Food Service Coordinator

The College Preparatory School

Food Service Coordinator

The College Preparatory School, a private high school in North Oakland, seeks a Food Service Coordinator. We seek a dependable, and organized candidate looking to prepare and serve meals to our faculty and staff community. Candidates understand food safety, and can maintain an efficient, and healthy working environment.

Essential Functions

• Oversee all menu planning, food ordering, storage, preparation and production for faculty and staff lunches during the school year, with Co-Food Services Coordinator.
• Be familiar with and work within actual costs according to budget.
• Maintain paper products inventory and supply within budgetary limits.
• Maintain organization, cleanliness, sanitation, and safety standards of the food preparation and serving areas and equipment in compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Prepare and serve food according to established recipes and procedures within regulatory guidelines.
• Assist event planners and coordinators with special event catering as requested.
• Investigate and resolve food quality and service complaints.
• Report the need for repairs and maintenance of facilities and equipment to Office Manager and/or Facilities Manager as necessary.

Qualifications

• A minimum of two years' experience in food service management / production.
• Ability to effectively and safely use kitchen food service equipment.
• Ability to work with people at all levels of the organization, parents, volunteers and visitors; must have a customer service orientation.
• Must demonstrate competency with basic word processing, spreadsheet, and internet applications.
• Current Safe Food Handlers certificate
• Valid California driver's license

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

• Occasionally lift equipment and materials weighing 50 pounds or more.
• Crawl, climb ladders, twist, turn and reach in completing a variety of job duties.
• Work in wide variety of environments as found in all areas of the school.
• Work in the extreme temperature and humidity conditions found in a food service kitchen.

Pay Range - $27-$32/hour

Founded in 1960, The College Preparatory School is an independent coeducational secondary school created for intellectual risk-takers who want to pursue a purposeful education with kindred peers. Our mission is to prepare students for productive, ethical lives in college and beyond by fostering a stimulating education within an atmosphere of consideration, trust, and mutual responsibility. As an equal opportunity employer, College Prep does not discriminate in its hiring of employees on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship, marital or veteran status, age, or disability. We actively seek diversity among our faculty and administration as well as among our students.

For more information about our school, visit our website at www.college-prep.org.