To establish a list of eligible candidates that will be used to fill current and future vacancies (part-time) for the duration of the list, up to one year. The immediate vacancy is a 10-month, part time position (4.25 hours a day) located at Wood Ranch Elementary School.
 
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Completed applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. on March 12, 2025 . Late applications and/or certificates will not be accepted. To lean more about hte job and to apply please use the following link:https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/simivalleyusd/jobs/4838996/cafeteria-services-specialist?pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs

Class specifications are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed by employees in the class. Specifications are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job.

Summary
Operates a satellite food service facility by receiving, heating and serving prepackaged and fresh foods, and performing cashiering, data entry, recordkeeping and reports, and clean up.   Maintains an inventory of food and supplies, determines quantity of food required and makes the appropriate orders.  Heats and serves food in accordance with the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and other applicable food safety regulations.
 
Distinguishing Career Features
The Cafeteria Services Specialist is the second level in a service-oriented career ladder.  Assignments will usually be at a satellite kitchen site, and may take place in a partial leadership role at a central production facility.   The Cafeteria Services Specialist requires the ability to independently operate a small food service facility, performing the services required at a school site including record keeping and computer data entry, compliance with food service safety and sanitation guides, and ordering adequate quantities to meet daily demand.  Advancement to Assistant Manager is based on need, and requires two years of food services experience, and the ability to supervise a team of up to approximately six Cafeteria Assistants where the emphasis is on receiving, heating and serving prepared meals, including pre-packaged foods and fresh fruits and vegetables.

• Organizes and sequences food preparation and service that includes receiving of food items from a central kitchen, organizing, heating and final preparation.
• Maintains HACCP food production records, inventory, and ordering documents.  Maintains product and supplies in storage and service areas.
• Prepares and maintains various records and prepares reports on operations and activities including orders, inventory, sales, meals served, and monies collected.
• Prepares and serves pre-packaged food items according to specified quantities and from established menus.  Prepares and serves substitute food items to accommodate variances in student counts.  Restocks food items in appropriate storage to ensure ability to re-serve.
• Arranges individually packaged and/or portioned food items along a service line so that students can make easy selection. 
• Operates miscellaneous kitchen equipment.
• Monitors food products to ensure no out-of-condition food is served.  Applies first-in-first-out inventory and stock rotation practices. 
• Applies food safety guidelines that include a HACCP plan and procedures for protecting food from contamination.  Records food temperatures at regular intervals during heating of food items.
• Serves as a cashier, accepting money and point-of-sale transactions and participates in compilation of daily receipts, cash, and meal counts.
• Performs other duties as assigned that support the overall objective of the position.

Education and Experience
Requires a high school diploma or equivalent, and some computer and recordkeeping experience. Food services experience desirable.

Knowledge and Skills
The position requires:  Working knowledge of institutional quantity food preparation, methods, procedures, and service; food storage, safety, and sanitation procedures; and food production line processes.  Sufficient mathematical skills to add, subtract, and use decimals and fractions to count cash and make change, compute weights, measures, counts, and portions.  Sufficient reading skills to interpret menus, ingredient lists, and preparation instructions.  Sufficient human relations skills to work with staff and students, exhibit positive customer service and work as a productive member of a team.

Abilities
Requires the ability to:  Independently maintain and monitor a kitchen food service environment.  Understand and follow directions, Food Service policies, procedures, rules and regulations.  Perform basic recordkeeping functions, and complete routine food service reports.  Must be skilled in operation of commercial kitchen equipment used for preparing and serving portioned foods and/or production equipment used for portioning and packaging food items.  Customer service skills to work with students and staff. Use a personal computer for storing, receiving, and transmitting data.   Sequence food preparation activity in order to serve a variety of food items at the same time.  Follow oral and written instructions.  Interpret menus and ingredient lists.  Requires the ability to work varying shifts and locations.

Physical Abilities
The position performs work of an active nature.  Requires:  general arm, hand, leg, and body coordination to use standard large kitchen equipment and perform repetitive movements; physical ability to stand for extended periods of time; ability to lift, push and pull objects of medium weight; ability to handle hot material and work in an environment dominated by wide temperature extremes that include hot temperatures and cold storage rooms; and sufficient hand-eye coordination to maintain pace in a production setting.

Licenses and Certificates                                                                                               
May require a valid California Driver's License.  Requires a valid California Food Safety Certificate; employees must fulfill certification requirements within six months of employment in a regular position.

Working Conditions 
Work is performed indoors and outdoors where significant health and safety considerations exist from physical labor and handling of sharp objects, equipment, and materials in conditions that vary in temperature and stability.
Individuals protected by the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) may request accommodation if needed.  In order for appropriate arrangements to be made for testing, your request must be received at the time your application is submitted.  If special arrangements are not requested at the time the application is submitted, it is understood that no special accommodations are required.  Documentation on the need for accommodation must accompany your request. 

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The Simi Valley Unified School District is committed to providing equal opportunity for all applicants for employment. The application, examination, and selection process shall be free from unlawful discrimination, including discrimination against an individual or group based on race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital, pregnancy, or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or genetic information; a perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.