Food Service Worker

Food Service Worker – Permanent, Hourly

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Work type: Permanent, Hourly
Location: Spokane
Categories: Part-Time

Salary Range: $18.33 - $24.23

Starting salary for this position is: $18.33 (Hourly)

Employees hired at the entry step of this range receive salary step advancement after six months and every 12 months thereafter. An employee hired at anything higher than the entry step of the range will have salary step advancement after 12 months and every 12 months thereafter until they reach the top of the salary range. Each salary step advancement will be approximately a 5% increase.

Spokane Colleges Head Start/ECEAP/Early Head Start provides care and support for more than 1,600 children and their families. We offer safe and secure learning environments for children to grow and develop their skills to succeed in elementary school and beyond. We are dedicated to working with low‑income families and involving parents and families in developing the goals of each Head Start center, including centers on the Spokane Falls Community College and Spokane Community College campuses.

We also serve the children of eligible students while they attend college.

Applications will be accepted until 4:00 p.m. PST on 26 Jan 2026. The application process will not be available after this time. To ensure consideration make sure your application is completed and submitted as soon as possible. Applications will only be accepted prior to 4:00 p.m. on the closing date.

Under direct supervision of the Center Manager, this position is responsible for assisting the Cook in performing a variety of duties preparing and serving food and in maintaining sanitary conditions in a Head Start/EHS/ECEAP kitchen.

• Assist in cooking and preparing foods according to the menu to ensure meals and snacks are served according to schedule at several site locations.
• Vend and provide meal service to classrooms, including transporting food, portioning food for family‑style dining, ensuring food temperatures are maintained, distributing special‑diet foods to the appropriate classrooms, cleaning dishes and cleaning up the kitchen after each meal.
• Maintain safety and sanitation in the kitchen, participating in the cleaning of the kitchen and equipment.
• Prepare classroom carts; serve meals and snacks.
• Store leftover ingredients and prepared foods in a safe and sanitary manner; assist with inventory of supplies and goods ensuring rotation of stock.
• Operate cooking and kitchen equipment correctly.
• Assist with USDA production records and maintain daily refrigerator temperature logs and other temperature logs as necessary.
• May direct work of part‑time kitchen staff in the absence of lead cook.
• Attend program meetings with staff and/or parents as requested.
• Model professional decorum and mutual respect in all personal interactions.
• Comply with district policies, procedures and directives, state and federal regulations, orders and statutes and collective bargaining agreements.
• Support and advance Spokane Colleges’ strategic plan, and perform other duties as assigned.

• Cooking experience in a production kitchen.
• Knowledge of USDA CACFP Regulations.
• Previous experience working with Head Start or low‑income populations.

• Work is active.
• Move up to 25 lbs. frequently and up to 50 lbs. occasionally. Team lifts encouraged at employee’s discretion.
• Occasional kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling and climbing.
• Frequent repetitive hand/wrist motions and finger manipulation.
• Occasional to frequent change in position from sedentary, standing, stooping and walking.
• Requires communication ability necessary to understand instructions and recognize hazardous, unsafe, or poisonous materials and/or products.
• Occasional exposure to fumes, dust, odors and/or biohazards.

• Permanent, hourly position.
• Work schedule will be determined by the supervisor.
• This position is overtime eligible.
• Post‑offer medical exam including tuberculin screening and submission of documentation indicating MMR vaccination or immunity.
• Pre‑employment, post‑offer, criminal history/child abuse information check including…