Background:

Washington Leadership Academy (WLA) is a world-class college prep high school in Washington D.C. that prepares students to thrive in the world and to change it for the better. WLA employs college prep academics, computer science instruction, and real world experiences to ensure that students achieve their full potential. WLA fosters a community of wellness where students and staff members feel like family. WLA is one of 10 schools in the nation to be recognized as a “Super School” and awarded a $10 million grant to redesign high school and empower young people.

Role and Responsibilities: The Operations Associate position is a full time position.

Food Service Management: The Operations Associate will ensure that food is served in compliance with local, state and federal regulations. Sample tasks include:

Daily Meal Management
Accept deliveries and verify correct orders
Be responsible for the condition and care for meals until they are served
Clean and maintain equipment (refrigerator, warming oven, etc.)
Wipe down all surfaces, e.g. countertops, used in the serving of food
Stow all equipment and food in compliance with food service regulations
Dispose of waste in the appropriate trash receptacles located in the kitchen/cafeteria
Gather feedback from students to ensure satisfaction
Supervise the consumption of meals
Manage Point of Sale (meal counting) records
Perform record keeping and reconcile entries
Coordinate with Operations Manager for weekly meal ordering
Maintain kitchen and cafeteria environment that is 100% satisfactory to the Department of Health

School Environment: The Operations Associate will support Operations Manager to maintain a place of work and learning that students, teachers, and staff take pride in.

Regularly and consistently maintain a beautiful environment for learning
Support emergency planning and procedures
Other duties as assigned

Office Tasks: The Operations Associate will provide direct operational support to school leadership.

Assisting Office Manager with daily calls to families
Filing and basic clerical responsibilities
Support recruitment and enrollment, including maintaining accurate records
Some data management projects, under supervision of Operations Manager and/or Associate Director of Operations
General front desk administration support
Many other duties as assigned

Hours : 7:45 am to 4:45pm (most days Operations Team members are cleared to leave by 4:15pm based on student dismissal)

Reporting Relationships:

The Operations Associate will report to the Director of Operations

Requirements and Qualifications

Self-guided, mission-aligned, detail-oriented
A desire to work in a fast-paced and urgent work environment
Capable (and eager) to balance multiple projects and competing priorities
Must be customer-service oriented
A focus on outcomes and a “whatever-it-takes” attitude for our students
A sense of humor about the little things, sense of urgency about the big things
A Food Handler’s License (such as SafeServ) preferred
Previous experience working with the National School Lunch Program preferred
Proficiency in Spanish preferred

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, walk, and use his/her/their hands. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move heavy classroom materials or equipment. The specific vision abilities required by this job may include close vision.

Washington Leadership Academy reserves the right to amend this job description at any time prior to or during employment.

Washington Leadership Academy

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