Food Service Clerk

About the Employer

Job Title

Food Service Clerk Location: Garton Hours: 7:00am - 1:15pm (5.75 hours) Pay: $17.48/hour

Required Education and Experience

• A valid driver's license or the ability to travel within the district as requested.
• Computational skills in money handling and completing reports.

Desired Education and Experience

• High school diploma, HIEST or GED
• School Nutrition Association membership and certification
• Previous cashiering experience in school food service or other food production facility or equivalent work experience in cashiering, accounting, and/or record keeping.

Key Requirements

• Ability to cope with time pressure.
• Ability to organize own time and tasks.
• Ability to effectively use computer-based systems.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.

Essential Functions

• Assist in the kitchen with daily production tasks including cooking breakfast and other food items.
• Back-up support in the absence of a head cook, including cooking.
• Complete daily records accurately, including production records.
• Demonstrate knowledge of reimbursable meals and snacks.
• Operate the point-of-sale system daily to close each production day.
• Check patrons through the line at serving time for reimbursable meals and charging accounts as needed.
• Count money and prepare bank deposit daily.
• Carry out clerking policies and procedures as established by Food & Nutrition Department.
• Assist with cleaning at the end of the day in accordance with district and department guidelines.
• Refill and clean fruit and vegetable bars between service lines.
• Maintain all food safety and sanitation standards.
• Maintain annual USDA professional standards requirements.
• Read communications from all district stakeholders.

Additional Essential Functions (for every DMPs position)

• Attend work on a prompt and regular basis.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Maintain satisfactory and harmonious working relationships with the public, students, and other employees.
• Assist with other duties as may be assigned.

Evaluates

N/A

Position Inventory

A12

FLSA Status

Non-exempt

Position Type

FSRV

FT/PT

Part time or full time

Days

Varies

Hours

5.75 hours

Physical Requirements

• Standing, walking, sitting, bending/stooping, reaching/pushing/pulling, climbing/stairs, driving, lifting (35 lbs), carrying (20 feet), manual dexterity skills (telephone, computer, other)

Working Conditions

Mostly indoors with frequency in extremes of temperature/humidity

All Job Requirements

All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation.

Employee Benefits Information

• All candidates offered a position will be required to successfully pass a criminal background check, and a child and adult abuse registry check.
• Certain positions may require fingerprinting, a drug and alcohol test, a physical capacity test, and/or a motor vehicle record check.

Lateral/Promotion Criteria

• Lateral transfers within the same job classification or promotion will be awarded upon consideration of the following criteria:
• 12-month calendar: Current full-time employee has been working for 12 months prior to the job posting date.
• 210-day and 230-day calendar: Current full-time and part-time employee has 12 previous months of actual workdays prior to the job posting date.
• Academic calendar: Current full-time and part-time employee has 12 previous months of actual workdays prior to the job posting date.

Attendance Policy

• Employees must have ten (10) days or less of family/personal sick leave or 'no leave hourly' time used.
• Scheduled hours in the timekeeping system will be utilized.
• Sick leave will be calculated based on the 12 previous months of actual workdays from the posting date for all employees.
• All authorized unpaid leave of absences (not FMLA approved) will not be taken off the record for this purpose of the bid process.
• All authorized FMLA leave (paid or unpaid) will be taken off the record for this purpose of the bid process.
• All authorized worker's comp (paid or unpaid) will be taken off the record for this purpose of the bid process.
• All authorized medical leaves of absences (paid or unpaid) will not be taken off the record for this purpose of the bid process.
• All authorized leaves of absences for 'other reasonable purposes' according to the comprehensive agreement will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis by the Director of Personnel before determining if it will be taken off the record for this purpose of the bid process.

No Call/No Show Policy

• All employees must not have any 'no call/no show' incidents the 12 previous months of actual workdays from the posting date.
• All employees must not have any unauthorized time off during the 12 previous months of actual workdays from the posting date.
• All employees must be in an active paid status at the beginning of the posting.

Evaluation Policy

• Composite score of 'meets' or better on the most recent evaluation.
• All staff must have one evaluation on file.
• If no evaluation is on file by the end of the respective work calendars for the year, it will be considered a 'meets' evaluation.

Discipline Policy

• No formal discipline during the 12 previous months of actual workdays from the posting date for all employees.

Seniority Policy

• If two or more employees have relatively equal qualifications, the employee with the greater seniority within the department or classification (depending on the position) will be given first consideration.
• Exceptions regarding department or classification seniority will be considered by the Director of Personnel.