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Assistant Food Service Coordinator

12/23/2025

The Assistant Food Service Coordinator assists in planning, ordering, and preparing meals for students while ensuring dietary needs are met. This role also involves coordinating with students and staff to maintain meal quality and satisfaction.

Working Hours

24 hours/week

Company Size

51-200 employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
We help teens and young adults dealing with depression, anxiety, social problems, executive function needs and learning differences, get back to a productive life. Our amazing staff use proven clinical therapies coupled with the power of healing relationships to promote deep, lasting change. Our aim is to help students live principle-based lives characterized by insightful choices. Telos is a place where students find clarity, healing, and direction. Combined with the “arm around the shoulder” culture, Telos is a unique, clinically-sophisticated, relationship-based treatment center for teens and young adults ages 13-26.
About the Role

Description

Job Description: Assistant Food Service Coordinator

Time commitment: 20-24 hours per week

Schedule: Wednesday-Sunday, 1:30pm-5:30pm

Reports to: Food Service Coordinator

Status: Part-Time, Non-Exempt, At-Will Employee


The Assistant Food Service Coordinator works with the Food Service coordinator to ensure the facilitation of nutritious student meals for the Geneva Program. This includes responsible planning, ordering, and preparing weekly lunches and dinners, and coordinating weekend lunches and dinners. This position will work closely with students and student living department employees to ensure appropriate portions, quality, and satisfaction.


Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Adheres to safe-food handling and storage procedures
  • Provides special dietary needs as ordered by the MD, dietician, and nursing director
  • Purchases food, ingredients, etc. according to meal plans weekly.
  • Prepares students a variety and adequate amount of food to meet their dietary needs as determined by the dietician and nursing director
  • When appropriate, work with students to plan and prepare meals.
  • Serves meals in a timely manner adhering to the Telos schedule
  • Helps to prepare extra-large meals for Family Days—five times per year
  • Coordinate food needs with student living department leaders.
  • Promotes clean and tidy kitchen environments.
  • Participates in daily cleaning activities and family days logistics
  • Completes other assignments as directed by supervisor

Requirements

Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of basic nutrition principles
  • Organizational skills to effectively plan and prepare meals
  • Experience with responsibly managing budgets and ordering.
  • Ability to follow dietary recommendations
  • Current food-handler’s permit (upon hire)
  • Team player
  • Prompt and efficient
  • Ability to hold appropriate boundaries
  • Reliable and dependable
Key Skills
Nutrition PrinciplesOrganizational SkillsBudget ManagementDietary RecommendationsFood PreparationTeam PlayerReliabilityFood HandlingMeal PlanningFood PurchasingCookingCleaningCommunicationTime ManagementCustomer SatisfactionBoundary Setting
Categories
Food & BeverageHospitalityEducation
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