Cafeteria, Cook Dishes, Food Safety, Lift/Move 40 Pounds, Organizational Skills, Physical Demands, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Procedure Development, Sanitation, Secondary School, ServSafe Certification, Transaction Processing/Management, Waitressing
id='p4023_'>Kitchen Assistant JobID: 4023
Position Type:
Food Service
Date Posted:
6/9/2026
Location:
High School Campus
Date Available:
August 11, 2026
Closing Date:
Open until filled
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Notice of Support Staff Posting
Position: Kitchen Assistant Posting # 4023
Posting Dates: June 9, 2026 Until Filled
Reports To: Food Director
Beginning: August 11, 2026
Hours: 20 hours per week
Monday to Friday
School Year/Part Time
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Qualifications:
- Experience working in a school kitchen or cafeteria preferred.
- ServSafe certified preferred.
Job Responsibilities:
Assist the main cook of all breakfast and lunch meals. Follow recipes and portion guidelines to ensure consistency and quality. Maintain a clean and organized work area at all times.
- Sanitation: Adhere to proper sanitation and food safety guidelines at all times. Clean and sanitize food preparation surfaces, equipment, and utensils. Monitor food temperatures and storage to prevent spoilage and contamination.
- Serving Students:: Greet students and staff in a friendly and courteous manner. Serve food items according to portion sizes and dietary restrictions. Assist students with their meals and answer any questions about menu items.
- Running Register: Operate cash register and accurately process transactions. Handle cash in accordance with established procedures. Balance cash drawer at the end of each shift.
- Dishwashing: Assist with dishwashing duties as needed, including washing, rinsing, and sanitizing dishes, carts and utensils. Ensure that all dishes are properly cleaned and stored for future use.
- Stocking/Ordering: Assist with putting away GFS order in dry storage, coolers and freezers.
- Other: Physically demanding job. Must be able to push, pull, lift, carry up to 40 lbs. Able to stand for extended periods and work in a fast-paced kitchen environment.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
- Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
- Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles. Must be able to lift, carry, push and/or pull up to 40 pounds
- Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
- Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work; those activities where detailed or import spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
- Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
- Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
- The worker is subject to environmental conditions.
- The worker should provide consistent and reliable in person attendance.