**School Baker - Naalehu Elementary Salary $5,054.00 Monthly Location Naalehu, HI 96772 Job Type Permanent, Full-time 12-month Job Number 2025-04417 District / Complex Area Classified / Hawaii / KKP School / Office Classified / Naalehu Elementary Opening Date 01/16/2026 Max Number of Applicants 25 Position % 100% Position Number 802060
Description and Benefits
School Baker, BC-06: $5,054.00 per month
Examples of Duties:
• Coordinates and works closely with other food service employees to ensure baked goods are prepared in a timely manner to meet meal service times and/or satellite delivery schedule. • Reviews daily production records, determines appropriate standardized recipes, and secures necessary ingredients and equipment for preparation and/or baking purposes. • Accurately weighs, measures, and mixes ingredients in accordance with approved standardized recipes for daily/weekly production needs; performs mathematical calculations to adjust recipe yield to meet appropriate production record serving portion/size and/or bread equivalents. • Prepares mixes for and bakes bread, rolls, buns, biscuits, muffins, pizza crusts, wiener in a blanket, and other baked goods. • Sets-up serving counters for meal service, serves students and staff, and replenishes food and other supplementary items as needed. • Portions and/or directs the portioning/packing of menu items for satellite meals. • Cleans and maintains work areas, serving counters, and dining areas in a neat, clean, sanitary, and orderly manner; thoroughly cleans and sanitizes utensils and equipment after use. • Properly labels, stores, and/or disposes leftover foods; documents on the production record; informs School Food Services Manager of leftovers; and may recommend their utilization. • Receives provisions ordered, documents product temperature if applicable, and reports discrepancies to School Food Services Manager; dates and stores goods in proper manner and place; records supplies and ingredients used; and assists in completing monthly inventory and maintaining routine records as directed. • Directs/instructs cafeteria helper(s) and/or other adult/student helper(s) assigned to assist with baking, serving, and/or clean-up; assists in training new food service employees; and may supervise serving operations at satellite schools. • Attends and participates in staff meetings, workshops, and in-service training; achieves the annual minimum required training hours as outlined by the United States Department of Agriculture.
Minimum Qualifications
Education Requirement: Graduation from high school or equivalent.
Experience Requirements:
• General Experience: Six (6) months of work experience as an apprentice or helper in a kitchen where the applicant has acquired basic skills in baking by assisting with such tasks as weighing, measuring and combining ingredients, mixing dough for simple baked products, scaling and shaping dough for rolls, buns, etc. • Specialized Experience: One (1) year of work experience as a baker in a restaurant, hotel, hospital, school, or institution which included actual hands-on experience in producing a variety of baked goods from scratch and in large quantities. • Non-Qualifying Experience: Applicants must have had experience in the whole process of baking in large quantities. • Substitutions Allowed: Possession of an associate's degree from an accredited community college in a food service/culinary arts program which included training in quantity baking may be substituted for all of the required experience. Successful completion of a substantially full-time curriculum from an accredited technical school, community college or university which included coursework which provided the applicant with the knowledge of and hands-on practice in quantity baking comparable to the above required Specialized Experience may be substituted for the pertinent experience on a month-for-month basis. Excess Specialized Experience may be substituted for General Experience on a month-for-month basis.
Application Requirements
Applicants must meet all the requirements for the position they are seeking as of the date of the application, unless otherwise specified. Unless specifically indicated, the required education and experience may not be gained concurrently. Calculation of experience is based on full-time, 40-hour workweeks. Part-time experience is pro-rated.
