School Nutrition Service Specialist

Job Description

Nutrition Services Specialist

FLSA Classification: Non-Exempt, Full-time

Reports To: Director of Food Services

Date Written/Revised: 11/9/2023

Job Summary: The Nutrition Services Specialist shall: (1) aid in the timely preparation and serving of food while maintaining the necessary sanitation, health and personal hygiene standards set forth at the State and Federal levels; (2) and ensure appropriate use of facility supplies and equipment in order to minimize loss.

REQUIRED PERSONAL QUALITIES The food services specialist will:

• Have received Jesus Christ as his/her personal Savior.
• Believe that the Bible is God’s Word and standard for faith and daily living.
• Be in whole-hearted agreement with the school’s Statement of Faith and Christian philosophy of education.
• Be a Christian role model in attitude, speech, and actions toward others. This includes being committed to God’s Biblical standards for sexual conduct. Luke 6:40
• Be a member in good standing at a local, evangelical church whose doctrine is in agreement with the school’s Statement of Faith.

ADDITIONAL PERSONAL QUALITIES

The food services specialist will:

• Be able to function and perform responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.
• Be a team player in the preparation of meals for students and/or staff.
• Maintain a personal appearance that is a Christian role model of cleanliness, modesty, and good taste.
• Possess a willingness to learn.
• Be able to follow written and oral instructions.
• Take pride in their work and serving others.

JOB DESCRIPTION – Essential Functions

The food services specialist shall:

• Maintain skills necessary to operate cafeteria equipment and report any repairs needed.
• Prepare food to be served using proper production standards and guidelines.
• Store food at proper temperatures and date all items.
• Ensure cleanliness of cafeteria and kitchen and follow all Health Department guidelines.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 30 lbs.
• Wash all dishes, pans, etc. following service in preparation for the next day.
• Aid in all areas of food inventory, storage, and preparation.
• Assist in cleaning the kitchen to prepare for next day’s service.
• Start preparation of the following day’s lunch service if time allows and/or is necessary.
• Inventory and put stock away in a timely manner (climbing step-stool is necessary).
• Attend and participate in scheduled devotional, local in-service and training as needed to meet the responsibilities of the position.
• Other duties that are assigned by director of food services.

PORTLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL'S STATEMENT OF FAITH:

1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, and only infallible, authoritative, inerrant Word of God (II Timothy3:15; II Peter 1:21)

2. We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:1;Matthew 28:19; John 10:30).

3. We believe in the deity of Christ (John 10:33); His virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:35); His sinless life (Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 7:26); His miracles (John 2:11); His vicarious and atoning death (I Corinthians 15:3; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 2:9); His resurrection (John 11:25; I Corinthians 15:4); His ascension to the right hand of the Father (Mark 16:19); His personal return in power and glory (Acts 1:11;Revelation 19:11).

4. We believe that all people sin and can be saved only by God’s grace through faith in Christ crucified and raised from the dead (Romans 3:23, Ephesians 2:8-9, I Corinthians 15:1-5), that such are justified freely through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus (Romans 3:24, Ephesians 1:7), that unless one is born again, of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God (John 3:3-7), that repentance is an essential part of true faith (Mark 1:15, Luke 13:3-5, Acts 20:21), that the outward way of demonstrating one’s inward faith and repentance and the union with Christ that results is through immersion in water (Matthew 28:19-20, Acts 2:38, Romans 6:1-4).

5. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, they that are saved unto the resurrection of life, and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation (John 5:28-29).

6. We believe God created the sacrament of marriage to be the union of one man and one woman and is a reflection of Christ's relationship to his church (Ephesians 5:25-27).

7. We believe that God wonderfully created each person as distinctly male or female. These two distinct, complimentary genders together reflect the image and nature of God (Genesis 1:27).

8. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 8:9; I Corinthians 12:12-13;Galatians 3:26-28).

9. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life (Romans 8:13-14; I Corinthians 3:16; I Corinthians 6:19-20; Ephesians 4:30; Ephesians 5:18).

10. We believe that Christians' top priorities are the Great Commandment and the Great Commission: that we should seek for ourselves and our students that we love the Lord with all our being and love our neighbor asourselves and seek to make disciples of the Lord Jesus in all the world (Matthew22:36-40; Matthew 28:18-20).

This Statement of Faith does not exhaust the extent of our beliefs. The Bible itself, as the inspired and infallible Word of God that speaks with final authority concerning truth, morality and the proper conduct of mankind, is the sole and final source of all that we believe. For purposes of Portland Christian School’s faith, doctrine, practice, policy and discipline, our Board of Directors is the final interpretive authority on the Bible’s application.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Agreement and consent to School's Statement of Faith
• Bachelor's Degree preferred