Child Nutrition Assistant- 30 hrs. (Woodington Middle) (Start Date: 08/12/2026)
$35,277–$35,277 year
On-siteKinston, North Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Oversee kitchen operations by preparing, cooking, and serving meals according to standardized recipes while ensuring compliance with National School Lunch Program and HACCP standards. Manage food production, inventory, and storage, including unpacking supplies, monitoring temperature logs, and maintaining accurate production and financial records. Serve meals, act as cashier, and answer inquiries regarding meal eligibility and food allergies. Maintain sanitation and safety protocols, enforce proper hygiene, and support the Child Nutrition Manager with record management, ordering, and reporting functions. May function as the Person in Charge during manager absences and coordinate work schedules to meet serving requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Must be physically able to operate a variety of commercial equipment including ovens, steamers, combi ovens, braising pans, and all types of kitchen utensils and tools pertaining to food service, etc.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds on occasion, exert up to 25 pounds of force regularly, or 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
- Must be able to stand for hours.
- Must be able to bend, twist, lift, stoop, reach overhead to perform assigned tasks.
- Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people, or things.
- Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information.
- Requires the ability to receive instructions, assignments or directions from superiors.
- Requires the ability to work cooperatively with coworkers to complete group tasks and to serve customer needs.
- Requires the ability to read and understand a variety of correspondence, menus, recipes, work schedule and productions sheets, etc.
- Requires the ability to prepare simple reports, logs, and lists.
- Requires the ability to speak to people with poise, voice control, self- control and confidence.
- Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.
- Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, and to follow oral and written instructions.
- Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in standard English.
- Requires the ability to correctly utilize mathematical formulas while following standardized recipes; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; to work with fractions, utilize decimals and percentages, and to complete their time sheet correctly.
- Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape.
- Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using kitchen equipment.
- Requires the ability to use two hands simultaneously to pan food items and otherwise increase work speed.
- Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as kitchen equipment.
- Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
- Requires the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.
- Requires the ability to talk and hear.
- Employees should wear all prescription glasses and hearing aids when necessary to perform work assignments in a safe atmosphere.
- Store and take prescribed medication appropriately.
- Ability to communicate in a pleasant, positive manner with students, staff, parents, and coworkers.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
- Ability to read, understand and follow written work schedules written in English language.
- Ability to set priorities and allocate time so that tasks are completed and deadlines are met in a timely manner.
- Ability to select and organize materials needed to perform tasks and to return supplies to the proper storage places.
- General knowledge of food preparation, standards of sanitation and safety, TPHC and HACCP procedures.
- General knowledge of proper storage methods for various foods, supplies, and equipment.
- General knowledge of how to operate and clean kitchen equipment.
- General knowledge of the importance of using standardized recipes and ability to follow them.
- Ability to exercise independent judgment, use initiative to
Desired Qualifications
- A High School Diploma or GED preferred
- 1 to 2 years of experience in the preparation of foods in an institutional setting or childcare
- any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities
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