Essex Westford School District (EWSD) has an opportunity for a full-time Assistant Cook at Essex High School beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.

 

The Assistant Cook role helps to ensure the efficient and effective operation of all aspects of food preparation, production, and service across all EWSD CNP sites. This role involves supervising and actively participating in daily cafeteria operations, including food preparation, cooking, and service, while maintaining high standards of quality, safety, and sanitation. The Assistant Cook will also supervise and as, and supporting other cafeteria duties as assigned.

 

Primary job duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

• Supervise and assist with or perform the cooking, production, distribution, and service of components to support all EWSD CNP sites.
• Oversee and perform routine food preparation (i.e. cutting up fruits and vegetables, making and wrapping sandwiches, and the like) and food service tasks.
• Supervise cafeteria workers and other staff: Assist with training new employees; plan and issue daily work assignments; monitor work in progress and check completed work; assist with problems.
• Supervise and assist with stocking and setting up work areas, and cafeteria lines.
• Supervise and assist with or perform daily cleaning duties in the cafeteria including cleaning equipment and work areas, operating dishwasher and/or scrubbing pots and pans, cleaning up lines at end of meal shift, and putting away/disposing of leftovers.
• Complies with State Sanitation Guideline requirements stating that all employees shall keep clean and wear clean outer garments at all times while engaged in handling food, drink, utensils or equipment.  The use of caps, hairnets, headbands, pins, or other hair restraints is required for all food handlers.
• Assist with other cafeteria duties as assigned, and act as backup to Kitchen Supervisors.

 

For additional information, CLICK HERE for a copy of the full job description.

 

Our District vision is: "Growing hearts and minds, for a better today and tomorrow: every day, every way, every one."

 

EWSD is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive environment. Successful candidates must be committed to working effectively with diverse community populations and are expected to strengthen such capacity if hired. Candidates with experience living or working in another country, the ability to speak more than one language, and/or Peace Corps experience are encouraged to apply.

 

EWSD conducts thorough screenings of all applicants being recommended for hire, which may include contacting references not listed on your application. Selected individuals are subject to criminal records background checks and child and adult abuse registry checks. Any offer of employment will be contingent upon acceptable results of these checks at the sole discretion of the Superintendent or his/her designee. Please click HERE for additional background check information.