PROGRAM: Birth to Five Head Start
EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Non-exempt
DEPARTMENT: Nutrition
JOB CLASSIFICATION: Regular, Full-time
REPORTS TO: Food Services Supervisor
WORKING HOURS: Monday - Friday, 6:30 am - 3:00 pm
SUPERVISES: None
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This position requires assisting in all aspects of the nutrition and food program particularly relating to loading/delivering of food and supplies.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Loads and delivers food and non-food items to Head Start centers.
Assists Cook in meal packing in accordance with schedules and procedures for transportation.
Requires distributing classroom requisitions for supplies.
Assists in light hot/cold food preparation (i.e., peeling potatoes, cutting carrots, preparing breakfast food, etc.).
Assists in receiving, storing, dating, and rotating stock inventory.
Helps teaching staff, when available, in food service for children at assigned Head Start centers and records food temperatures as needed.
Cleans kitchen as needed by following the cleaning schedule, by sweeping, mopping, and assists in dishwashing duties.
Participates in staff training and/or workshops.
Runs errands for Head Start operations and is responsible for all transportation needs.
Maintains compliance with applicable local, state, and federal sanitation regulations for food service operations.
Maintains assigned agency vehicle(s) using checklist.
Carries trash outside to dumpster as needed and scheduled.
Cleans and sanitize kitchen (i.e., building, windows, restrooms, break room, and equipment).
Reports safety or hazardous situations to immediate supervisor.
Performs other duties as assigned by immediate supervisor and/or Nutrition Coordinator.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Requires High School diploma or GED and
One (1) year of experience in delivery route.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Demonstrates ability to read and write, keeps routine records, follows written and oral instructions, and files alphabetically and numerically.
Makes judgments or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria--relies on one or more of the five physical senses.
Deals with people beyond giving and receiving instructions--is courteous, cooperative, conscientious, and tactful in dealing with employees and the general public.
Performs job duties in a precise, thorough, and meticulous manner.
Ability to perform under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations.
Able to handle various projects at the same time in an effective manner.
Ability to maintain regular and punctual attendance.8. Performance repetitive tasks with precision and thoroughness.
Performs variety of duties often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
Uses creativity, self-expression, and/or imagination in performing job duties. Accepts responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of activities. Makes decisions based on measurable or verifiable data.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Must successfully complete and maintain the following permits, and certifications:
Food Handlers Permit; will need to be renewed yearly by expiration.
First Aid certification; will need to be renewed every two (2) years by expiration date.
CPR Infant/Toddler certification; will need to be renewed every two (2) years by expiration date.
Must successfully pass a pre-employment drug test.
Must successfully pass and submit a pre-employment TB test and must successfully pass and submit a TB test annually thereafter.
Must successfully pass and submit a post offer physical examination within two weeks from the date of hire.
Must possess a valid Texas Driver's license (Operators-Class C) and driving record must be approved by insurance company on an annual basis.
Must have transportation and current liability coverage on vehicle to be used in the performance of job duties. Some out-of-town travel may be required.
Proof of work eligibility must be provided.
Dress in appropriate dress attire (clothes/shoes) and with a neat personal appearance (well groomed).
PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Normal physical activity includes occasional sitting, frequent standing, and walking in a usual workday.
Requires occasional pulling out and pushing in of drawers and other objects with occasional bending, stooping, squatting, crawling, kneeling, and reaching above shoulder level.
Requires occasional lifting and carrying of boxes of supplies, at minimum, 30 lbs.
Requires use of the five senses (hearing, seeing, touching, smelling, and tasting) to perform various job duties and in dealing with staff, clients, and outside.
Requires employee to use hands, arms, feet, legs, neck, and head while performing Agency tasks.
Requires employee to occasionally crawl and twist in performing duties.
Requires frequent speaking and listening abilities with staff, co-workers, parents, supervisor, and parents/volunteers--must be able to hear a child cry out when in pain, injured, or ill.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the personnel work environment is usually moderately quiet.