Kitchen Coordinator

Kitchen Coordinator

Job : 4753223

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Re-Posted: May 01, 2025 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

South Burlington School District.
Position Description.

Job Title:

Kitchen Coordinator.

Location:

District Schools.
Job Group:
Non-Certified, Non-Union Support Staff.

Reports To:

Nutrition Service Director.

Summary: Coordinates and assists in the preparation and serving of quality food to students, faculty, and staff in an efficient and professional manner. Ensures that safe and efficient food preparation, service, and clean up processes are followed.

• Responsible for ensuring proper food preparation for meals, including, but not limited to Breakfast and Lunch.
• Orders food as directed by supervisor and/or department guidelines.
• Maintains daily and monthly logs, including but not limited to Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HAACP), refrigeration, receiving, cooking, and temperature.
• Maintains kitchen and food in accordance with local and state health department rules and school policies. Observes and ensures all staff follow proper hygiene and sanitation procedures in all aspects of daily duties.
• Works safely within established guidelines for lifting techniques and knife safety; keeps facility picked up and hazard free, and cooperates to keep co-workers safe.
• Remains current on job related knowledge, including but not limited to sanitation, food borne illness, food contamination, cooking and holding temperatures (safe food handling). May attend trainings.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The ability to cultivate and lead a collaborative team environment is essential to the employee's successful job performance. This position may assist the Director in employment processes, including but not limited to selection, performance management, and training. Assists administration in establishing and maintaining school-based discipline and a positive learning environment for students.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are typical of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Education and/or
  
  Experience:
  
  Must be a High School graduate or have a General Educational Development Diploma (GED). One year or more experience with large-scale cooking, food preparation, and serving.
• Licenses and/or Certificates: Must hold a Serve Safe Certificate or the equivalent or must be certified within a requested period of time. Valid Vermont Driver’s License.
• Language
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, memos, and documents such as recipes, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to develop and write routine correspondence. Ability to speak effectively to individuals, small groups, or before others from the greater school community. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing is essential.
• Mathematical
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to apply basic addition, subtraction, and multiplication skills and to calculate figures and amounts such as weight, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, distance, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra. Ability to perform these operations using units of American Money.
• Reasoning
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Demonstrated ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Other
  
  Skills and Abilities:
  
  Personal computer and spreadsheet experience. Effective organization skills and the demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously is required. Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and School Board policies as they relate to the job responsibilities is essential. Ability to work in a friendly manner with co-workers and students. Basic…