Kitchen Cook

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 Fayetteville and Rogers campuses

Position: Cook

Department: Child Nutrition/ Operations

Reports to: Cafeteria Manager

Job Type: Hourly/ Full time

Work Schedule: 192 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
• 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

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: From $16.00 per hour

Expected hours: 25 – 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Health insurance
• Paid training

Shift:

• Day shift

Work Location: In person