The Brooklyn Center Community School (BCCS) District seeks applicants to join our team as Food Service Head Cook at our Elementary building. The Head Cook performs intermediate semiskilled and administrative work: planning, coordinating, assigning, and overseeing food service staff. Participates in preparing, cooking, serving, cleaning, storing food, maintaining records, ordering food, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the moderate supervision of the District Food Service Manager. Supervision is exercised over food service staff.

BCCS is looking for applicants driven to uphold our Mission: To become a justice-center school community who fuels the unique genius of each student.

BCCS Core Values - Written on a foundation of student voice, our district core values communicate the culture and character of Brooklyn Center Community Schools.

We stand front and center
We demonstrate passion, pride, and perseverance
We acknowledge and disrupt oppressive systems
Our diversity fuels learning
We fiercely lead in justice-centered educated

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Plans supervise and coordinates daily food service operations to comply with federal, state, and district regulations and policies.
Assists in planning menus and ensures that food items are served in quantities according to good dietary principles.
Determines the quantities of each food to be prepared.
Assists in recipe and menu cycle development and maintenance.
Plans, assigns, and directs daily work, ensures training of staff.
Assists supervisor in evaluating performance provides input into the performance appraisal.
Engage with students to ensure a safe, supportive, culturally responsive, equitable, and welcoming learning environment.
Trains supports and supervises staff using systems and standard operating procedures and safe use of all mechanical equipment.
Understands and communicates daily to deliver information to the foodservice staff and school populations about the wellness policy, meals, food sources, recipes, and overall food nutrition goals.
Under the direction of the Food Service Manager, implements departmental plans, work programs, processes, procedures, and policies required to achieve overall department performance results.
Assists with orders received, accounts for, and stocks food and supplies; maintains inventory.
Cleans and sanitizes work surfaces and areas, equipment, and tables.
Monitors and records temperature on coolers, freezers, refrigerators, dry storage, and serving lines.
Prepares, cooks, and serves main entrees and alternate foods.
Ensures Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan is properly implemented and followed.
Oversees and coordinates the maintenance of equipment, utensils, and working areas.
Handles kitchen and cafeteria emergencies, including equipment failure, repair and service calls, etc.; documents issues and takes corrective action.
Reports accidents and/or issues occurring in the kitchen or cafeteria.
Updates employees regarding food and nutrition services operational changes.
Meets and communicates with Licensed School Nurse regarding children with special dietary needs.
Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification may be obtained within one (1) month of hire

Pay and Benefits: $25.38-$26.09, Benefits based on Food Service contract
Duty Days: 261 days (12 months), 7.5 hours per day

Why Choose BCCS?

Flexible and Affordable Health Insurance Options
Dental Insurance
Group Life and AD&D Insurance
Supplemental Life and Dependent Life Insurance
Long Term Disability (LTD) Insurance
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Pet Insurance
Full-service community school
AllOne Health: Supportive counseling and coaching
Breastfeeding Friendly Certified Workplace
Staff Wellness Opportunities: Annual benefits fair, wellness challenges and campaigns, free yoga and personal trainer sessions
Good Human Work: Free onsite therapy service
Kavira Health: Medical care to help you improve your overall health and wellness. The clinic offers all of the primary care services you would expect from a family physician/general practitioner.

We're not a community on the fringe, we're a community moving toward a center. Moving in unison with a shift in cultural expectations.
Our voice and achievement will not be disqualified, we're moving toward a change in history and hearts.
Standing FRONT AND CENTER so we are seen and heard.

Application Process:
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BROOKLYN CENTER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:
Brooklyn Center Community Schools is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment in accordance with all applicable Equal Opportunity laws, directives and regulations of Federal, State and Local governing bodies or agencies. Brooklyn Center Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, gender identity and expression, disability, age, or status.