Child Nutrition Assistant II

Personnel Commission • Madera, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Under the general direction of the Director of Child Nutrition, the Child Nutrition-Assistant II provides support to the educational process at assigned food service location/s with specific responsibilities for preparing and serving food items to students and/or school personnel; and maintaining food service facilities in a safe and sanitary condition. The incumbents in this classification provide the school community with safely and reliably prepared and served food items at breakfast and lunch which directly supports student learning and achievement.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Two (2) years of work experience in school food services.
• Pass the District’s applicable proficiency exam for the job class with a satisfactory score.
• Possession of, or ability and qualifications to obtain Food Safety Certification within twelve (12) months of appointment and failure to do so could result in release.
• After offer of employment, obtain: Criminal Justice and FBI Fingerprint Clearance.
• Negative TB test result plus periodic post-employment retest as required (currently every four years).
• Pre-employment physical exam D through District’s provider at District’s expense.
• Knowledge of safety and food sanitation practices and procedures (e.g., washing and cutting vegetables and meat, assembling items for packaging, and controlling food temperature during storage, shipping and serving).
• Knowledge of quantity food preparation and handling.
• Knowledge of institutional quantity food preparation, methods, procedures, and services.
• Knowledge of food serving methods and procedures such as heating and wrapping food items.
• Knowledge of basic food handling techniques, including storage and proper temperature control.
• Knowledge of setting up and selling food items.
• Knowledge of inventory, record keeping and ordering practices.
• Knowledge of standard kitchen equipment, utensils, and weights, and measures.
• Knowledge of basic mathematics (add, subtract, divide, decimals, fractions for making change, counting a drawer, measuring proportions of food items, taking inventory, and ordering supplies).
• Ability to adhere to safety practices.
• Ability to operate equipment found in a commercial kitchen.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to work at a fast pace with interruptions.
• Ability to communicate with persons of diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to have patience and be flexible; ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to prepare, set-up and serve food to students according to established procedures.
• Ability to accurately handle and account for money received and make change.
• Ability to safely and efficiently operate standard kitchen equipment, appliances, and utensils.
• Ability to follow applicable health and sanitation requirements.
• Ability to work effectively under time constraints.
• Ability to communicate effectively with students, co-workers, and others of diverse background.
• Ability to understand, be sensitive to, and respect the diverse academic, socio-economic, ethics, religious, and cultural backgrounds, disabilities, and sexual orientation, of students, parents, teachers, administrators, and staff.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective interpersonal relationships and effectively communicate using tact, patience and courtesy in a manner that reflects positively on the District.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with menu planning and basic nutrition preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists in food preparation for special events at assigned location as requested.
• Cleans utensils, equipment, and storage, food preparation, and serving areas to maintain required sanitary conditions.
• Enters food orders into Food Service Inventory software.
• Inspects food items and/or supplies for the purpose of verifying quantity, quality, and specifications of orders and/or complying with mandated health standards.
• Inventories food, condiments, and supplies to ensure timely reorder and availability of items for meeting projected menu requirements.
• Maintains equipment, storage, food preparation, and serving areas in a sanitary condition in compliance with current health and safety standards.
• Maintains files and records (e.g., temperature logs, transport records) to provide written documentation and support and/or conveying information.
• May opens site kitchen to prepare, set up, and serve breakfast meal.
• Monitors kitchen and cafeteria areas for the purpose of ensuring a safe and sanitary working environment.
• Operates a variety of kitchen/cafeteria equipment such as stoves and ovens for the purposes of cooking, heating, or warming prepackage food items.
• Operates kitchen machinery (e.g., pre-pack machine, slicers) for the purpose of preparing, packaging and/or transporting meals.
• Performs functions of other nutritional services positions when requested by supervisor to ensure adequate staff coverage within the site’s nutritional services operations.
• Prepares food and beverage items to meeting mandated nutritional and projected meal requirements.
• Prepares standardized documents (e.g., transport records, inventory sheets) to communicate information to others.
• Provides work direction and coordination to assigned Child Nutrition Assistant I.
• Reports equipment malfunctions, notifying supervisor of need for repair and/or replacement.
• Serves and assists in preparation of institutional quantities of food items from established menus.
• Serves food items according to specified quantities and portions.
• Serves one or more items of food for the purpose of meeting mandated nutritional requirements and/or requests of students and school personnel.
• Travels to assigned school site for the purpose of arranging, preparing, and serving meals to students and other school personnel.
• Performs other related duties as assigned for ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the work unit and the District, including various mandatory District trainings.

Benefits

• Classified Salary Range: 14
• Work Calendar: 205 Days
• Work Hours: 6:00 am - 2:30 pm (8 hours/day)
• Criminal Justice and FBI Fingerprint Clearance
• Negative TB test result plus periodic post-employment retest as required (currently every four years)
• Pre-employment physical exam D through District’s provider at District’s expense

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED