Child Nutrition - Elementary Kitchen Manager

This position operates on a variable schedule: 5.5 hours per day for 169 days per year, 4 hours per day for 2 days per year, 8 hours for 1 day per year, and 7 hours per day for 10 days per year. Pay is set at the PSE Level 5 Salary Schedule rate of $25.40 per hour.

About the role

This position involves preparing food, setting up for and serving meals, and cleaning serving and kitchen areas.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Sets up serving carts and warming ovens for meal service to support educational achievement.
• Fills condiment containers; sets up utensils, napkins, trays, and other serving items.
• Prepares, pans, and heats food, maintaining appropriate temperatures.
• Serves meals to students and staff, ensuring appropriate quantities and attractive presentation; assists students in assembling meals on trays.
• Cleans and wipes down serving and meal areas between breakfast and lunch; refills containers and serving items.
• Guides the work of Child Nutrition helper(s) and/or Point of Service helper assigned to the location.
• Assists in placing food in serving carts and ovens according to proper food handling procedures.
• Cleans carts, tables, and other food serving areas after meal periods; stores equipment.
• Cleans refrigerators, storage areas, grills, deep fryers, shelves, and other areas regularly.

Other Functions

• Prepares a list of the next day’s order for food and supplies.
• Collects and may launder kitchen linen and other items.
• May perform cashier or point-of-service duties as needed.
• May serve on various district committees and/or departmental work teams.
• Models appropriate and cooperative behavior, including protecting confidential information, consistent with district ethical guidelines.
• Performs related duties consistent with the scope and intent of the position.

Reporting Relationships

• Reports to the Director of Child Nutrition.
• Receives guidance from the Cook Manager.

Mental Demands

• Performs under strict meal deadlines.
• Required to time tasks for completion in proper sequence.
• Required to anticipate quantities and order for cost efficiency and proper storage.

Physical Demands

• Exposed to heat from ovens, burners, and steam trays.
• Exposed to cutting and slicing equipment and machines with moving parts.
• Required to stand for prolonged periods.
• Required to move heavy supplies weighing up to fifty (50) pounds and full pans of food.
• Exposed to high noise levels from kitchen equipment and students at meals.
• Required to wear protective clothing.
• Required to assist students by cleaning meal spills.
• Potentially exposed to ordinary infectious diseases carried by students.
• Passage of a pre-placement physical and testing is required (the district assumes the cost).

Requirements

• Education, training, skills, and experience necessary to carry out the assignment; experience serving food is desirable.
• Experience working with school-age children is desirable.
• SNA (State Nutrition Association) certification required.
• Ability to follow directions and procedures.
• Knowledge of proper food handling techniques.
• Knowledge of food service safety and sanitation.
• Ability to meet offer vs. serve meal pattern requirements.
• Ability to serve appropriate quantities and present food attractively.
• Ability to order and account for food service items.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students and staff.

Licenses/Special Requirements

• Requires fingerprinting and background check to determine no convictions involving physical molestation, abuse, injury, or neglect of a minor.
• Must complete training in and adhere to the district infection control plan.
• Valid Washington state food handler’s permit.

Pay

$25.40 per hour (PSE Level 5 Salary Schedule).

Schedule

• 5.5 hours per day for 169 days per year.
• 4 hours per day for 2 days per year.
• 8 hours for 1 day per year.
• 7 hours per day for 10 days per year.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package including insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, paid holidays, and other compensation. Click here for details.