Job Posting for Nutrition Services Kitchen Assistant at Kalama School District

JobID: 381

Position Type:
Classified - Cafeteria

Date Posted:
7/20/2023

Location:
Kalama School District, Kalama, WA

Date Available:
08/28/2023

Closing Date:
08/18/2023

Kitchen Assistant

Hours: 6 hours / day, 189 days/year
Pay Rate: $17.91/ hour (Current 22-23 rate)
Barganinig Unit: SEIU
Location: Elementary

Position Function:
Assist Kitchen Lead in the performance of a variety of tasks, including: food storage, preparation, serving, clean-up, POS meal/sales accounting, follow recipes, and completing production records daily. Follow meal programming nutritional & food-safety guidelines as established by Federal-USDA, State and District mandates. Meet work-performance expectations in job knowledge; communications; planning/organization; job performance; professionalism; following District policies & safety procedures.

Essential Duties:

Receive day-to-day direction from the kitchen lead and receive specific performance requirements, guidelines and directives from Nutrition Services Management. Obtain specific performance requirements, guidelines, and directives from Nutrition Services Management.
Work within Federal/State/District/School regulations, policies and procedures; apply & meet professional standards at all times.
Follow program chain of command:
- Kitchen Lead
- Nutrition Services Management
- Business Manager

Duties and Responsibilities (depending on specific assignment):

1. Food Preparation:

Store food and equipment in specified locations.
Read and comprehend recipes and follow directions for numbers of meals to be served.
Gather cooking materials; weigh, measure and mix ingredients.
Slice, chop, dice and otherwise prepare food products for cooking.
Assist with food preparation/cooking in accordance with program standards, which include food-safety standards (i.e.: food stored/prepared/cooked /held/served at proper temperatures).
Follow required production planners for effective food preparation and service; read and comprehend recipes and directions for equipment use.
Learn and follow regulations/guidelines of School Meal Programs and other associated programs. Responsible for completing Production-Record daily.
Perform in other positions, when needed.

2.Food Service, Cleaning, and Maintenance

Provide assistance/help to prepare, place and present menus according to set standards, which include merchandising/marketing standards.
Serve food according to set standards that include portion-control and customer-service standards.
Provide assistance to secure food, supplies & equipment; protect against pilferage, loss, theft, or abuse.
Assist in cleaning cooking surfaces, floors, materials, utensils, pots and pans, etc.
Participate in salad bar set-up and dishwashing.
Assist w/ maintaining program record requirements.
Sub /fill-in other positions when needed.
Attend scheduled training.
Operate point-of-sale meal computer (POS)

Perform other duties as assigned by Nutrition Services Management.

Minimum Qualifications:

Incumbents must have successful experience in working with culturally diverse families and communities, or have otherwise demonstrated a commitment to strengthening engagement of a diverse community and skill in communicating with a diverse population.

Graduation from high school or equivalent

Ability to communicate and maintain good working relations with other employees, students, community representatives, school staff and nutrition services management
Initiative and ability to follow direction & training of senior personnel, and make sound and logical decisions
Ability to: follow required production planners for effective food preparation and service; read and comprehend recipes and directions for equipment use
Maintain valid Food Handlers Card
Customer service skills
Basic computer skills; possess or receive meal-computer/point-of-sale (POS) training
Ability to pass pre-placement drug screening

Desired Qualifications:

Nutrition service experience in a school setting
Bilingual and bicultural skills
Basic computer knowledge/skills:
- Navigate internet
- Email
- Folder Management

Physical and Environmental Requirements of the Position:
The physical demands and work environment described here represent work expectations/conditions an employee is required to accept & meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Duties include: frequent need to bend, lift, pull, push, reach, move about, hear and speak; stand and/or move around for a full work shift. Noise level may be high when operating equipment
Ability to lift and move up to 50 pounds
Specific vision abilities required include: close vision; distance vision; color vision; peripheral vision; depth perception; ability to adjust focus
Prescribed safety practices and equipment are to be effectively followed/used at all times to prevent injury to self and others
Ability to use computer equipment to generate/complete reports, etc.
While performing work duties, exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials or illnesses may occur

FSLA: Non-exempt
Revised 8/2/2

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