Food Service Specialist - IDEA Pharr (Immediate Opening)

IDEA Public Schools • Pharr, TX

10d • $13 - $15 • Onsite

About The Position

The Food Service Specialist ensures that appropriate quantities of food are prepared, portioned, and served to IDEA students. This role involves preparing food, following recipes, adhering to kitchen processes, monitoring students during meal periods, and performing kitchen cleaning duties. The specialist will cut and chop fruits and vegetables, monitor student behavior, encourage healthy eating, enforce food sharing policies, and maintain kitchen cleanliness through sweeping, mopping, wiping tables, washing dishes, and disposing of trash.

Requirements

• Ability to understand food recipes, safe handling of food and sanitation practices.
• Working knowledge of kitchen/food production procedures.
• Ability to operate kitchen equipment, tools, and utensils.
• Ability to perform basic math skills.
• Works well under pressure in a team setting.
• Ability to lift, bend, pull, push, twist.
• 1+ years of experience in a job that shows physical activity or requires you to be on your feet for multiple hours a day.
• Must be able to handle working with medium to large equipment (i.e. ovens, slicer, steamer, etc.).
• Has basic math skills that directly relate to portioning food items in small trays.
• Can take direction and feedback well.
• Must be able to adapt quickly in being switched from serving food to washing dishes.
• Can take feedback well, especially during mid-year and end of year.
• Can self-reflect and be honest with own performance, desire to correct mistakes quickly.
• Can work around or with an academic calendar.
• During regular school days, 8 hours per day.
• Some overtime needed.
• Depending on the campus, may need to work on Saturdays.

Nice To Haves

• High School Diploma Preferred but Not Required
• Food Handler’s Permit (City of County) preferred
• Possess an interest or passion for working with food
• Has a basic knowledge or can quickly learn of food production processes
• Has a basic knowledge of providing service to our customers (students)
• Takes pride in food that is prepared and served to the students
• Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college
• Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them
• Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly
• Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization
• Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes
• We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students

Responsibilities

• Prepare, portion, and serve food to students.
• Cut and chop fruits and vegetables.
• Follow recipes and established kitchen processes.
• Monitor students during meal periods for appropriate behavior, encourage consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables, and enforce food sharing policies.
• Perform kitchen cleaning duties including sweeping, mopping, wiping tables, washing dishes, and disposing of trash.
• Move cafeteria tables daily.
• Dispose of garbage.

Benefits

• Hourly rate ranging between $13.00 for 0 years of experience and $14.95
• Performance bonus based on team performance and goal attainment.
• Comprehensive benefits plan, covering the majority of the employee premium for the base medical plan and subsidizing the majority of costs for a spouse/domestic partner and children.
• Paid Family Leave: Eligible staff may receive up to 8 weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child, based on their tenure with the organization and caregiver designation.
• Tuition Reimbursement: Staff members may apply for up to 50% of tuition paid toward a qualifying degree program, up to $5,250 maximum per year subject to manager discretion and budget availability.
• Employer-Paid Mental/Behavioral Health: 5 face-to-face counseling sessions within a year, unlimited 24/7 telephonic counseling, and other work-life services available at no cost.
• Dental and vision plans
• Disability
• Life insurance
• Parenting benefits
• Generous vacation time
• Referral bonuses
• Professional development
• Relocation allowance to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.

What This Job Offers

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