maintain all records as requested and substitute as needed.

Responsabilidades

• Prepare and serve high quality, nutritious meals following procedures.
• Complete tasks within the time allocated.
• Comply with safety and sanitation procedures.
• Assist in cleaning kitchen, equipment, tables and storeroom; report malfunctions.
• Maintain appropriate food and supply inventories.
• May direct or assist staff in meal preparation to handle emergencies.
• Maintain daily records and reports for Kitchen Manager.
• Collect money and account for meals served.
• Maintain plate count for meals served.
• Promote Culinary Services programs to increase meal participation.
• Assist staff in promoting proper nutrition.
• Establish cooperative working relations.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Conocimientos

Culinary skills

Food preparation

Teamwork

Record keeping

Descripción del empleo

Summary of Assignment
Under the direction of the Kitchen Manager or designee, perform skilled cooking or baking to ensure high quality, nutritious food production and service. May lead assigned staff in meal preparation, serving and clean up.

• Prepare and serve attractive, high quality, nutritious, cost effective meals following standardized procedures, which may include cooking or baking according to the established work schedule, following menu planners as well as meeting District standards.
• Complete tasks within time allocated.
• Comply with approved safety and sanitation procedures.
• Assist in the cleaning of kitchen, equipment, tables and storeroom as scheduled by manager and report equipment malfunctions to insure safe working conditions.
• Assist in maintaining appropriate food and supply inventories.
• May direct or assist unit employees in meal preparation tasks to meet emergencies, on-the-job training situations or as, necessary to maintain the operation of the cafeteria unit or as assigned by the Kitchen Manager or designee.
• Maintain required daily records and reports and submit to Kitchen Manager.
• Collect money and account for meals served according to established procedures either manually or by computer, if requested.
• Maintain a plate count for record of meals served.
• Promote Culinary Services programs to increase meal participation.
• Assist school staff in promoting proper nutrition.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relations with others.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Required to stand and walk for prolonged periods; ability to lift up to 25 Ibs.; carry, push, stoop, reach and ability to handle and perform fingering functions.

Required to shift tasks and priorities; experience frequent interruptions; requires flexibility and adaptability; perform repetitive tasks; requires individual initiative and teamwork; ability to communicate with students and adults in some difficult situations.

Requires effective decision making and problem solving; required to communicate with difficult individuals; excellent listening skills; adapt to change and remain flexible.

Have normal far vision, depth perception and color vision.

May be exposed to general cleaning chemicals.

1. Meet minimum qualifications for Assistant and Satellite Servers.

2. One year (1) experience in commercial or institutional food preparation

3. Ability to utilize fundamentals of meal preparation.

4. Skills to plan menus and adjust recipes.

5. Competency to complete and maintain all records as requested and substitute as needed.