Fall Food Service Worker

OVERVIEW

JOB TITLE: Food Service Worker

LOCATION: T’s and Scooters

PAY RATE: $15.57/ hour

HOURS: T’s- M-F 8am-3:30pm & Scooters – M-Saturday 3:00pm- 10:30pm

JOB SUMMARY

The University of St. Thomas Dining Services provides meals for approximately 12,000 students, faculty and staff as well as community members, and visitors. Dining Services’ Retail offers flexible work schedules (morning, afternoon, evening and weekend) at convenient on-campus locations. The student food service worker position primarily serves customers in retail dining. This position will cross-train in all positions in the operation, including food prep/service, cashier, dish washer and retail. Successful student food service workers will have opportunities for advancement as a Student Lead. Training is provided – no previous experience required.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Prep, cook and/or serve food at various food stations

Set up stations for meal service

Restock food, service ware and supplies

Greet customers and operate cash register

Comply with MN Department of Health food safety guidelines

Listen and follow directions

TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

Learn patience, politeness, assertiveness, and approachability by providing customer service to a diverse customer base

Become comfortable with basic cooking skills including knife handling, sautéing, grilling, weighing, and measuring ingredients and recipe following

Develop proficiency in adhering to policies such as the MN Department of Health Code to ensure safe food handling

Cultivate time management and work/life balance skills

Make lifelong friends and expand career network Enjoy working in a fast-paced environmentAbility to take initiativeBe a team player

Have basic customer service skillsPossess strong communication skills

Be willing to learn new things

Fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or eligible for legally required exemption such as a medical or religious reason

QUALIFICATIONS

Ability to:

Move about in a kitchen, servery and dining hall setting

Tolerate various working conditions: noisy, hot dish room, cold walk-in coolers and freezers

Lift and transport materials weighing up to 40 pounds

Remain standing for extended periods of time

Retrieve items stored in low and high areas

Understand and follow verbal and written directions

The University provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who require and request accommodations in order to perform the essential functions of the job.

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible for student employment, St. Thomas students must be degree seeking at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels. Students must be actively enrolled at least part-time in courses for credit. For further information on eligibility please see the Student Employee Toolkit on One StThomas.

The University of St. Thomas is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including

disability and protected veteran status.

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