Food Service Cashier
About The Position
Ball State University Dining is hiring a full-time, on-campus Food Service Cashier. Under supervision, the cashier performs duties related to collecting and recording money, maintaining accurate cash and transaction records, and providing courteous, helpful customer service. The position operates on the listed two-week schedule, with shifts generally from 2:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and specified days off. The cashier is responsible for securing and verifying money, operating electronic terminals and other equipment accurately, preparing checkout forms, maintaining the cashier station and surrounding areas, and enforcing dining service rules. Additional duties may include cleaning dining areas, serving or replenishing food, assisting with special meals and events, and handling dining-service laundry. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.
Requirements
- Successfully complete the Cashier Training Class and pass its final test for positions with cashiering duties.
- Be at least 18 years old.
- Maintain clean body, teeth, hair, nails, and clothing.
- Have no allergies to soaps, cleaning agents, oven cleaners, or other food-service materials or environmental factors such as steam or dust.
- Read and comprehend safety policies, hazardous-material information, and University policies, procedures, and communications.
- Communicate effectively in spoken and written English.
- Be able to perform the physical and mental requirements of the job duties, including basic mathematical calculations, accurate recordkeeping, customer communication, and use of cashiering equipment.
- Be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.
Nice To Haves
- Previous cashiering experience and experience using a computerized cash register.
- Experience in fast food, a snack bar, a dairy bar, or a similar commercial establishment.
Responsibilities
- Count, wrap, verify, and secure money and related reports.
- Open on time and maintain published meal-service hours.
- Operate electronic terminals accurately for cash, cash-equivalency, and debit-account transactions, and generate a detailed daily media report at the end of each meal.
- Prepare accurate manual checkout forms accounting for sales and any overage or shortage.
- Complete customer transactions promptly and interact with customers courteously and helpfully; communicate customer feedback and concerns to a supervisor.
- Maintain and clean cash terminals, scales where applicable, and other equipment; report malfunctions immediately.
- Keep the cashier station and surrounding areas clean, neat, organized, and attractively displayed.
- Enforce dining service rules, monitor for possible theft, verify meal-plan or payment eligibility, follow carry-out policies, and report violations to management.
- As needed, clean dining-room areas and furnishings; serve or replenish food and other items; instruct dining-room attendants; assist with special meals and events; and launder and store dining-service items.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical and prescription plans
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending and health savings accounts
- Paid time off
- Holiday pay and 10 holidays per year
- University-funded retirement and other retirement benefits
- Tuition discounts and tuition coverage: 90% of a child's undergraduate tuition at Ball State, 100% of the employee's undergraduate tuition, and 80% of the employee's graduate tuition
- Paid parental leave (6 weeks)
- Short-term disability insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
