Aide 3.5 hr, Stdt Nutr
About The Position
The Student Nutrition Aide assists during meal service to make the cafeteria experience pleasant while ensuring compliance with health, safety, and school rules and regulations. The role circulates through the cafeteria, supports students and Student Nutrition Services staff, and helps maintain a clean and orderly cafeteria. The stated work hours are 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; the position title identifies a 3.5-hour role. District employees are expected to demonstrate regular and predictable attendance; support the district’s vision, mission, goals, and Strategic Plan; conduct themselves with civility, respect, and professionalism; and maintain the professional knowledge and skills needed to perform their duties. The position also requires teamwork, dependability, appropriate appearance and hygiene, customer service, and the ability to learn and apply job skills with minimal supervision. The job requires reading and comprehending simple instructions and short correspondence, performing basic arithmetic with American money and common measurement units, and following detailed but straightforward written or oral instructions to address problems in standardized situations. Duties may change according to district needs. The district states that its personnel policies and practices provide equal opportunity and do not discriminate on the listed protected grounds.
Requirements
- Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
- Add and subtract two-digit numbers and multiply and divide with 10s and 100s, including operations using American money and units of weight, volume, and distance.
- Apply understanding to carry out detailed but straightforward written or oral instructions and deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Demonstrate regular and predictable attendance and meet attendance and punctuality guidelines.
- Follow Student Nutrition Services dress and proper hygiene guidelines.
- Respond to service requests, follow instructions and management direction, and take responsibility for own actions.
- Demonstrate courtesy and sensitivity, respond promptly to customer needs, meet commitments, and manage challenging customer situations.
- Work collaboratively, welcome feedback and others’ views, and contribute to a positive team spirit.
- Maintain the job knowledge and skills necessary to perform the position’s duties and learn and apply new skills.
Responsibilities
- Manage students during meal service and refer behavior problems to a teacher or principal according to school-site guidelines.
- Circulate throughout the cafeteria to assist students, encourage good table manners, and encourage students to eat balanced meals and try unfamiliar foods.
- Assist Student Nutrition Services staff with student special-diet requests and help ensure students receive food that meets their dietary or preference requests.
- Assist with food tastings by offering samples of new foods with the Student Nutrition Services manager and staff, encouraging students to try them, and soliciting feedback.
- Prepare and clean allergy-free tables according to established procedures.
- Keep cafeteria tables clean and free of spills and trash, and prepare the cafeteria for the next student group by dismissing classes in an orderly manner according to the school schedule.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