Benefits
New employees can expect their first paycheck within the first 3 pay periods of their start date. Payday is on the 5th and 20th (or previous business day) of every month. 12-month civil service and SSP employees enjoy a range of competitive benefits:
• Holidays: You may be eligible for 13 paid holidays each year; 14 holidays during an election year. • Vacation: Employees of Bargaining Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 13 earn 21 days per year. • Sick Leave: Employees of Bargaining Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 13 earn 21 days per year. Accumulated (unused) credits may be used toward computing retirement benefits. • Health Insurance: If eligible, the State pays a part of the premiums for each employees enrollment in a State sponsored Medical, Drug, Vision, and Adult Dental Plan. • Group Life Insurance: The State provides a free life insurance policy for employees and retirees. • Premium Conversion Plan: Participating employees may increase their take-home pay by having the State deduct the cost of health care premiums before payroll taxes are withheld. • Flexible Spending Accounts: Eligible employees can reduce their federal and state income taxes and social security taxes through a tax-savings benefit program called Island Flex. This program allows employees to set aside money from their paychecks to pay for out-of-pocket health care expenses and eligible dependent care expenses on a BEFORE-TAX basis. • Retirement Plan: The State contributes to a retirement plan for eligible employees. Generally, employees with at least 10 years of credited service and who have reached 62 years of age or have 30 years of credited service and are 55 years old may retire and receive benefits. • Tax Shelter Annuity (TSA): If eligible, Department employees are able to participate in a tax shelter annuity program. The TSA plan allows eligible employees to contribute pre-tax dollars to an employee-selected investment service provider authorized to provide TSA products. • Deferred Compensation: The State offers employees a tax deferred (sheltered) retirement investment program. This program is an opportunity to build a retirement nest egg through voluntary payroll deductions. Several investment options are available. • Temporary Disability Insurance: Qualified employees may be eligible to receive benefits for a disability caused by a non-work related injury or illness under this program. • Social Security: As an employer, the State also contributes to an employees social security account. • Workers Compensation: If an employee is injured while on the job, benefits covering medical expenses and partial wage support may be available through workers compensation. • Union & Collective Bargaining: Employees have the right to join the union for collective bargaining with the State and employee representation. Some employee unions provide discounts, insurance and other opportunities. Employees may also decide not to join a union, however, employees are required to pay union service fees unless the employees job is excluded from collective bargaining.
Application Form
01 EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: Do you possess a high school diploma, General Equivalency Diploma (GED) or equivalent?
Yes No
02 GENERAL EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT: Do you possess at least six (6) months of work experience as an apprentice or helper in a kitchen where you acquired the basic skills in baking by assisting with such tasks as weighing, measuring, and combining ingredients; mixing dough for simple baked products; scaling and shaping dough for rolls, buns, etc.?
Yes No
03 GENERAL EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION: If you answered "Yes" to the question above, list each position where you worked as an Apprentice or Helper in a kitchen where you acquired basic baking skills. For EACH employer/position, please include:
• (a) Employers name, your job title, dates of employment (mo/yr to mo/yr) and the average number of hours worked per week; • (b) Supervisor name and title; • (c) Description of primary duties; • (d) Percentage of time using basic baking skills in your daily work.
Note: Failure to provide all information will result in your application being rejected for being incomplete. If you answered "No" to the General Experience Requirement question, type "None" in the space provided.
04 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT: Do you possess at least one (1) year of work experience as a baker in a restaurant, hotel, hospital, school, or institution which included actual hands-on experience in producing a variety of baked goods from scratch and in large quantities?
Yes No
05 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION: If you answered "Yes" to the question above, list each position where you worked as a baker in a restaurant, hotel, hospital, school, or institution which included actual hands-on experience in producing a variety of baked goods from scratch and in large quantities. For EACH employer/position, please include:
• (a) Employers name, your job title, dates of employment (mo/yr to mo/yr) and the average number of hours worked per week; • (b) Type of establishment (e.g., restaurant, hotel, hospital, school, etc.); • (c) Supervisor name and title;
Note: Failure to provide all information will result in your application being rejected for being incomplete. If you answered "No" to the Specialized Experience Requirement question, type "None" in the space provided.
06 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION (cont.): For each position listed under Specialized Experience, what were your primary duties? Describe your daily work routine, detailing the specific tasks you performed. For EACH employer/position, please include:
• (a) Employers name and your job title; • (b) Primary duties; • (c) Baking methods you used and the number of each typical items you baked from scratch using each method.
Note: Failure to provide all information will result in your application being rejected for being incomplete. If you answered "No" to the Specialized Experience Requirement question, type