Food Service Assistant

Overview

Position Type: Food Services/ Food Services Assistant

Date Posted: 1/23/2026

Location: Centinela Valley Union High School District

Personnel Commission
CLASSIFIED JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
Centinela Valley Union High School District

PERMANENT

POSITION: Food Service Assistant

TYPE: Part-time position, Monday through Friday, 3.75 hours per day, for 10 months per year.

COMPENSATION: Range 17;
Schedule M;
Step 1: $18.76 - Step 5: $22.33 Hourly

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT:

This is a PROMOTIONAL and OPEN recruitment to establish an eligibility list and fill vacancies. The eligibility list will be used to fill vacancies that may occur during the life of the eligibility list. Per agreement with our classified bargaining unit laid-off CVUHSD classified employees have a preference for reemployment to any vacant position for which they are qualified and apply.

In a promotional and open recruitment, the promotional list shall take precedence. If the promotional list contains fewer than three eligible and willing ranks, certification of additional ranks shall be made from the open list.

The examination process will consist of a written examination and an oral technical interview. Applicants will be notified of their application status via email.

Under the direction of a Cafeteria Manager or another assigned supervisor, prepare, warm, and serve hot and cold menu items to students and staff at an assigned school; maintain the kitchen and food service areas in a safe, clean and orderly condition.

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Education and Experience

Any combination of education, experience, and training that likely would provide the required knowledge and skills is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required knowledge and skill would be:

Experience
At least one year of experience in school, commercial, institutional, or retail food service, or manufacturing.

Education
Graduation from high school, or equivalent to the completion of twelfth grade, is desired but not required

February 13, 2026, by 5:00 pm.

To be considered for this position, the applicant must complete the online application.
More information on our recruitment, selection, and employment practices can be found at: cvuhsd.org/pc.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER

The Centinela Valley Union High School District is committed to providing a safe school and working environment where all individuals in education are afforded equal access and opportunities. The District's academic and other educational support programs, services and activities shall be free from discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying of any individual based on the person’s actual race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression;

the 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. For more information or to file a complaint, please contact Dr. Pamela Brown, Assistant Superintendent, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Centinela Valley Union High School District, 14901 Inglewood Avenue. Lawndale, CA 90260. brownp,