Position: Cafeteria Lead (3C)
Reports To: Cafeteria Manager & Principal
Employment Status: Regular/Part-time
Status: Classified
Contract Days: 188
Job Summary: The Cafeteria Lead is responsible for overseeing kitchen operations across multiple school sites, ensuring efficient meal preparation and service in compliance with health and safety standards. This role supervises staff, manages inventory, and supports the overall goals of the district's Child Nutrition Program.
Key Responsibilities:
Leadership & Operations:
- Supervise and assist in the preparation and closing of school kitchens.
- Train cafeteria staff on proper food preparation, sanitation, and service techniques.
- Coordinate food service operations, ensuring adherence to planned menus and portion controls.
- Collaborate with school administration on kitchen schedules and logistics.
Food & Inventory Management:
- Prepare and place food orders for breakfast and lunch programs.
- Conduct and maintain accurate inventory records of food, supplies, and materials.
- Oversee food safety, including monitoring temperatures and securing storage areas.
- Rotate stock to minimize waste and ensure freshness.
Compliance & Reporting:
- Enforce health department regulations and Board policies.
- Maintain accurate financial records, including sales, deposits, and operating reports.
- Prepare production and inventory reports for district and state compliance.
- Interact with health and state inspectors, addressing any compliance issues.
Customer & Staff Engagement:
- Foster a welcoming cafeteria environment that promotes positive interactions with students, staff, and parents.
- Handle public inquiries with tact and diplomacy, maintaining confidentiality where required.
- Promote good public relations through professional appearance and demeanor.
Administrative Support:
- Operate cash registers and manage point-of-sale technology.
- Send notices to families regarding account balances or charges.
- Participate in district food service meetings and contribute to program improvement.
Additional Duties:
- Provide on-the-job training to staff.
- Recommend disciplinary actions to the food service supervisor as needed.
- Coordinate maintenance and repairs for kitchen equipment.
- Perform other related duties as assigned by supervisors or administrators.
Qualifications:
- Education: High school diploma or GED.
- Experience: At least 1–2 years of relevant experience.
- Skills:
- Effective communication (oral and written).
- Strong organizational and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Training in chemical safety (OSHA/PERRAC).
Physical & Working Conditions:
- Regularly required to stand, walk, lift (up to 50 lbs), and operate kitchen equipment.
- Occasional exposure to extreme temperatures (e.g., ovens, freezers).
- Ability to work overtime, evenings, weekends, or summers as needed.
- May involve travel between district locations for supply delivery or operational support.
Performance Expectations:
- Ensure compliance with all health and safety standards.
- Maintain accurate financial and operational records.
- Create a positive and efficient work environment for staff and students.
- Demonstrate professionalism and adaptability in a fast-paced environment.
About Our District:
The Garfield Heights City Schools collaboratively and cooperatively serve students and families of the City of Garfield Heights. Located in Cuyahoga County and bordered on the north by the City of Cleveland proper, and on all other sides by the first ring communities of Northeast Ohio. Our District proudly serves approximately 3,500 students in three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. The district also provides an award-winning Preschool program to educate the youngest students in our community at William Foster Elementary. All those who seek academic, co-curricular, student leadership, diversity, and community engagement success can find these things and more in the Garfield Heights City Schools.
As a product of our community-based strategic planning process completed in 2021, our district’s mission is: As the heart of the community, Garfield Heights City Schools fully prepares students to pursue their dreams and give back as engaged citizens and future leaders. Our vision is to become a premier educational institution, recognized throughout Ohio as fully preparing students to be leaders equipped with real-world skills to contribute to a global society.
The Garfield Heights City School prides itself on providing a rigorous and comprehensive pre-k through 12th-grade educational curriculum that clearly focuses on student success through college and career readiness. To that end, Garfield Heights High School offers a variety of Advanced Placement courses, including AP English, AP Government, AP American History, Honors Chemistry, Honors Calculus, and Honors Physical Science, among others. While the District offers these high-level academic courses, the GHCS also proudly sends more than 225 students on an annual basis to the Cuyahoga Valley Career Center for those individuals deeply interested in learning a skilled profession or hands-on expertise in one of the trades. Middle School students have increasingly greater opportunities to prepare themselves for high school, and parents are readily encouraged to be involved. Elementary School students in the GHCS also participate in valuable literacy programs, such as LETRs, and social-emotional initiatives, including the Zones of Regulation. The GHCS places a great deal of emphasis on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) at all levels of education, and each school has won awards from the State of Ohio for encouraging and promoting positive behavior.
A wide variety of co-curricular offerings are available to students of all ages in the Garfield Heights City Schools as well. Such opportunities include more than 18 varsity sports, the district’s show choir, Music Express, Marching Band, Theater, A ‘Capella Choir, National Honor Society, Student Council, Glass Ceiling, Future Engineers, and more. These co-curricular offerings are award-winning on the state, regional, and local levels. Students can expect success when they become involved in the various academic, co-curricular, and student leadership organizations in this District.
Garfield Heights City Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, genetic information, race, color, age, religion, disabilities, military status, sexual orientation, or national origin in its programs and activities, including employment opportunities.
Application Deadline: Until the position has been filled.
To Apply: Online
