Food and Nutrition Services Worker - 8 hrs/day (190 days/school year calendar)
Davenport, IAFull-time$15.76/hrPosted 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
Davenport Community Schools is hiring a Food and Nutrition Services Worker at West High School. The role works 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on an 8-hour daily schedule across a 190-day school-year calendar. The worker assists with food service, kitchen cleanup, food preparation, and maintaining sanitation and service standards. A high school diploma or GED is required.
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Full job description
Food and Nutrition Services Worker - 8 hrs/day (190 days/school year calendar) JobID: 12933
- Position Type:
Food Service/ Worker
- Date Posted:
10/29/2026
- Location:
West High School
- Closing Date:
Open Until Filled
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES WORKER - 8 hrs/day (190 days/school year calendar)
WEST HIGH
6:30 am - 2:30 pm
INTERNAL BIDDERS: OPEN THRU 11/5/26 @ 4 P.M. INTERNAL BIDDERS MUST APPLY BY COMPLETING AN INTERNAL APPLICATION VIA THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
All other current district employees (not FNS), or external applicants apply online by completing the external application.
EXTERNAL APPLICANTS (will hire externally if no internal bidders): OPEN UNTIL FILLED
Rate of Pay: $15.76
Duties & Responsibilities: (Essential Functions of Position, Major Responsibilities, Summary of Key Duties, Special Assignments, Relationships)
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Assists in setting up service areas, portioning, and/or serving food items.
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Assists with the cleaning and storing of kitchen equipment. May assist with garbage removal and the
cleaning of floors and cafeteria tables.
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May assist cooks with assembly of complex recipes.
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May heat convenience foods per manufacturer/district instructions.
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Utilizes various pieces of food service equipment for preparation, service and clean up.
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Assists in controlling food and supply costs with proper handling, storage techniques, and portion control.
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Maintains standards of sanitation, safety, production, service, and food quality.
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Ability to communicate effectively with customers, vendors and other team members.
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Maintains good public relations with students, parents, faculty, and the community.
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May be required to cover in buildings other than the one assigned.
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Performs other duties as may be assigned.
Physical Requirements of Position:
- PHYSICAL - The worker is physically able to work in a standing position for prolonged periods and to walk much of the time during the day; is able to work in very warm surroundings; has manual dexterity to handle knives and other pieces of kitchen equipment; and is able to lift materials weighing at least 46 pounds. May be required to climb stairs.
Special Qualification Required/Desired: (Personal Qualities, Education, Skills Needed, Experience, Etc.)
--EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE- The School Food Service Worker shall possess competence in the above stated areas of responsibility. It is required that the worker has a high school diploma or GED.
The Davenport Community School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 442 open Food Service Worker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$15.76/hr
- US median$16–17/hr221 hourly ranges
This rate, $15.76/hr, is 4% below the US median midpoint ($17/hr) — in the middle half of Food Service Worker hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 442 open Food Service Worker jobs across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- Food Service Worker postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 5 years (44 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 89 of the 442 open Food Service Worker jobs (20%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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