School Nutrition Cook- Part Time Rogers

LISA Academy Public Charter Schools is hiring team members for the kitchen team! We are looking for a positive and energetic team member who has a love for cooking and serving students and making an impact in their day at the LISA Academy Springdale campus!

Position: PART TIME Cook

Department: School Nutrition/ Operations

Reports to: Cafeteria Manager or School Nutrition Director

Job Type: Hourly/ Full time

Work Schedule: 189 days

Job Summary/ Primary Purpose:

Work cooperatively with other nutrition team members to provide excellent food and outstanding customer service to students teachers staff and visitors for the LISA Academy school district.

Performance Responsibilities/ Roles & Responsibilities:

• Adheres to recipes and directions for the number of meals to be served.
• Calculates ingredients needed measures and mixes them.
• Portions the food and menu items according to the recipe or from the Cafeteria Manager
• Prepares food to look appealing and pleasing to the students eyes and serves food to students and if needed serves to teachers staff and visitors.
• Maintain a pattern of prompt and regular attendance.
• Take the initiative to step in and help other team members with cooking cleaning serving etc. To help the team accomplish tasks for the day.
• Manages serving line efficiently.
• Maintain a high level of customer service.
• Maintain high standards of sanitary conditions in the cafeteria including employee cleanliness food handling preparation and storage.
• Communicate efficiently with the manager on the needs or adjustments.
• Provide input on menus that will encourage student consumption.
• Attend meetings for the kitchen site as needed.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of food preparation cooking and serving in large quantities.
• Knowledge of safety and sanitation standards
• Skill in the use of food preparation equipment
• Ability to follow computer-based training use common computer applications and email.
• Ability to operate electronic point of sales system.
• Ability to maintain professionalism under pressure.
• Displays the willingness to further job knowledge by in job-related training professional activities and relating skills obtained from training to performance on the job.

Physical Requirements

• Be able to lift 10-25 lbs. regularly and up to 50 lbs. on occasion.
• Able to drive nutrition cargo van(s) and vehicles to satellite sites.
• The ability to stand for a 68-hour shift.
• Ability to withstand temperature extremes (going in and out of walk-in freezers and refrigerators working around hot ovens etc.)

Experience & Education Requirements

• High school diploma or GED
• Experience in cooking for an institutional setting or other foodservice cooking experience is preferred with the highest preference given to cooking in school nutrition.
• Servsafe training (or equivalent) is not required but is taken into account.