Nutrition Assistant

School Nutrition Assistant

Reports to: Front Office Operations Manager

Classification: Classified

Job Status: Part-Time/Non-Exempt

School Year

Start Date: ASAP

Location: Seattle, WA

About Rainier Valley Leadership Academy

Rainier Valley Leadership Academyis a public, tuition-free, charter school, providing an anti-racist collaborative community and rigorous education, while providing access to civic leadership and college success for all scholars in Seattle. RVLA will serve grades Kindergarten and 6-12 in the Seattle Community. We respect and celebrate the wealth and vitality of the ethnic and cultural traditions that thrive in our neighborhood. Our mission is to put every child on the path to success in college and career, leadership, and life.

We integrate college and career-ready and hands-on instruction to expose all scholars to a variety of authentic experiences. Our teachers use data driven collection to meet scholar needs and differentiation. We use common planning time and collaborative team time to analyze data to inform instruction. We provide a teacher mentor for every scholar and focus on personalized learning.

RVLA boasts a highly qualified and diverse faculty and staff that not only have excellent educational credentials, but also bring to the school community many years of dedication to scholar success and passion for our mission. Our small school community allows adults to know each other and every scholar by name, strength, and need. We pride ourselves on building and maintaining close relationships with each other, our community, scholars and families.

Opportunity

We are seeking a mission-aligned School Nutrition Assistant (SNA) to join the growing team at Rainier Valley Leadership Academy to serve scholars in grades Kindergarten and 6-12. This role will serve as a key member of the RVLA school administration team. The SNA has an important role in several key areas including School Nutrition meal preparation, meal service and special event planning. In addition, this person will serve as a support to the main office and work on special projects as assigned including assisting in building activities and all operations sponsored or related internal and external activities and events. This position is designed for someone outgoing and willing to find opportunities in anything.

To learn more about what it’s like to work at RVLA, please visit: myrvla.org

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepare, distribute, and track school nutrition meal service
• Prepare, distribute, and coordinate ordering special event food and logistics
• Restock internal supply rooms and kitchen areas
• Maintain ongoing school nutrition educational requirements
• Support front office staff by assisting with answering phones, in-person guest assistance, school nurse office support, special event support
• Assists with attendance calls and hallway support
• Serve as a technology liaison with our third party vendor
• Assist with technology swap out for scholars and staff
• Maintain technology log for inventory purposes
• Attend weekly operations team meetings and professional development
• Support, identify, and attend community events and or opportunities in Southeast Seattle, WA to meet families and scholars for the purpose of recruiting scholars to attend as needed
• Gather and organize scholar recruitment data including the number of complete scholar enrollment packets, the number of interested families, and number of families needing an in-person follow-up
• Support as needed in door-to-door scholar recruitment efforts in an identified location near the school to recruit scholars to attend
• Engage in scholar recruitment phone calls by calling families that have expressed interest in enrolling a scholar for the purpose of answering questions and giving information about how and when families can engage with the school and staff
• Assist, plan, and organize on campus events and activities
• Act as backup person for other operations team members
  
  

Qualifications

• Prior meal service experience
• Demonstrate a positive attitude, good communication skills, and sensitivity to working in a diverse community
• Ability to maintain strong relationships with community partners
• Team player and results-oriented
• Bilingual (Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Tagalog) strongly preferred, but not necessary
• Familiarity with the Washington state charter school movement and school choice is a PLUS
• Ability to work independently and without significant supervision
• Must pass a Washington State fingerprint background check
• Official College Transcripts
  
  

This employer strives for a balanced, productive workforce, which is diverse in terms of age, gender, and cultural identity. We do not base hiring or promotional decisions on factors other than performance and professional growth potential.

RVLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and strives for a balanced, productive workforce, which is diverse in age, gender, and cultural identity. We do not base hiring or promotional decisions on factors other than performance and professional growth potential. Please note that we are unable to sponsor H-1B Visa applicants

Compensation And Role Specifics

Title | School Nutrition Assistant

Compensation Rate | $21.55-$22.87

Status | PT

FTE Equivalent | 0.5

Estimated Weekly Hours | 20

Benefit Eligibility No

About Rainier Valley Leadership Academy

ABOUT RAINIER VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: Rainier Valley Leadership Academy is a public, tuition-free, charter school, providing an anti-racist collaborative community and rigorous education, while providing access to civic leadership and college success for all scholars in Seattle. RVLA serves grades 6-12 in the Seattle Community. We respect and celebrate the wealth and vitality of the ethnic and cultural traditions that thrive in our neighborhood. Our mission is to put every child on the path to success in college, career, leadership, and life. We integrate college and career-ready and hands-on instruction to expose all scholars to a variety of authentic experiences. Our teachers use data driven collection to meet scholar needs and differentiation. We use common planning time and collaborative team time to analyze data to inform instruction. We provide a teacher mentor for every scholar, and focus on personalized learning. RVLA boasts a highly-qualified and diverse faculty and staff that not only have excellent educational credentials, but also bring to the school community many years of dedication to scholar success and passion for our mission. Our small school community allows adults to know each other and every scholar by name, strength and need. We pride ourselves on building and maintaining close relationships with each other, our community, scholars and families.