Cafe Specialist

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Cafe Specialist

Salary

$36,364.00 - $49,026.00 Annually

Location

Costa Mesa, CA

Job Type

Classified Staff

Job Number

O-040-19

Division

Orange Coast College

Department

IS/CHS/Cafeteria

Opening Date

04/12/2019

Closing Date

4/26/2019 11:59 PM Pacific

Definition

About Orange Coast College (OCC)
Orange Coast College's 164-acre campus is located in Costa Mesa just minutes from Southern California's beautiful beaches. Founded in 1947, with classes beginning in 1948, OCC has grown into one of the nation's largest -- and finest -- community colleges, enrolling more than 25,000 students each semester. OCC's has an unwavering commitment to equitable outcomes; inclusive practices; and rich racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity. Ideal candidates for this position share OCC's devotion to educating and improving the lives of our representative student, employee, and community populations. Ideal candidates for this position share OCC's devotion to educating and improving the lives of our representative student, employee, and community populations. We currently enroll 21,498 students, the majority of whom are from racially minoritized populations: 35% of OCC's students are Latinx, 2% are African- American, 23% are Asian, less than 1% Native American, 31% are White, and 6% are multiracial. OCC engages in a variety of professional development opportunities and partnerships so that we can serve disproportionately impacted groups. Student-centered activities that support OCC's mission include campus-wide student success projects funded by the Office of Student Equity; partnerships with local Hispanic Serving four year institutions; active programs that work to improve the academic achievement of racially minoritized students, such as PUENTE and UMOJA; Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) and Disabled Student Program and Services (DSPS).

Summary 
Performs and may assist in leading a small team in connection with preparing, portioning, and packaging food, and with service and clean up at a school site that may also serve as a food production facility for remote sites.  Serves as a cashier with a point-of-sale register. Performs advanced food service record keeping such as maintaining student accounts, production records, and end-of-day procedures.
 
Distinguishing Career Features 
The Cafe Specialist is contained in a service-oriented career ladder.  A Café Assistant III may serve as a team leader or demonstrate a higher level of specialization such as in catering, monitoring student accounts, supporting a standalone service or special meal program, and other expanded record keeping.  Advancement to Café Services Team Leader is based on need and the ability to accept leadership over a larger work team and coordinate cooking of food items of a full-service kitchen. 
 
Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

  • Receives, prepares, assembles, counts, and cleans, slices, cuts, or otherwise portions food items such as, but not limited to beverages:  hot/cold, fruits, vegetables, protein items, grains, frozen and cooked items, used for packaging and ingredients.  Prepares fruits, vegetables, grains, proteins, and beverages for service. 
  • Sets up and operates commercial food production and processing machines for use.  Cleans, sanitizes, and arranges machine components.  Adjusts and tests machines to match processing and operating instructions. 
  • Prepares and maintains various records and reports on operations and activities including inventory, personnel, sales, meals served, monies collected, requisitions, daily reports, work schedules and production sheets. 
  • Maintains up-to-date staff records and responds to communications from staff.  
  • Arranges individually packaged food items along a service line and in remote venues so that students/patrons can make easy selection.  
  • Serves food and beverage items according to specified quantities and from established menus.  Prepares and serves substitute food items to accommodate customer request. 
  • Records food temperatures at regular intervals to required levels.  Inspects and/or tastes prepared foods before serving to determine quality, appearance, and acceptance. 
  • Serves as a point of sale cashier, accepting money, entering data into the system and performing end-of-day procedures.   
  • Enters staff/employee information onto databases. 
  • Operates a hand operated snack and/or ala carte service cart.  Arranges and sells food items and accounts for cash, student meal cards, and meal counts. 
  • Attends a food production station, assembling, sealing, and stacking standardized portions of food items onto transferable food carriers.   Maintains pace with acceptable units of production. 
  • Observes work habits of team members, offering suggestions to improve efficiency and enhance safe work methods. 
  • Maintains inventory and initiates orders for food items with pre-approved vendors.  Monitors and/or receives and stores food and inventory to comply with health and safety requirements. 
  • May lead a small team engaged in portioning and packaging food items and service. 
  • Performs other duties as assigned that support the overall objective of the position.

Qualifications and Physical Demands

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
 
Knowledge and Skills:
The position requires working knowledge of institutional quantity food preparation, methods, procedures, and service.  Requires working knowledge of food storage and sanitation procedures.  Requires working knowledge of kitchen/production facility safety and safe work procedures.  Requires basic knowledge of food production line processes.  Requires sufficient knowledge of and skill at using computer-aided data entry applications for storing data about students and kitchen operations.  Requires sufficient arithmetic skills to compute weights, measures, counts, and portions.  Requires sufficient reading skills to interpret menus, ingredient lists, and preparation instructions.   Requires sufficient human relations skill to exhibit positive customer service and work as a productive member of a team. 
 
