
Food Service Worker On-Call
Surrey Schools, recipient of the BC's Top Employer and Canada's Greenest Employer awards, provides quality education to over 74,000 students in British Columbia’s fastest-growing community. Serving a diverse, multicultural urban centre, we area progressive school district offering a broad range of innovative programs and services to support the learning of our students and staff.
Called on short notice to work at a designated school, the Food Service Worker On-Call prepares and serves Breakfast and organizes catered Lunch Program meals for students and cleans up afterwards.
Typical duties include:
- Ordering, receiving and storing food and supplies required for Breakfast and Lunch, respecting students’ food allergies and other restrictions to ensure their safety.
- Working successfully as a member of a team and independently, depending on the task.
- Following established procedures to ensure food safety and economy.
- Maintaining basic records using established forms.
- Monitoring food quality, quantity, temperature and food safety
- Lifting and carrying food containers, reaching, bending and twisting to pack meals for distribution, load the dishwasher, etc.
- Identifying food safety issues that might jeopardize student safety
- Obtaining clarification about students’ food restrictions to ensure student safety.
- Maintaining positive relationships with students, parents and staff.
Job Requirements:
- Valid Food Safe I certification.
- At least 1 year recent related experience in a fast paced institutional food services environment.
- Basic food preparation and serving skills.
- Able to speak, read and write clearly in English.
- Good arithmetic skills.
- Able to use Microsoft Outlook (email).
- Must have a valid BC Driver’s License and vehicle to move between sites.
- Available for work on an as needed basis but without a guarantee of hours from 7:00 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, from September to the end of school in June,
- $21.64/hour.
Interested and qualified applicants can apply by clicking "apply online" below. Ensure to include resume, cover letter, references and any supporting documents.
Note: Successful applicants will be required to consent to a Criminal Records Search prior to employment. Only those applicants selected for interviews will be contacted. To all others, thank you for your interest.
