Position Type: Support StaffDate Posted: 8/6/2024Location: LISA Academy FayettevilleLISA 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 Fayetteville and Rogers campuses Position: Cook Department: Child Nutrition/ Operations Reports to: Cafeteria Manager Job Type: Hourly/ Full time Work Schedule: 185 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 food items according to serving called for in the recipe or from the Cafeteria Manager
- Prepares food to look appealing and pleasing to the student's eyes and serves food to students and if needed serves to teachers, staff, and visitors.
- Maintain a pattern of prompt and regular attendance
- When needed 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.
- Working with team to drive the nutrition cargo van as needed.
- Maintain a high level of customer service
- Maintain high standards of sanitary conditions in the cafeteria including employee cleanliness, food handling, preparation, and storage.
- Communicates efficiently with supervisor on needs or adjustments that they see in the work they do.
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
- Abilty to drive a nutrition cargo van.
- 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.
Physical Requirements
- Be able to lift 10-25 lbs on a regular basis and up to 50 lbs on occasion
- Be able to operate and drive Cargo Van
- The ability to stand for a 6-8 hour shift
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 not required but taken into account