Abilities:
Requires the ability to perform the essential duties of the position.  Requires the ability to independently maintain and monitor a kitchen or one or more production environments.  Must be able to understand and follow District Food Service policies, procedures, rules and regulations.  Must be able to orient and train food service staff and perform basic recordkeeping functions and complete routine food service reports. Must be skilled in operation of commercial kitchen equipment use for cooking and baking.  Requires the ability to coordinate and sequence food preparation activity in order to serve a variety of food items at the same time.  Requires the ability to follow oral and written instructions.   Requires the ability to interpret menus and ingredient lists.  Requires the ability to apply safety and sanitation regulations. Requires the ability to lift up to 25 pounds. Requires the ability to work varying shifts and locations.

Education and Experience:
The position typically requires a High School diploma plus formal training in meal planning, sanitation, record keeping, and 3 years of experience in institutional cooking in an education or equivalent setting. Or, any combination of education and experience the meet the required qualifications.
 
Licenses and Certificates:
Requires a food safety manager's certificate.
May require a valid driver license.
May require Starbucks LSLT Certification

 

Conditions of Employment

Physical Abilities:
Requires the ability to stand for extended periods of time, bend, kneel and stoop. Requires sustained lifting of medium to heavy weights (under 50 pounds) and occasional pushing and positioning of heavy objects up to 75 pounds.  Requires the ability to handle hot material and work in an environment dominated by wide temperature extremes.  Requires sufficient hand-eye coordination maintain pace in a production setting, to use kitchen utensils and equipment, and move and position hot materials.

Working Conditions:
Work is performed indoors and outdoors where significant health and safety considerations exist from physical labor and handling of sharp objects, equipment, gases, and materials in conditions that vary in temperature and stability.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
This is a full-time, 11-months per year classified position. The normal hours of work will be from 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with the flexibility to work evenings and weekends to meet the needs of the department. The effective date of employment will be arranged with the supervisor.
 
Regular attendance is considered an essential job function; the inability to meet attendance requirements may preclude the employee from retaining employment. The person holding this position is considered a mandated reporter under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in Coast Community College District policies, procedures, and Title IX. (Reference: BP/AP 5910 ) The Coast Community College District celebrates all forms of diversity and is deeply committed to fostering an inclusive environment within which students, staff, administrators, and faculty thrive. Individuals interested in advancing the District's strategic diversity goals are strongly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified applicants with disabilities who self-disclose.

Additional Information

Applications must be received no later than the posted closing date. There are NO EXCEPTIONS. Electronic applications may be completed by
visiting http://www.cccd.edu/employment. Once you have completed an electronic application, you may apply to open positions within the Coast Community College District by submitting the application and all other required materials. Required materials differ for each open position and must be complete when submitted for a specific posting.
 
Instructions for completing applications and applying to posted positions are available online or by calling Applicant Processing at (714) 438-4714.
 
All application materials become the property of the Coast Community College District and will NOT be copied or returned. Information for TDD users is available by calling (714) 438-4755.
 
Application Requirements:
To be considered for employment you must submit a complete application packet. A complete application packet includes:
  1. A complete online Classified/Management Employment Application.
  2. A current resume. (Attached as a separate document.)
  3. A cover letter highlighting your qualifications for the desired position. (Attached as a separate document.)
  4. Answers to Supplemental Questions. (clear and detailed responses required as they will be carefully evaluated to determine the most qualified candidate(s) to be invited for an interview; please do not paste your resume, or put "see resume" or "N/A", or leave blank).

**The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m., April 26, 2019. Application materials must be electronically submitted online at http://www.cccd.edu/employment. Incomplete applications and application materials submitted by mail will not be considered.
 
To ensure consistency and fairness to all applicants, please do not submit materials in addition to those requested. Additional materials will not be considered or returned. Be sure to complete all questions and sections of the application. If you do not know an answer, please indicate so, but do not leave any space blank.
 
All applications will be screened under a process of utmost confidentiality by a committee of representatives from the college community. Please note: Possession of the minimum qualifications does not ensure an interview.
 
Any documents that you are unable to attach can be emailed to jobs@cccd.edu. Emails must clearly indicate the job you are applying to and your name.
 
Disability Accommodations:
If you require accommodations in the Application or Examination Process, please notify Human Resources by calling (714) 438-4716 OR (714) 438-4713.
 
The Coast Community College District is a multi-college district that includes Coastline
Community College, Golden West College, and Orange Coast College. The three colleges offer programs in a transfer, general education, occupational/technical education, community services, and student support services. Coastline, Golden West and Orange Coast Colleges enroll more than 60,000 students each year in more than 300 degree and certificate programs.
Since its founding in 1947, the Coast Community College District has enjoyed a reputation as one of the leading community college districts in the United States. Governed by a locally elected Board of Trustees, the Coast Community College District plays an important role in the community by responding to needs of a changing and increasingly diverse population.
 
