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Food Service Cook at Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation · Evansville, United States Of America · Onsite
$28,121.00 - $37,315.00
- Professional
- Office in Evansville
- Position Type:
Food and Nutrition/Food Service Cook - Date Posted:
10/2/2025 - Location:
Bosse High School - Date Available:
ASAP - Closing Date:
Open Until Filled Additional Information: Show/Hide - Impact Lives Daily: Every day, you'll have the opportunity to inspire, guide, and empower the next generation. Your work will ripple through time, shaping not just individual lives but entire communities.
- Innovate and Grow: We're not just teaching – we're reinventing education for the 21st century. Bring your fresh ideas and watch them come to life in our progressive learning environments.
- Stability Meets Flexibility: Enjoy the security of working in an essential field, coupled with a schedule that respects your work-life balance. Summers off, holidays, and predictable hours allow you to pursue your passions both in and out of the classroom.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy competitive salaries, excellent health coverage, robust retirement plans, and generous paid time off.
- Supportive Community: Join a team that feels like family. Our collaborative environment fosters lifelong friendships and professional networks.
- Sick Time
- Holidays
- Personal Business Days
- Prepares and maintains quality, nutritious food
- Forecasts amounts of food needed and keeps serving line supplied in a timely manner
- Proactively reacts to changes in food production needs
- Practices safe food handling
- Uses preparation equipment in a safe and efficient manner
- Cleans and maintains preparation equipment
- Understands basic meal planning principles
- Maintains accurate food production records
- Receives food and supply orders according to approved guidelines
- Participates in good inventory control
- Aids manager in the ordering of food and supplies
- Assists in the training of serving and food preparation food service assistants
- Maintains regular attendance
- Ability to establish and maintain friendly effective working relationships with co-workers, staff, students and their parents.
- Ability to perform duties and communicate in a noisy environment.
- Exhibits good organizational skills.
- Maintains appropriate levels of personal hygiene and sanitation.
- Work collaboratively with EVSC employees, vendors and community partners in a teamwork-driven environment
- Strive to be innovative in continuously improving processes for district-wide success
- Provide excellent service in all forms of communication with a results-oriented customer-driven focus
- Successful in working effectively and efficiently in a high pressure, time-sensitive environment
- Ability to internally motivate, think critically, and initiate strategic improvement
- Exude a positive and dependable work ethic
- Highly organized with attention to detail
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
- Ability to write simple correspondence.
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to students, parents and school staff.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide accurately.
- Ability to perform these operations using units of money, weight and volume measurement.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but basic written or oral instructions.
- Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to talk, hear, walk and stand for long periods.
- The employee will frequently bend or twist at the neck and trunk while performing the duties of this job.
- The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- The employee continuously uses hand strength to grasp tools.
- The employee often repeats the same hand/arm/finger motion many times as in operating a cash register.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds such as milk crates, frozen foods, canned food, etc.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include depth perception, close, color, distance and peripheral vision.
- Requires prolonged standing. Requires stooping, bending or reaching.
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. Must work in and around fumes and odors.
- Must work with electrical and gas appliances.
| Food Service Cook | JobID: 1197 |
Are you passionate about making a real difference in the world? Do you believe in the power of education to transform lives? If so, we invite you to become part of our school corporation!
Why Choose EVSC?
Join us in our mission to educate, inspire, and empower. Together, we can build a brighter future – one student at a time. We are Better Together!
Apply now and take the first step towards a rewarding career that truly matters!
New Employee Food Service Stipend
New regularly appointed employees will receive a $500 stipend after 90 calendar days of employment and have maintained a 90% attendance rate for that period.
Food Service Employee Retention Bonus Program
Employees will receive two annual bonuses based on their years of service in the Food and Nutrition Department and maintaining a 90% attendance rate. Stipends will be issued in December 2024 (Paid in Jan 2025) and May 2025 (Paid in May or June 2025).
Food Service Mid Semester Stipend (Fall Break)
The Food and Nutrition Department will provide a mid-semester stipend to all regularly appointed employees who return to work after fall break on Monday, October 21st in a paid status and have maintained a 90% attendance rate.
| POSITION DETAILS: | This position works 40 Weeks per year, 5 days per week at 7 hours per day (6:30am-1:30pm) and follows the EVSC School Board of Trustees approved school calendar. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| BENEFITS: | EVSC offers four Anthem medical insurance plans. Full medical, dental and vision insurance are provided with this position. Employees may pay the additional cost to add family members. Click here to view the rates for each plan. If elected, insurance coverage begins the first of the month following the successful completion of a 20 working-day probationary period. Employees enrolled in an EVSC medical insurance plan are eligible to use any of the three EVSC Health & Wellness Centers. The health clinics provide primary care services, generic prescription medications, physicals, health screenings, and labs; all at NO COST to the employee or covered family member. EVSC is proud to provide accumulated paid time off for: This position will automatically be enrolled in the Public Employees' Retirement Fund (PERF) through the state of Indiana, which includes a defined benefit (Pension) as well as an Annuity Savings Account (ASA). Employees may also participate in a 403(b) Plan. Enrolling in the 403(b) plan allows employees to save for their retirement by making a pre-tax salary deferral contributions to the Plan. Eligible employees may enroll in the EVSC group life insurance and long term disability plans. EVSC also offers a variety of voluntary insurance products through American Fidelity. EVSC offers a free Employee Assistance Program (EAP). It is a confidential, voluntary service that provides professional counseling and referral services designed to help employees and their family members with personal, job or family-related matters. |
Responsible for the preparation of quality, nutritious, safe meals in accordance with federal, state and local guidelines
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Other duties may be assigned.
JOB SPECIFIC SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
May serve as Manager Designee in manager's absence.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
High School diploma or GED. Two to three years previous quantity food preparation experience. Ability to accurately add, subtract, multiply and divide in relation to forecasting and recipe adjustment.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
Successful completion of the ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification Course. Successful completion of the EVSC Cook's Training class. Member of the School Nutrition Association is highly desirable.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
REASONING ABILITY:
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.
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.
| QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS OPPORTUNITY? If you have any questions, please e-mail Eric Burris at [email protected]. You will receive a response within 24-48 hours. |
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-
The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The job description is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position and it does not serve to proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned or changed by management.
NONDISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY-
It is the policy of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, national origin, age, limited English proficiency, or disability in its programs or employment policies as required by the Indiana Civil Rights Law (I.C.22-9- 1), Title IV, and Title VII (Civil Rights Act of 1964), the Equal Pay Act of 1973, Title IX (Educational Amendments), the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act and Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973).
Questions concerning compliance with these laws should be directed to the Title IX Coordinator of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation, 951 Walnut Street, Evansville, IN 47713, phone number 435-8508.
The interview committee will give preference to candidates who, through the interview process, past experience, and references have demonstrated the ability to interact with students, staff, and the community.
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Individuals with disabilities, including disabled veterans and veterans with service-connected disabilities, are encouraged to apply.
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