Senior Nutritional Services Worker

Scottsdale USD 48 • Scottsdale, AZ

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About The Position

Performs food preparation and cooking, including baking, using applicable kitchen equipment, and carries out cashiering functions in a cafeteria. The position also serves and replenishes food, prepares the cafeteria for meals, assists with food inventory, and cleans cafeteria and kitchen areas. Specific assignments may vary according to department needs.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED and six months of food handling, service, preparation, and/or cashiering experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential duties.
• Ability to obtain a Food Handler’s Card within 30 days of employment.
• Knowledge of customer service principles, basic mathematics, cooking and food preparation equipment, basic inventory principles, cash handling procedures, food preparation and cooking techniques, and cleaning and sanitizing methods.
• Skills in customer service, food preparation and cooking, equipment operation, inventory monitoring, following recipes, maintaining order among school-aged children, handling and counting money, kitchen cleaning and sanitizing, food handling, operating cash registers, reading food thermometers, and communicating with coworkers, supervisors, and the public.
• Ability to perform physical activities including stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, finger dexterity, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions.
• Ability to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, up to 50 pounds frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds constantly to move objects.

Responsibilities

• Assist with food preparation and cooking, including handling frozen foods and produce, baking, chopping salad ingredients, preparing sandwiches, monitoring food temperatures, and removing hot items from ovens.
• Collect lunch payments, balance cash drawers, and assist with daily cash reports.
• Serve food and replenish food supplies.
• Clean cafeteria and kitchen areas, including tables, floors, dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers, ovens, towels, and other items and surfaces.
• Prepare the cafeteria for meals by setting out food, rotating foods, arranging utensils and napkins, preparing trays, and setting up serving scoops and spoons.
• Assist with monitoring food inventory and count unused food after daily meal service.
• Perform other duties of a similar nature or level.

What This Job Offers

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