Part-Time Food Service Assistant at Buffalo Ridge

The Villages Charter School (VCS) opened in August 2000 and is one of the most successful public charter schools in Florida. In fact, VCS has been a "High Performing Charter School", earned a "School of Excellence" and has received 22 straight "A" ratings from the Florida Department of Education! Recently, VCS earned the “Cognia School and Systems of Distinction” from the international accreditation group Cognia.

The Villages Charter School spans two campuses.  Our Buffalo Ridge campus has three elementary attendance centers and one middle school building. Our newest campus, “Middleton”, opened in August 2023 with a K-8 center and a state-of-the-art high school complex.

VCS currently serves over 4100 students, kindergarten through 12th grades with an overall capacity of 6500 (500 students per grade level) across both campuses.

The Villages Charter School offers a world-class comprehensive K-12 curriculum and state-of-the-art facilities taught by an instructional staff second to none. 

We invite you to look over our school website (www.tvcs.org) to learn more and we welcome you to apply to join our incredible team.

DESCRIPTION:

The Villages Charter School is accepting applications for a Part-Time Food Service Assistant at the Buffalo Ridge campus.

Salary commensurate with experience, starting at $15.00 per hour.

SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position will be expected to prepare, serve, season and cook meats, vegetables, desserts and other foods along with assisting the Kitchen Manager with other duties and tasks associated with the daily food service operations.

 ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The expectations include the following and other duties as assigned:

• Daily preparation, to include washing, cutting, stirring, straining and maintain regulated food temperatures.
• Carry pans and trays of food to and from work stations, service line, stove, refrigerator and sinks.
• Cook, store, organize, set up, restock and efficiently serve food.
• Loading food and supplies for transportation and drive to and from cafeteria locations as needed.
• Wash equipment, pans and utensils, sweep floors, mop floors, segregate and remove garbage, along with other duties as assigned.
• Read, interpret and follow recipes, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions.
• Relocation to other kitchen/cafeterias on campus depending on need
• Operating a point of sale register to include accepting cash and check payments and daily reconciling.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and be able to stand and walk for the duration of the shift.
• Exhibit The Villages Charter School core values.

QUALIFICATIONS

Applicant must have a high school diploma or general education degree (GED).  No prior food handling training or experience necessary, but appreciated.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Tasks require the ability to exert somewhat strenuous effort in work involving moderate physical activity involving some combination of standing; walking; reaching with hands and arms; kneeling; crawling; climbing; balancing; bending; crouching or twisting.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee mush occasionally lift and/or carry, push and/or pull up to 50 pounds.  Manual dexterity is required.  Noise level can be moderate to loud at times.

 TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:  

Part-Time 183 days while school is in session.   There will be other opportunities during school breaks to provide care for students.  Length of the work year and hours of employment are those established by the Board