The posting
Food Service Coordinator
Start Date: Immediate
Role Type: Full-Time, 10 month
Location: Washington, DC
FLSA Status: non-exempt
WHO WE ARE
DC Prep is a high performing network of public charter schools serving over 2,100 preschool through 8th-grade students across six campuses in Wards 5, 7, and 8. We’re proud of the high bar we set for ourselves to achieve results–our students deserve our best! We recognize that how we support our students to be successful is just as important as the results we achieve, which pushes us to reflect on questions such as:
- How can we facilitate our students’ academic, social, and emotional development?
- How can we support our team members’ professional growth and personal ability to do this work long-term?
- How can we engage our students’ families as our own?
While this work is hard, it’s worth it – we believe in the transformative power of education, the can-do-itness of our students and staff, and the joy that comes from engaging in meaningful work with people we care about and trust!
Here’s how we drive results:
- Rigorous academic focus. Our Preppies receive the highest level of academic preparation through standards-based instruction, daily targeted interventions, and meaningful assessments.
- Social-emotional learning. We have always had a dual mission of academic and social-emotional skill development. Our research-based SEL curriculum is integrated into daily instruction, helping students leverage their personal values to strengthen their self-awareness, social awareness, and responsible decision-making skills and create a school-wide culture of empathy and reflection.
- Commitment to reflection and refinement. Our results tell us that we are moving in the right direction, but there’s further to go to ensure that every student receives a transformative education. As a team, we regularly reflect on our programmatic model to see what’s working and where we can get better.
Are you interested in learning more about the DC Prep Way? If so, check out our website to find out more about what we’re working towards and how we’re doing it.
THE OPPORTUNITY
The Food Service Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the daily meal service process for DC Prep students, ensuring that the students have access to the healthy nourishment they need to energize their brains and keep them ready to learn! The Food Service Coordinator takes pride in maintaining a clean and orderly school building, looks forward to serving every student with a smile, and is excited to be a part of a school operations team, whose job is to ensure that the school operates like a “well-oiled machine.” The Food Service Coordinator is a 10-month non-exempt position with a schedule of 40 hours per week. The daily work schedule may vary based on campus needs and will be determined by the role’s supervisor. Additional night and weekend hours and occasional overtime may be required as needed for special campus events and/or emergency situations. The Food Service Coordinator will report to the campus-based operations leader. This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
WHO YOU ARE
You are a rock. You’re dependable above all else and always weather the storm. Your friends and colleagues know that you’re the consistent, smiling face that they can look forward to seeing. You can easily handle everything that’s thrown at you, and more. Nothing makes you more excited and gives you a greater sense of accomplishment than checking off a long to-do list.
You’ve got a keen eye for little details. You’re the type of person who notices if a book has been moved from one shelf to another. You sweat the small stuff because you know that it can have a big impact. You also like to put the finishing touches on any project that you’re working on to ensure that it gets done “just right”, just how Goldilocks would like it. Knowing that you took the time to address small details in your work makes you feel proud and accomplished.
You take pride in your flexibility. You go with the flow and always know what needs your attention most. You take pleasure in creating order and harmony amidst competing priorities and interruptions.
Additionally, you are a reflective, professional individual with:
- A history of impeccable attendance and punctuality
- Strong customer-service orientation, recognizing that students, staff, and families are all our customers
- Comfortable working in a school environment, preferably with urban students
- A high energy, solutions-oriented mindset
- The ability to do the work calmly and efficiently, whether the work is routine or unexpected
- A willingness to learn new things and eagerness to acquire new skills
- The demonstrated ability to both take direction and show initiative in support of DC Prep’s Vision, Mission, and Values
THE DAY-TO-DAY
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Meal Service Compliance
- Maintain an up-to-date Food Handler License and participate in required trainings
- Prepare all menu items using established organizational policies and procedures
- Ensure that all food and other related meal service supplies are ordered and received in a timely manner, so that adequate inventory levels are maintained to support volume or anticipated volume
- Accurately maintain meal records and production records, including surplus supply
- Prepare all menu items in proper portions and quantities to satisfy volumes
- Serve food that is the correct serving temperature, quality, and quantity
- Act quickly to prevent any substandard quality food items from being served, bringing it to the attention of a supervisor and following procedures to discard appropriately
- Coordinate with vendors to receive and manage deliveries to the school
- Maintain clean cafeteria, equipment, and food-serving areas, including before and after serving hours
- Assist with the training of additional employees who may be involved in supporting meal service procedures
- Support with the service of meals and snacks for special student, staff, and family events, in collaboration with other campus operations team members
Daily School Operations
- Coordinate with contracted custodial staff to ensure that immediate or unexpected cleaning needs are handled appropriately
- Report building maintenance needs to the facilities team members using the required systems and protocols, as needed
- Assist with the execution of logistics for daily school activities and special events
- Maintain consistent attendance at work and report to work on time every day
General Support
- Interact in a professional, welcoming, and friendly manner with all members of the school community (students, staff, families, and other visitors)
- Supervise students during meal service periods, as needed
- Follow all school facilities and safety policies and procedures and actively participate in scheduled emergency procedures drills and trainings as needed
- Support coverage of duties for other campus-based operations team members as needed
OTHER DUTIES
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
QUALIFICATIONS
- High school diploma or GED required
- Food Handler License required (licensed with DC Department of Health)
- Minimum of 1-2 years of experience in the preparation and serving of food, dealing with the public, or any combination of training and experience that could likely provide the desired knowledge and abilities, preferably in an elementary and/or middle school setting
- Fluency in Spanish language preferred
Essential Functions
- DC Prep teachers are on duty at their assigned campus Mondays through Fridays from 6:00am-3:00 pm Monday through Friday
- All DC Prep staff perform clerical duties related to instructional supplies, student reports and records, attendance reports, assessments, etc.
- DC Prep staff regularly perform morning, lunch, and afternoon duties as assigned by their principal
- This list is not exhaustive. DC Prep will communicate mandatory events outside of school hours with ample notice.
Physical Demands
The physical demands and environmental conditions described below are representative, but not exhaustive, of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the role. All of these physical requirements should be able to be performed with clarity, coherence and connectedness to DC Prep’s vision. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
- Must be able to sit and work at a desk/computer for extended periods of time
- Must be able to spend the majority of the day standing or mobile, as well as talk, hear, grasp, reach and lift up to 30lbs with or without accommodations
- Ability to concentrate in active and noisy environments such as cafeterias to more moderate situations such large group professional settings
- Must be able to have repetitive wrist/hand/finger movement to work on computer and/or related office equipment
- Ability to handle potential high stress conditions
JOIN US
Do you believe that Learning Has No Limits? Are you eager to join a supportive, innovative, and collaborative community of educators? Are you committed to growing your strengths as an educator through individualized professional development and coaching? Apply today!
We’re an equal opportunity employer and hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability. We strongly encourage diverse candidates to apply.
