Description
Role Mission : The Food Service Specialist ensures that appropriate quantities of food are prepared, portioned, and served to IDEA students.
Other responsibilities include but are not limited to : cutting / chopping fruits & vegetables, following recipes, adhering to established kitchen processes, monitoring of students during meal periods (.
monitoring for appropriate behavior, encouraging students to consume more fresh fruits & vegetables, no sharing of food, and kitchen cleaning duties (sweeping, mopping, wiping tables, washing dishes, disposing of trash).
What We Offer
Compensation :
- Compensation for this role is set at an hourly rate ranging between $15.00 for 0 years of experienceand $17.25
- This role is also eligible for a performance bonus based on team performance and goal attainment.
Other Benefits :
We offer a 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.
Some of the special benefits we offer at IDEA include :
- 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.
Other benefits include dental and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, generous vacation time, referral bonuses and professional development.
IDEA may offer a relocation allowance to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.
What You Bring Competencies :
- 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 skill.
- Works well under pressure in a team setting.
- Ability to lift, bend, pull, push, twist.
Qualifications :
- Education : High School Diploma Preferred but Not Required
- Experience : Food service or restaurant experience preferred, but not required
- License or Certification : Food Handler’s Permit (City of County)
What You’ll Do Accountabilities :
Possess an interest or passion for working with food
- Has a basic knowledge or can quickly learn of food production processes
- It all in one job cooking, cleaning, restocking and resetting the kitchen for next day
- Can meet the physical demands of the job (lifting, bending,, walking,
- Has a basic knowledge of providing service to our customers (students)
Understand how to read and execute recipes
- Must be able to handle working with medium to large equipment (. ovens, slicer, steamer,
- Have basic math skills that directly relate to portioning food items in small trays
- Takes pride in food that is prepared and served to the students
Can take direction and feedback well
- Things can change fast, 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
- Extended periods of time where there is not work (. Spring Break, Summer Break, Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break)
- During regular school days, 8 hours per day. Some overtime needed
- Depending on the campus, may need to work on Saturdays
We look for Team and Family who embody the followingvaluesand characteristics :
- Believes and is committed to our missionand being an agent of change : that all studentsare capable of gettingto and through college
- Has demonstrated effectiveoutcomes 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 improvequickly
- 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 relationshipsin order toachieve outcomes
- We believe in education asa professionand hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students
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