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Job Opening Information Assistant School Lunch Cook (10 months)

Application Deadline
7/14/2025
Position Start Date
8/28/2025

Position Title
Assistant School Lunch Cook (10 months)
Required Application Type
School Related Personnel
Job Description

                

ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

400 Lake Street • Ithaca, New York • 14850


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Our mission is to engage, educate, and empower. We will strive to engage all students in the importance and relevance of thinking; to educate every learner to communicate, comprehend, and collaborate for understanding; and to empower all in the ICSD to achieve academic excellence.

 

Position Title: Assistant School Lunch Cook 10 months - Internal Only 

Brief Description:  Work involves leadership skills in using leftovers in the economical preparation and cooking of healthful and palatable food for school meal programs. Work includes following recipes, awareness of food allergies and cross contamination, food service sanitation and State and local health inventory and controls. Must be able to stand for long hours and must be independent. Individual must be a team player and perform a variety of duties as required or directed. Ability to understand verbal and written instructions as necessary for recipe production, portion control and record keeping. Hours can vary based on needs. Must have one year of full-time paid experience, or its part-time or volunteer equivalent, in large-scale food preparation.

Location(s): Boynton, DeWitt Middle Schools

Anticipated Start Date: 8/28/82025

Posting Dates: 7/8/2025 - 7/14/2025

Number of Vacancies: 1

Hours per Week: 40.0

Civil Service Jurisdictional Class: Non-Competitive

Required Qualifications: 

  • The Ithaca City School District is committed to eliminating race, class, and disability as predictors of academic performance, co-curricular participation, and discipline. Qualified candidates will demonstrate a basic awareness of these commitments and a strong willingness to support these efforts.

  • Must be eligible for appointment as an Assistant Cook by Civil Service

Civil Service Requirements:

  • Full working knowledge of large-scale food preparation; working knowledge of sanitary procedures in food preparation; working knowledge of methods and equipment used in large-scale food preparation; working knowledge of the proper use of cleaning supplies; working knowledge of basic arithmetic; ability to follow simple oral and written instructions; neatness; cleanliness; physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position.

Internal Applicants: Apply online at SchoolFront |  Step by step Guide

Internal EA Applicants can send their letter via email at recruitment@icsd.k12.ny.us.

If you are a substitute or in the process of onboarding and haven’t officially started, you will be considered an external applicant.

 

Salary Range:  $18.76 hr. in accordance with Collective Bargaining Agreement    

The Ithaca City School District does not unlawfully discriminate in employment on the basis of age, race, color, religion, creed, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, military status, veteran status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, or other federal/state protected status.

Civil Service Title
Assistant Cook
Job Category
Food Service
Job Location
District Wide

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