Cafeteria Assistant

Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Aliso Viejo, CAPart-timePosted Aug 21, 2026

Job description

Job Summary

Mon

  • Fri 7:30 am - 1:30 pm Under general supervision of the site administrator to organize and participate in the operation of an elementary school food service program; to prepare daily cash and sales reports; and to maintain food service facilities and equipment in a clean and sanitary condition.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

  • Organizes and participates in the selling and serving of a variety of foods; heats trays of foods to sufficient temperatures to ensure safety and sanitation requirements.
  • Estimates sales and orders daily meals and snacks.
  • Counts money and makes change.
  • Inventories, orders, receives, stores, and rotates foods and supplies; maintains the flow of lunches to serving areas to ensure timely service.
  • Reviews free and reduced lunch applications for completeness; sets up and monitors temporary free and reduced lunch account pending approval; prepares notification on the status of prepaid accounts.
  • Sets up and takes down serving tables; organizes serving areas; fills condiment and utensil trays.
  • May operate an automated sales and record-keeping system; counts and records daily cash receipts; totals daily sales; prepares manual or automated daily cash, sales, and ordering reports.
  • Cleans tables, serving areas, refrigerators, and kitchen equipment; sweeps and mops spills on floors.
  • Encourages students to develop good nutrition habits. OTHER REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES:
  • Delivers supplies to various areas within the school;
  • Prepares required reports as necessary;
  • Participates in staff development activities and professional learning communities as appropriate;
  • Performs other related duties as QUALIFICATIONS: Knowledge of:
  • Food production methods and procedures;
  • Hygiene, sanitation, and common safety practices;
  • Standard food service appliances and equipment;
  • Basic math;
  • Simple cash accounting and recordkeeping systems;
  • Basic nutrition.

Requirements

/ Qualifications Resume Cover Letter Copy of California Food Handler Permit Food Handler's Certificate Letter of Introduction Resume Comments and Other Information Part-time position Schedule: Mon

  • Fri 7:30 am - 1:30 pm All documents must be submitted through Ed. Join. No emailed, faxed, or walk-in documents will be accepted. Oxford Preparatory Academy prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying in educational programs, activities or employment on the basis of actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, parental, pregnancy, family, or marital status or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics

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