Lunch Monitor

Job Title: Lunch Monitor

Terms of Employment: Part-Time Hourly

Work Location: G.H. Reid Elementary

Immediate Supervisor: School Principal

General Description: Duties performed typically in the school cafeteria. Work requires frequent standing, sitting, walking and light lifting up to 10 pounds. Effective verbal and written communication skills for expressing or exchanging ideas, hearing to perceive information at a normal spoken word level.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Greets and relates to all students, teachers, visitors, parents, school administrators, school board employees, and all others in a polite and professional manner.
• Promotes a positive lunchroom environment for students, staff, and guests. Interacts with students in a manner which is appropriate to their developmental level, being fair, consistent, and professional at all times.
• Assists with tasks that contribute toward a neat and orderly cafeteria environment such as wiping tables, picking up trays and silverware, helping children clean up spilled food and trash, and similar tasks as needed.
• Maintains order and acceptable noise level in the cafeteria and serving lines in accordance with standards relayed by the school principal or designee.
• Assists students with needs that may arise such as opening milk cartons and thermos bottles.
• Reports all student injuries, accidents, illnesses, and discipline problems to the appropriate authority immediately.
• Encourages good table manners. Performs other duties as assigned by the school principal or designee.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or its equivalency.
• Ability to follow written and oral instructions.
• Ability to work cooperatively and productively with other food service employees, students, staff, and others contacted in a fast-paced, customer service-oriented workplace.
• Ability to supervise children in an orderly and consistent manner following guidelines supplied by the principal or designee.
• Must be able to follow oral and written directions and have the ability to work effectively and cooperatively with elementary school-age children and others.

HOW TO APPLY: All applicants (including RPS employees) must submit an online application. Please access the website at:

Please upload the following information with your application: a current resume, transcript, and license if applicable. Three references names and contact information will be required if you progress to the interview step of the selection process. Richmond Public Schools will conduct a background investigation, fingerprinting, and tuberculosis screening as a condition of employment. EOE.

PAY SCALE: $12.00/hr.

LENGTH OF CONTRACT: This is a temporary position and can be terminated at any time by Richmond Public Schools.

START DATE: Based on School Board approval.