King Elementary Food Service Worker

The Green Bay Public School District is looking for applicants for an Elementary Food Service Worker at King Elementary School starting with the 2026-27 school year. The position will work following the student calendar year. The schedule will be Monday through Friday, 8:00am-1:30pm. Your scheduled days of the week/hours are subject to change based upon the educational, staffing, and safety needs of the District. A 30 lb. lift test is required to be eligible for the position.

New employees will be expected to complete New Employee Orientation prior to the first scheduled day of work (specific date TBD). The first scheduled day of work will be Tuesday, August 18, 2026 with various training dates scheduled throughout the two weeks prior to the beginning of the school year. School begins Monday, August 31, 2026.

Essential Functions:

• Follows the Core Values of the Green Bay Area Public School District as driver of our words and actions.

• Excellence: Students and educators analyze, pursue learning, research, think creatively and work independently and/or collaboratively while applying their knowledge, abilities and skills with depth and critical thinking to both familiar and unfamiliar situations.

• Engagement: Active and enthusiastic involvement in and out of the classroom

• Equity: Systems and procedures we use to place students into nurturing and rigorous settings where students' cultural approaches are honored and students are empowered to fully use their capacities. Equity enhances the quality and accessibility of opportunities

• Integrity: Demonstrating fairness in judgment and action

• Responsibility: Fulfilling obligations in a dependable manner and accepting consequences

• Demonstrates exemplary, responsive service and treats all in a respectful manner.

• Promotes efforts on diversity, establishes best practices and utilizes skills to remove barriers for students of diverse backgrounds.

• Creates a favorable professional impact on students, parents, community, and other employees.

• Maintains confidentiality in verbal, written, and electronic communication.

• Refers confidential information to the appropriate person.

• Follows safe practices and adheres to safety standards.

• Orders all food products and supplies for the food site's menus weekly and/or as needed on a daily basis. Assist with projecting,compiling and placing orders with approved vendors.

• Works on receiving product, inventory control, kitchen equipment, food serving lines, and packaging.

• Understands and applies math and computer skills with the ability to understand and apply basic computer skills.

• Follows and demonstrates verbal and written communication and skills.

• Adheres to the components and regulations of the USDA National School Lunch Programs and USDA School Breakfast program and other Federal or State school nutrition programs. Follows all requirements in regards to Offer vs Serve, meal patterns and special dietary accommodations.

• Follows standardized recipes, menu planning, production records, and procurement practices.

• Recommends changes in program operation to assure compliance with Federal and State requirements.

• Maintains quality standards of personal hygiene and cleanliness.

• Models professional and personal behavior that fosters and maintains a positive school culture for all stakeholders.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Problem solves as needed through daily communications with appropriate personnel.
• Secures all food, supplies and equipment in the school kitchen at the end of each day by completing any food processes, temperature charts and cleaning.
• Attends educational or informational meetings related to food service as required.
• Provides customer service in a friendly and efficient manner.
• Follows Food Safety Practices including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) outlined in Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) in Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan.
• Performs other duties as assigned or as judgment and necessity dictates.
• Maintains daily production and temperature records.
• Completes all mandatory annual Professional Standards training as assigned within a given time frame, in addition to District assigned training.
• Maintains inventory of all food, supplies and equipment, while completing the ordering, receiving, and storage of all products practicing First In First Out (FIFO) rotation.
• Ensure ordered amounts of meals and milk have been received for all programs at site. Ensure sufficient meals and milk quantities are on hand for next meal service.
• Cross train in all positions as directed by Department Leadership.
• Provides leadership and support in the daily operation of the kitchen as needed.
• Attends educational or informational meetings related to food service as required.
• Prepares all menu items using established departmental policies and procedures.
• Maintains proper food handling, heating, cooling, and storage techniques to ensure efficient operation and eliminate waste and spoilage.
• Provides direction and assists in setting up, maintaining, breaking down and cleaning serving areas as needed. Serving areas consist of classrooms and cafeteria.
• Performs a variety of tasks while maintaining the high standards of quality food products from the food service department.
• Responsible for reconciling account transactions, balancing and verifying cash deposits.
• Use tools and resources provided by Department Leadership to effectively and efficiently operate and conduct kitchen responsibilities.
• Communicate and coordinate with appropriate school personnel as needed.
• Maintains and operates all kitchen and serving equipment, reporting any malfunctions as needed.

Working Conditions:

• Work involves frequent disruptions of daily schedule with flexibility to adjust to continuously changing situations.
• Work involves frequent deadlines under pressure to complete assigned tasks in a timely manner.
• Work involves occasional to frequent walking, standing, sitting; climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling or crouching.
• Must be able to multitask and walk at frequent, fast, ten (10) second bursts.
• Must be able to hear and understand the spoken voice when working.
• Work requires frequently lifting, pushing, pulling or moving objects up to 30 pounds. Work requires repetitive movements, mainly with upper extremities.
• Work requires specific vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
• Ability to work within frequent temperature fluctuations within the work environment including going from below freezing to excessive heat.
• Will be subjected to a variety of smells and frequent loud noises.

Safety and Sanitation: Maintain proper food handling, heating, cooling and storage techniques to ensure efficient operations and eliminate waste and spoilage. To comply and maintain the sanitary standards as stated in the Wisconsin Administrative Code of the Department of Health and Social Services Chapter HSS 196. Notify immediate supervisor of signs of food mishandling, spoilage or any improper food handling practice.