Food Service Specialist Substitute - IDEA Sports Park (Immediate Opening)

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 $13.00 for 0 years of experienceand $14.95
• 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
16 days ago