Food Service Admin (25-26)
Description
Position Summary
We are looking for a teammate who loves working in a school environment and wants to be part of a dynamic team! This role ensures our students have access to nutritional meals to support the development of healthy minds and bodies. The food server provider will support the food service program for KIPP Stockton Elementary School. This is a part-time role (24 hours/week) reporting to the Director of School Operations.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience:
- Experience working in a school preferred
- Experience working with preparing and serving meals
Education:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Food Handler certification or ability to obtain certification
Knowledge/skills required:
- Ability to learn, comprehend, and implement health and safety guidelines around food handling and distribution
- Ability to multitask and prioritize competing responsibilities as well as respond to emergencies in a calm and efficient manner
- Successful experience working as an effective member of a team
- Respect for children and adults from various cultures and backgrounds, flexibility, patience
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment that is subject to interruptions
- Ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders
- Ability to problem-solve independently
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- Prepares food for distribution: breakfast, lunch, and snack for approx. ~250 students in Elementary and Middle School settings
- Operating Kitchen equipment (warmer, oven, etc.)
- Coordinate, track, and provide feedback to the food vendor on the number of meals served and the required
- Ability to follow the health and safety protocols to ensure food is safely served
- Maintains records/documents for health inspection
- Supports in the set-up and clean-up of all materials and areas impacted by breakfast and lunch
- Supports in cleaning the lunch space and kitchen throughout lunch and after lunch
- Ensures serving trays and any other equipment are properly sanitized and stored
- Serves students breakfast and lunch
- Prepares snacks for after school program
- Adherence to KIPP and local public health and safety standards
- Support with special events (field trips, field days, etc.)
- Ability to lead Health & Safety Inspections with the support of the Director of School Operations (DSO)
- The ability to implement systems to run a successful meal program
- Other duties as assigned
Physical, Mental and Environmental Demands
Physical: Ability to cart food from one location to another. Ability to access and utilize technology. (G-Suite, platform for ordering meals, timecards, etc.) Daily lifting/carrying of equipment 40lbs. Physical agility to move oneself in various positions to execute duties effectively, which may include kneeling, walking, pushing/pulling, squatting, twisting, turning, bending, stooping, and reaching overhead.
Mental: Stress of deadlines and normal work standards, ability to analyze problems and generate alternatives, work with interruptions, concentrate for long periods of time, read, calculate, perform routine math problems, memorize and recall objects and people. The ability to advocate what is needed to ensure the job duties are done properly.
Environmental: The position is 100% on-site. Adhere to KIPP’s health and safety guidelines as outlined by the CDC, CDE, and public health agencies’ recommendations.
Classification
Part-time, non-exempt position based on the school calendar. This teammate will work 24 hours/week serving breakfast, lunch, and preparing afterschool snacks. This role is eligible for benefits.
About KIPP Public Schools Northern California
We are a thriving nonprofit network of free, public charter schools open to all students. At KIPP, we believe all children should grow up free to create the future they want for themselves and that schools can and should be a critical factor in making that vision a reality. Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.
Our student community consists of over 7,000 elementary, middle, and high school students in East Palo Alto, Oakland, San Francisco, San Lorenzo, San Jose, Redwood City, and Stockton. 79% qualify for free or reduced price lunch, 23% are multilingual learners, and 10% have special needs. We strive to cultivate a representative team of teachers and leaders that reflect our students’ diversity.
Compensation
KIPP Northern California is dedicated to you and your family's well-being! We offer a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and transportation benefits.
KIPP Northern California is dedicated to you and your family's well-being! We offer a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and transportation benefits.
We benchmark annually against comparably-sized non-profit organizations in the regions where we operate, to offer competitive salaries. The hourly rate for this position is between $16.88 - $18.46/hr.
How to Apply
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