Cashier

Cashier

Salary

$18.00 Hourly

Location

Prescott Campus, Prescott, AZ

Job Type

Regular Part Time (20-25 hours/wk)

Job Number

2026-00158

Department

Food Service

Opening Date

07/08/2026

• Description
• Benefits

Description of Position

We are seeking a dependable, customer-focused individual to join our team as a Cashier at The Eatery. This position plays a vital role in creating a welcoming and positive dining experience for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. The ideal candidate demonstrates strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment while maintaining professionalism and accuracy.

Responsibilities:

• Greet customers in a friendly, courteous, and professional manner.
• Accurately process cash, credit, and debit transactions using a cash register or POS (Point of Sale) system.
• Maintain a balanced cash drawer and handle cash transactions with precision.
• Ensure correct pricing and promptly resolve discrepancies
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of the cashier station, dining areas, and register area.
• Monitor and restock supplies such as receipt paper, register rolls, utensils, and other service items.
• Follow all food safety, sanitation, and health code guidelines.
• Stay informed of menu changes, promotions, pricing updates, and policy changes.
• Attend staff meetings and training sessions.

Additional Duties:

• Assist with event setups and special projects as needed.

• Maintain facility cleanliness, including:

• Vacuuming carpeted areas.

• Dust mopping, sweeping, and wet mopping hard floors.

• Cleaning tables, picking up dishes, and taking out trash.

• Support operations for special events and performances at the Performing Arts Center, and the Eatery's food truck including evenings and weekends.

• Assist with front of house recycling and compost initiatives.

Minimum Expectations & Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• Current AZ Food Handler's Card.

• Valid Arizona Driver's License.

• Previous cashier or customer service experience preferred.

• Basic computer skills and experience using POS systems.

• Strong mathematical skills and ability to handle cash accurately.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Ability to multitask and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

• Knowledge of food safety and sanitation regulations (preferred).

• Ability to work flexible hours, including mornings, evenings, weekends, special events, and holidays.

Preferred Skills & Abilities

• Dependability and regular attendance and timely communication when calling in for shift or changes in schedule.

• Strong attention to detail, particularly with work orders and timekeeping.

• Ability to follow directions and work collaboratively as part of a team.

• Adaptability to changing workloads and workplace demands.

• Quick learner with the ability to master new tasks efficiently.

• Strong work ethic and commitment to teamwork.

Essential Functions

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements and competencies listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Valid AZ Driver's License.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use fingers and hands to handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms; climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, occasionally lift 50 pounds and occasionally team lift and/or move over 50 pounds.

Yavapai College offers its full-time employees a comprehensive benefit package:

HEALTH/LIFE BENEFITS

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance: Colleges partial payment of premiums toward medical with pharmacy and/or dental plan options picked by employees for themselves (and eligible dependents)
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Pre-tax pay deductions to use for eligible medical or dependent daycare costs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Counseling and referral services for employees and their immediate families for depression, stress, family/marital conflict, and alcohol/drug issues
• Vision: Provides an amount per plan year for eligible expenses such as vision exams, lenses, frames, prescription sunglasses, and contact lenses
• Life Insurance: The College provides Basic Life Insurance coverage at twice of the employees annual salary. Dependents have automatic coverage of $2,000/spouse and $1,000/per child if enrolled in medical plan.
• Voluntary Individual And Family Term Life Insurance: Additional term life insurance coverage available for employee, spouse and children.
• Other Insurance Coverage: Short Term and Long Term Disability (replacement income insurance), and Workers Compensation (compensation, medical expenses and death benefits for on-the-job injuries or occupational diseases)

RETIREMENT BENEFITS

• Retirement Benefits: Arizona State Retirement System or Optional Retirement Plan, and Social Security (which provides a basic retirement annuity based on age and years of contribution)
• Tax Deferred Annuities: Employees contributions to designated tax-deferred annuities
• Unemployment Compensation: Employees who are laid off or terminated may receive benefits if covered wages meet requirements

LEAVE BENEFITS

• Vacation : 10 days of Vacation leave annually. NOTE: For employees who work an amount of contractual days, there will be no earned vacation.
• Sick Leave: 12 days sick leave annually. NOTE: Employees working less than full time or an amount of contractual days will receive a proration of sick leave.
• Personal Leave: Use of up to three personal leave days per year which are charged against accumulated sick leave to take care of items of personal business
• Other Leave: Bereavement leave, Civic Duty Leave (Jury duty, active military duty, military training), and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Holidays: 24 days during the year as paid holidays for full-time employees which include Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, 3 days at Thanksgiving, Winter/year end break (10 days), Martin Luther King Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, and Juneteenth.

OTHER BENEFITS

• Breaking Bread: 32 meal swipes for use at the Prescott Campus Eatery. All Other Campuses and Sites receive a $140 credit each semester (fall and spring) to be used at the Open Market on campus/center
• Spanish Interpreter Incentive Program: Employees interested in additional compensation for their Spanish speaking skills agree to assist YC by attending two recruiting events and being available for Spanish Interpretation needs as they arise. Compensation is added to the employees regular pay at the rate of $175 per month. Employees that are interested in participating let your HR Business partner know, so they can schedule you for the ACTFL language proficiency test at the YC testing center.
• Direct Deposit: Paychecks deposited directly into the employees bank account(s)
• Tuition Waiver: Eligible Full-time Faculty and Staff, their legally married spouse, and eligible dependents may enroll in a partial or full program of coursework without payment of tuition, exceptions may be lab fees and market-based additional fees
• Sabbatical: Faculty, professional, and administrative staff may apply for compensated leave of up to a year after six years of continuous service
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Additional Benefits and Services: Local community discounts to faculty and staff, computer loan program, mail and notary service.

Employer Yavapai College

Address 1100 E. Sheldon Street

Prescott, Arizona, 86301

Website http://www.yc.edu/hr