Food Service Worker - Part Time

About the role

The Food Service Worker is expected to provide guidance and customer service toward students and staff. This position is designed to relieve temporary absences, vacancies or leaves and may be assigned to any of the District’s work sites on a periodic basis.

Responsibilities

• Assist with food preparation activities, including supper.
• Fill in at various school locations during staff vacancies and absences.
• Assist with cafeteria counter service.
• Serve food according to all USDA and National School Lunch Program guidelines and regulations-inclusive of District and MDE Fresh Fruit/Vegetable and other Farm to Fresh programs.
• Ensure that safe food handling techniques and methods are maintained during all food preparation and service.
• Work in food service and food production areas as needed.
• Be responsible for trash removal from kitchen and dining areas.
• Assume the responsibility for handling stock.
• Assume the responsibility for mopping and sweeping the kitchen area.
• Assume the responsibility for spot wet mopping and sweeping the dining area.
• Maintain DPSCD’s 2.5-acre food production site, and practice food growing, processing, and distribution safety.
• Support and maintain DPSCD’s 80+ school gardens.
• Provide upkeep of food development and production areas associated with district and MDE Fresh Fruit/Vegetable and other Farm to Fresh programs.
• Ensure food handling techniques and methods are maintained during all phases of food products associated with the MDE Fresh Fruit/Vegetable and other Farm to Fresh programs.
• Perform all other food service, cafeteria and school garden related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• A High School Diploma or G.E.D Certificate preferred.
• Reliable transportation and be able to travel to any of the 107 school based kitchens within Detroit Public Schools Community District on any given day.
• Able to accept instruction and work in a team environment.
• Physical: walking, standing, bending, reaching, stooping, squatting, kneeling, lifting and carrying.
• Ability to lift between 10-50 pounds based on need and specific tasks.
• Experience working with students and/or volunteers and diverse communities.
• Interest and familiarity with issues related to local food and food access.
• Must be able to stand, walk, bend, stoop, kneel, reach or quat and lift between 10-50 lbs. based on need and specific tasks.
• Skill in developing positive interpersonal relationships, successful work relationships in dealing with supervisory personnel and sensitivity to students and community needs.

Qualifications

• Must have reliable transportation and be able to travel to any of the 107 school based kitchens within Detroit Public Schools Community District on any given day.
• Able to accept instruction and work in a team environment.
• Physical: walking, standing, bending, reaching, stooping, squatting, kneeling, lifting and carrying.
• Ability to lift between 10-50 pounds based on need and specific tasks.
• Experience working with students and/or volunteers and diverse communities.
• Interest and familiarity with issues related to local food and food access.
• Must be able to stand, walk, bend, stoop, kneel, reach or quat and lift between 10-50 lbs. based on need and specific tasks.
• Skill in developing positive interpersonal relationships, successful work relationships in dealing with supervisory personnel and sensitivity to students and community needs.

Skills

• Positive interpersonal relationships.
• Successful work relationships in dealing with supervisory personnel.
• Sensitivity to students and community needs.

Benefits

No benefits are offered for this position.

Pay

$18.80/hr

Schedule

5.5 hours per day (Mon-Fri)