"Excellence for Every Student, Every Day", is the vision at Forest Lake Area School District, home of the Rangers. Located in the scenic northeastern suburbs of the Twin Cities, we are committed to providing an exceptional education that empowers students to learn, grow and chart their own path to a fulfilling future. With a strong focus on academic excellence, innovation, and community engagement, the district provides an exceptional educational experience throughout our schools. As an employer, Forest Lake Area Schools values passionate, dedicated educators and support staff who are eager to make a positive impact on the lives of students. If you're looking for a rewarding career in a dynamic, collaborative environment, the Forest Lake Area School District offers opportunities for growth, professional development, and a chance to be part of a thriving educational community. Come and see why we are The Place to Be.
Forest Lake Area School District is currently seeking applicants for the position of Nutrition Service Administrative Assistant starting October 20, 2025.
POSITION: | Nutrition Service Administrative Assistant |
LOCATION: | Forest Lake Education Center |
WORK SCHEDULE: | 8 hours/day, 5 days/week, and 260 days/year |
STARTING RATE OF PAY/RANGE: | $22.74 - 26.81 (additional .25 cents per hour with a two year associates degree or higher) |
LINK TO BENEFITS & OTHER COMPENSATION: | FLAPOP Agreement |
Rate of Pay:
$22.74-$26.81 ($47,299-$55,764) Depending on K12 Experience
Additional $0.25 cents per hour with a two year associates degree. $22.99-$27.06 ($47,819 - $56,284)
(Contract Forest Lake Association of Professional Office Personnel July 1st, 2024- June 30th, 2026 )
Job Summary:
Assists in the coordination of all Child Nutrition programs and services for the Forest Lake Area Schools with a focus on accounting/booking, clerical support, and computer hardware/software related to school food service. Assist the Food Service Supervisor in ensuring the efficient and economical operations are compliant through the following duties:
Duties And Responsibilities:
? Maintains a variety of standard and complex databases regarding student and employee data, program eligibility, and related information.
? Prepares a variety of financial documents, such as payroll, purchase orders, insufficient funds, and receipts, verifies the accuracy of these items, and submits to appropriate departments.
? Process purchase orders and invoices to submit for payment
? Assists in monitoring the department budget and revenue figures and prepares budget and revenue reports for staff, government programs, or by request.
? Processes free and reduced meal applications in accordance to policy and maintains appropriate files and documentation for government programs.
? Performs basic office duties, such as copying, filing, faxing, typing standard documents, greeting visitors, answering phone calls, sorting and distributing mail.
? Serves as department contact regarding program statistics, reports, and general questions.
? Submit monthly reports to the state to receive meal claim reimbursement.
? Processes special food requests, prepares catering bills, account transfers and record payment receipts.
? Ensures student data files from the district are imported correctly into the student nutrition software program.
? Sets up and configures network interface devices, new computers, and printers. Swaps out common hardware items such as cables, network interfaces, and external devices.
? Assist with the design and maintenance of the food service website.
? Troubleshoots problems with hardware and software and works with District IT/food service software vendors.
? Coordinates, trains, and supports staff with various hardware and software. Travels to school locations for onsite technology support as required.
? Attends conferences, training, and meetings as required by the Food and Nutrition Department.
? Performs other tasks and assumes other responsibilities as directed.
Minimum Qualifications:
? Associate degree with a major in accounting, business administration, business management, database administration, nutrition, information technologies or related fields preferred. K-12 experience in school nutrition preferred.
Knowledge Required:
? Knowledgeable of all state and federal laws and regulations regarding student participation in federal meal programs.
? Technical training and/or demonstrated knowledge of hardware, software, and operating systems related to food service software programs.
? Recordkeeping, reporting and administrative requirements involved in managing programs/services.
? Administrative policies and procedures of the district.
Skills Required:
? Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports and legal documents.
? Effective and proactive communication and organizational skills
? Develop and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, co-workers, other District staff, students, and members of the public.
? Able to effectively utilize technology to streamline work processes and data
? Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
? Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Constant: sitting, twisting/pivot, reaching, repetitive arm, simple grasp, firm grasp, fine manipulating, talking, hearing,include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Frequent: standing, walking, lifting above shoulder, lifting waist to chest, lifting below waist, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing, stooping, kneeling, feeling
Application Deadline: October 12, 2025
Contact: Paige Albrecht 651-982-8395
*All job offers from Forest Lake Area School District are conditioned upon passing a pre-employment criminal background check and ISD 831 School Board approval.
APPLY ON-LINE: flaschools.org/employment
