2022-2023 Child Nutrition Employee

JOB TITLE: Child Nutrition Employee

LOCATION: Yazoo City Region

SALARY: $11.00/hour-$18.93/hour

WORK DAYS: 184 Days - 10 Month Employee

REPORT TO: Cafeteria Manager/Child Nutrition Director

FLSA STATUS: NON-EXEMPT

The students of the Mississippi Achievement School District (mASD) need your talent, expertise, passion and leadership.



We are seeking highly motivated and innovative practitioners to join our team at the mASD. We seek individuals who are radically relentless about re-envisioning the landscape of public education in Mississippi and making a significant difference in the lives of students, parents, school leaders, teachers, and central office employees.



Currently the mASD serves approximately 4100 students in Yazoo City and Humphreys County in the Mississippi Delta. As part of the state’s comprehensive transformation effort, the mASD seeks to become the model for sustainable school and district improvement in areas of the state that have experienced chronic and entrenched underperformance. Over time, the mASD intends to develop the highest-performing, competitively compensated, and most revered educator workforce in the state known for providing instructional excellence and producing significant outcomes for ALL students.

The district seeks proven instructional leaders with outstanding interpersonal skills who have a passion for working with schools, principals, and communities and who are committed to ensuring all students achieve. Serving a population as diverse as ours requires creativity, commitment, and vision.



POSITION OVERVIEW

Under general supervision, performs manual labor serving meals and other food, and assisting in meal setup and cleanup tasks in a school cafeteria. Work may involve serving meals or a la carte items at a serving line, and participating in various cleanup activities. Employee also performs some routine tasks to assist in food preparation such as washing fresh fruit, opening canned fruits and juices, making salads and record keeping such as recording food temperatures and amounts of food prepared or leftover.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

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  Required to receive training on the time management system and required to demonstrate knowledge of the proper use of the system on a daily basis.
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  Serves food at serving line, as necessary, providing a la carte items as requested or meal plates; answers inquiries pertaining to food and meal items.
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  Performs light food preparation tasks such as washing fresh fruits and vegetables, assembling salads, assembling and wrapping sandwiches, panning and heating food items, preparing tea, baking cookies, etc..
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  Prepares, cooks and serves meals, salads and a la-carte items, preparing entrees, vegetables and other side dishes according to standardized recipes; prepares meals for special diets according to recipes or other instructions provided.
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  Unpacks and carries canned and fresh fruits, meats, and vegetables from storage to the food preparation area; transports breads, rolls, desserts, and other items from oven to specified areas; prepares juice, coffee, tea, etc., and carries them to specified areas; transfers food items from cooking utensils to serving lines. May transport food to external locations or multiple areas on and off school campuses.
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  Places food, condiments and supplies on serving lines; monitors serving lines to ensure they are clean and communicates with coworkers to ensure lines are kept well supplied during serving.
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  Cleans kitchen area and equipment and utensils to ensure that sanitation codes are maintained; washes pots, pans, and serving utensils by hand or by dishwashing machine, including adding detergent and sanitizing agent, and regulating temperature and water flow to thoroughly clean and sanitize pots and pans, serving and cooking utensils and silverware.
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  May perform various housekeeping duties in kitchen, such as sweeping and mopping floors; and in dining area such as wiping or washing tables, chairs or benches, walls, high dusting, floor drains, loading dock; carrying out garbage to dumpster, cleaning kitchen restroom, etc.
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  Must know how to maintain proper sanitizer levels in all sanitizer sinks and containers.
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  Completes assigned reports including temperature logs. Follows HACCP procedures.
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  May open canned items, prepare condiment trays, fill drink cups, place milk in coolers, place ice cream in open freezers, etc., as directed.
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  Required to receive time management system training and required to properly understand and use the time management system on a daily basis.
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  Assists with putting up delivery stock items weighing 50 pounds or less in appropriate storage areas.
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  May assist with wrapping, recording, labeling, dating and putting away food and supplies at the end of serving time.
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  Takes and records temperatures and/or times of foods and food storage equipment. Completes assigned reports.
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  Attends workshops, classes, lectures, etc., as directed, to enhance and maintain knowledge of food services.
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  Employee must follow workplace safety procedures including the use of safety and personal protective equipment.

JOB EXPECTATIONS:

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  Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
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  Ability to communicate in a pleasant, positive manner with students, staff, parents, and coworkers.
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  Ability to allocate time so that tasks are completed in a timely manner.
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  Some knowledge of food sanitation guidelines, TILT and HACCP procedures.
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  Some knowledge of the ingredients of regularly served foods.
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  Some knowledge of preparing and serving foods in a commercial food service operation.
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  Some knowledge of how to operate and clean kitchen equipment.
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  Ability to select and organize materials needed to perform tasks and to return supplies and materials to the proper storage places.
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  Ability to use sound judgment and initiative to resolve problems and to make improvements in the cafeteria operation.
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  Ability to read and follow standardized recipes and instructions to prepare simple school food items.
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  Ability to calculate simple recipe extensions.
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  Ability to complete basic records such as temperature logs and production sheets.
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  Ability to record time worked using a computerized time management system.
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  Ability to read and follow written work schedule.
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  Ability to thoroughly clean and sanitize kitchen area, equipment and utensils.
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  Ability to exercise independent judgment and to use initiative to resolve problems and make improvements in the cafeteria operation.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Graduation from high school or GED preferred and some experience in food service, child care or housekeeping work; or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES:

Interested individuals who meet minimum requirements should apply online at www.masd.k12.ms.us.

Questions concerning this vacancy announcement should be directed to:

Dr. Sametra Brown, Director of Talent Management

Mississippi Achievement School District

662-746-2125

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

We are accepting applications on a rolling basis. Candidates selected for an interview will be contacted by phone.

***The Mississippi Achievement School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer***

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