Hybrid Kitchen Lead at West Ottawa Public Schools

Notice of Support Staff Posting
  
Position:                      Kitchen Lead                                                          Posting # 3849
                                    -Los Lagos
Posting Dates:             August 21, 2025 – Until Filled
Reports To:                 Food Service Director
Beginning:                   September 8, 2025
Hours:                         29.75 hours per week
                                    Monday - Friday
                                    School Year/Part Time

Qualifications:

• Experience working in a school kitchen or cafeteria preferred

• Food Preparation: Main cook of all breakfast and lunch meals. Follow recipes and portion guidelines to ensure consistency and quality. Maintain a clean and organized work area at all times.
   
• Sanitation: Adhere to proper sanitation and food safety guidelines at all times. Clean and sanitize food preparation surfaces, equipment, and utensils. Monitor food temperatures and storage to prevent spoilage and contamination.
   
• Serving Students: Greet students and staff in a friendly and courteous manner. Serve food items according to portion sizes and dietary restrictions. Assist students with meal selections and answer any questions about menu items.
   
• Running Register: Operate the cash register and accurately process transactions. Handle cash in accordance with established procedures. Balance cash drawer at the end of each shift.
   
• Dishwashing: Dishwashing duties as needed, including washing, rinsing, and sanitizing dishes, carts and utensils. Ensure that all dishes are properly cleaned and stored for future use.

• Stocking: Assist with putting away GFS order in dry storage, coolers and freezers. Responsilble for keeping inventory and ordering product/suppliles through kitchen manager.                                                                                                                                                        
• Culinary Skills: Proficient in preparing and cooking authentic Mexican cuisine, with knowledge of traditional recipes, ingredients, and cooking techniques.                                                                                                                                                                                    
• Language Proficiency: Must be fluent in Spanish, with strong verbal communication skills to effectively coordinate with staff and engage with Spanish-speaking students.                                                                                                                                                     
• Other: Attend bi-monthly lead meetings.:  Must speak Spanish. Physically demanding job.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles. Must be able to lift, push, pull and/or carry up to 40 pounds regularly.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work; those activities where detailed or import spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• The worker is subject to environmental conditions.
• The worker should provide consistent and reliable attendance.