Summer Cafe Delivery Driver/Cafe Worker Floater

MIDDLETOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Mission Statement:

Middletown Public Schools cultivates the brilliance in each student.

Values and Belief Statements:
Empowerment: Middletown Public Schools empowers its students with the knowledge
and skills to create lives brimming with purpose, passion and fulfillment.
Community: Middletown Public Schools harnesses the power of community by
fostering an environment of mutual understanding and appreciation.
Growth: Middletown Public Schools encourages a culture of growth and exploration,
inspiring lifelong learners.
Authenticity: Middletown Public Schools embraces each person’s authenticity and
cultivates an inclusive culture that brings about a sense of belonging.

POSITION: Summer Cafe Delivery Driver/Cafe Worker Floater

Location: District

Rate of Pay: $26.00 Per Hour

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Delivers paper goods, supplies, government commodities, purchased food items and other items as required district-wide on an as needed and assigned basis.
• On a schedule determined by the Manager, picks up cash deposits from cafeteria managers district-wide and deposits at a bank. Returns empty cash bags to cafeteria managers district-wide. Ensures deposit slips are returned to the Food Services Office on the day of deposit.
• On a schedule determined by the Manager, delivers district-wide and returns to the Café Services Office all Café Services paperwork folders, time cards, etc.
• Makes district-wide interdepartmental mail deliveries including curriculum material distribution.
• May be assigned to work as a Café Worker on an as-needed basis to address absences.
• Makes bank deposits for all schools as needed.
• Makes deliveries of nursing/medical supplies to all district-wide schools plus the three parochial schools as needed.
• Deliver items mis-delivered by commercial carriers or other suppliers to the proper schools originally intended
• Performs other related functions as assigned or required.
• Responsible for the fueling of the vehicle at City Yard
• Alert Manager and Master Mechanic of necessary repairs and services needed
• Complete all assigned professional development trainings as assigned
• Makes bank deposits for all schools as needed.
• Makes deliveries of nursing/medical supplies to all district-wide schools plus the three parochial schools as needed.
• Deliver items mis-delivered by commercial carriers or other suppliers to the proper schools originally intended.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Valid CT Drivers License,
• Ability and comfort with operating a large commercial cargo truck or van with limited visibility; reverse motion limited to use of side mirrors only;
• Experience operating a commercial non-CDL medium-duty refrigerated truck and/or full size cargo van preferred;
• Applicable knowledge and ability to adhere to all State of CT traffic and safety road regulations;
• Ability to adhere to the operation of the vehicle and its components as required by the policies and expectations set forth by the rental/lease agreement;
• Able to complete a transport log;
• Ability to lift multiple objects of 50 pounds for a minimum or 4-6 hours’ daily;
• Ability to meet the restraints of a time schedule;
• Able to commit their attendance daily throughout the duration of the summer program as assigned;
• Ability to tolerate hot temperatures/weather conditions while performing all required duties.

Physical and Mental Demands/Work Environment:

Language Ability and Interpersonal Communication

• Requires the ability to process, calculate, compute, summate, and/or tabulate data and/or information. Includes the ability to perform subsequent action in relation to these computational operations.
• Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance and/or interpretation to others, such as co-workers and the public, on how to apply policies, procedures and standards to specific situations.

• Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information such as regulations, daily notices, menus, recipes, count sheets, deposit slips, free/reduced lists, temperature guidelines and general operating manuals.
• Requires the ability to communicate orally and in writing with the Cafeteria Lead and all other food service workers, students, teachers, principal, and school staff.

Mathematical Ability

• Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; and to calculate percentages and decimals.

Physical Requirements

• Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or provide simple but continuous adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as kitchen equipment and machines, cash register, calculator, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.

• Requires the ability to coordinate eyes, hands, feet and limbs in performing movements requiring skill and training, such as preparing food.

• Tasks involve the ability to exert moderate but not constant physical effort, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling objects and materials of moderate weight, twelve to fifty pounds.

• Ability to recognize and identify harmonious or contrasting combinations, as well as recognize individual characteristics of colors, shapes, sounds, tastes, odors and textures associated with job-related objects, materials and ingredients.

Environmental Adaptability

• Ability to work under safe and comfortable conditions where exposure to environmental factors is minimal and poses a very limited risk of injury.

Disclaimers:

The supplemental job description lists typical examples of work and is not intended to include every job duty and responsibility specific to a position. An employee may be required to perform other related duties not listed on the supplemental job description provided that such duties are characteristic of that classification. This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

Connecticut requires that any person (teachers, administrators, special service staff members, teachers’ aides, custodians, cafeteria employees, etc.) who is hired by a local or regional board of education submit to a state and national criminal history record check within the first 30 days of the date of employment. The process includes the checking of fingerprints by the State Police Bureau of Identification and the F.B.I. The results of the criminal history record checks (both state and federal) are reported to the employing school district. If the district receives notice of a conviction of a crime by a person holding a certificate, authorization or permit issued by the State Board of Education, the district shall notify the Bureau of Certification and Professional Development.

STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION

The Middletown Board of Education is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, and it does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, age, marital status, military or veteran status, national origin, ancestry, alienage, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability or pregnancy in any of its education programs, activities, or employment policies. All educational programs and offerings, including vocational education and extracurricular activities, subscribe to this policy.