On-Call Meal Operations Assistant

Job Title: On-Call Meal Operations Assistant

Department: Business/Meal Operations

FLSA Status: Part-Time, Non-Exempt

Reports to: Meal Operations Manager, Director of Operations

Compensation: $20/hour

Company Overview: The Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School is a leader in Chinese Immersion education, achieving high levels of academic and organizational success. Our diverse and inclusive community reaches far beyond the walls of our building. Here at Yu Ying our teachers, staff and families are collaborators, who together, are raising the next generation of culturally fluent and well-rounded global citizens.

Position Overview: The Meal Operations Assistant is responsible for assisting with the school's food service operations, and is an important team player. If you are enthusiastic, have a passion for food and children, this is the job for you! This position supports the safe and efficient operation of the meal service operations by providing safe and timely availability and delivery of student meals and/or services.

You will drive Yu Ying's mission, vision and team's success by:

• Accept scheduled meal deliveries, temperature check, items check and component checks to confirm portion sizes.
• Set up food for scheduled student meals into warming and serving equipment(s), according to the established guidelines.
• Operate kitchen and lunchroom equipment, ensuring that prepared food is available, as needed.
• Serve food to the students, helping students and staff, as needed to stay on schedule, in a welcoming manner.
• Clean equipment and kitchenware used in food preparation or serving, quickly storing food to be kept in the proper location.
• Assist with the inventory of food supplies to help ensure accurate tracking and recording of all supplies.
• Ensure timely and accurate meal recordkeeping and completes a variety of computer data entry responsibilities, as assigned.
• Collaborate with the Meal Operations Manager to ensure a correct and complete understanding of the priorities.
• Coordinate with teachers to ensure that those students that have restrictions and/or allergies, are serviced, accordingly.
  
  

Perform and/or assist with other job-related responsibilities, as requested and/or assigned.

• Manage daily production records.
  
  

Qualifications:

• High school graduation or its GED equivalent.
• Ability to read and understand English and effectively communicate with students, staff and community members.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience with school meal operations.
  
  

Terms of Employment: 10 months

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential responsibilities of the job and are not meant to be all inclusive. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential responsibilities of the job.

Unless reasonable accommodation can be made, while performing this job, the staff member shall:

• Use physical strength to lift, move, carry, pull or push equipment and/or student(s).
• Sit, stand, walk, and run for required periods of time.
• Speak and hear.
• Use close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception along with the ability to focus vision.
• Communicate effectively in English, using proper grammar and vocabulary.
• Reach with hands and arms and use hands and fingers to handle objects and operate tools, computers and/or controls.
  
  

Environmental Demands:

The environmental demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential responsibilities of the job and are not meant to be all inclusive.

• Exposure to a variety of childhood and adult diseases and illnesses.
• Occasional exposure to a variety of weather conditions.
• Exposure to heated/air-conditioned and ventilated facilities.
• Exposure to a building in which a variety of chemical substances are used for cleaning, instruction, and/or operation of equipment.
• Function in a workplace with a high level of noises at times.
• Washington Yu Ying PCS reserves the right to change and update policies, procedures, protocols and this job description/agreement and any addenda as needed. Employees will be notified in a timely manner of such changes by email or in staff meetings and provided an updated copy of this job description/agreement