• Head Start Food Service Specialist

    Action for a Better Community, Inc. (Rochester, NY)


    Program: Head Start Location: TBA Position: Food Service Specialist Hours: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year Salary Range: $34,959 - $43,699 Grade 11 Summary of Responsibilities:

    Prepare meals following the daily menu, using approved recipes and following good food handling practices and kitchen hygiene; or if food is catered by a vendor, receive prepared food, follow appropriate guidelines for receiving prepared food from a vendor, including the maintenance of a temperature log of the food received; when necessary, prepare and process the food for the children at the center. Assist with classroom nutrition education; and maintain appropriate CACFP records. Qualifications

     

    + High School Graduate or GED with proof of completion of a food service training program; or the equivalent combination of education and experience; and knowledge of kitchen equipment.

    + One to two years experience working in quantity cooking, preferably preparing meals for pre-school children.

    + One year of supervision experience.

    + Requires the ability to prepare food in a commercial, institutional, or daycare kitchen.

    + Requires good administrative, organizational, oral and written communication skills.

    + Requires the health and physical capability to work in a kitchen; and to bend, lift and/or move up to 40lbs.; and to be on feet for upwards of three hours at a time.

     

    All employees of ABC Early Childhood Services Division must receive and maintain a full clearance from the Justice Center of New York and the Office of Children and Family Services that allows them unsupervised contact with children. Any prospective or current employee who has an indication of child abuse maltreatment or neglect, or who cannot be left unsupervised with children, will not be hired or retained.

     

    **This position is subject to the collective bargaining agreement**

    Please Forward Resumes/Applications to:

    Human Resources Department

     

    Action for a Better Community, Inc.

     

    400 West Ave

     

    Rochester, New York 14611

     

    (585) 325-5116

     

    [email protected]

    Deadline for Resumes/Applications: Open Until Filled

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