Coast Community College District is an Equal Opportunity Employer
The Coast Community College District is committed to employing qualified administrators/managers, faculty, and staff members who are dedicated to student learning and success. The Board recognizes that diversity in the academic environment fosters awareness, promotes mutual understanding and respect, and provides suitable role models for all students. The Board is committed to hiring and staff development processes that support the goals of equal opportunity and diversity, and provide equal consideration for all qualified candidates. The District does not discriminate unlawfully in providing educational or employment opportunities to any person on the basis of race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or genetic information.

Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision
We know that the health of our employees and their families is a priority. That's why we offer extensive health care benefits to benefits-eligible employees. We offer the District's PPO plan as well as two HMO's, United Health Care and Kaiser Permanente. We also provide District-paid dental and vision insurance. 

Benefits are available to regular permanent employees working 20 or more hours per week.  Benefits are not available to temporary or short term employees.

District-paid Life Insurance
The District provides Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance benefits, underwritten by ING. This District-paid benefit is equal to one time your annual salary and remains in effect until age 70.

District-paid Disability Benefits
Coast provides both short and long term disability benefits for eligible employees unable to work because of disability due to illness, injury, or maternity.

Voluntary Plans
A variety of voluntary plans are offered through the District to benefits-eligible employees such as Long Term Care, Hyatt Legal, and Section 125 compliant flexible spending accounts.

Enrich Your Profession
Professional Development Programs
The District offers a variety of Professional Development programs for faculty and classified staff that encompasses all types of facilitated learning opportunities, ranging from college degrees to formal coursework and conferences. We encourage lifelong learning that maintains and improves professional competencies, enhances career progression, and keeps our employees on the cutting edge of their profession.

Sabbatical Leaves
Faculty members are encouraged to pursue professional growth leading to the development of increased competence and the improvement of instruction and/or redirection in their current teaching discipline. The District's sabbatical leave program is designed to assist in this pursuit and is available on a semester basis after completing six consecutive years of service.

Academic Senate
The Academic Senate is the governing body at each of our colleges for making recommendations to administration and to our Board of Trustees with respect to academic and professional matters. The Senate consists of elected faculty and has the responsibility for matters related to curriculum and general academic policy.

Time to Refuel
Vacation
Classified, contract staff earn vacation days commensurate with years of service. Classified Management and Administrators earn 22 days vacation per year.

Sick Leave
All contract employees earn sick leave as outlined in the CA Education Code. Sick leave may be carried over from year-to-year and, upon retirement, unused sick leave may contribute to your PERS and STRS retiree benefit.

Holidays
The District observes 21 paid holidays per year.

Jury Duty, Bereavement, Military Leave
Coast grants contract employees called to jury duty a leave of absence, without loss of pay, for the entire length of required service. Other available leaves include bereavement from 3-5 days and military leaves of absence in accordance with applicable state laws.

Great Expectations
Pension Plans
The District participates in the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) and the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) for contract employees. Non-contract employees participate in Public Agency Retirement Services (PARS) plan for the first 1,000 hours of their employment.
Additionally, it is the policy of the Coast Community College District that contract employees who retire from the District with ten or more years of service be afforded the same group insurance benefits until 70 years of age. A Medicare Supplement or GAP plan  is available to retirees and their spouses after age 70.

Annuities
The District maintains a program whereby qualified employees may request through Payroll to have a portion of his or her salary deposited under a tax sheltered annuity plan or an approved deferred compensation plan.

Schools First Federal Credit Union
The Schools First Federal Credit Union is a federally insured, full service, financial cooperative that is a not-for-profit organization. Earnings are used to benefit all members to provide a full range of financial services and offerings.

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Describe in detail your experience in the food service industry and how it has prepared you for this position.
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What is your experience as a cash handling administrator with POS systems and Deposits
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This position addresses being accountable as a Lead for a portion of the work shift. What experience do you have as a Team Leader, Trainer, overseeing the work and performance metrics of others?
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Please provide your experience with sanitation and safety related to food service.
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List and describe your experience in using equipment related to food services such as Grills, Ovens, Steamers, Slicers, Dish Machine Etc.......
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Describe your team player and customer support skills in your working relationships.
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I understand that a COMPLETE application packet is required for consideration, which includes the following: 1. A completed Coast Community College District Online Employment Application 2. A current resume (uploaded as a separate attachment - PDF recommended) 3. A cover letter (uploaded as a separate attachment - PDF recommended) 4. Responses to supplemental questions (clear and detailed responses required as they will be carefully evaluated to determine the most qualified candidate(s) to be invited for an interview; please do not paste your resume, or put "see resume", or "N/A" or leave blank)
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