Summary
Date Posted: Friday, November 08 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The overall responsibility of Food handler is to serve the Legacy Academy’s by helping to implement the School Lunch program by cooking the prescribed portions every day and ensuring cooking and serving areas are clean as per FLMZ routines/procedures and Lusaka City Council standards.
Core Capabilities
1. Spiritual formation capabilities
This capability must be read and applied in accordance with FLMZ Statement of Faith . It includes living out a positive and compassionate service as a follower of Jesus Christ. This includes seeking to develop spiritual maturity, supporting corporate spirituality and reaching out to students with the Gospel of peace.
Indicators:
• Links personal mission and work to spirituality.
• Affirms and articulates the plan of salvation.
• Reflects Christ-like values in work and life.
• Seeks spiritual growth for self and others.
• Respects and relates appropriately to people of other cultures and churches.
2. Achieving Capability
This capability is about keeping the end in mind and getting things done to ensure the quality of the program or activity. It involves being proactive and taking personal responsibility for action. It means that work has the desired impact and staff demonstrate a desire to achieve excellence.
Indicators:
• Clarifies the goals and purpose of work tasks.
• Completes tasks in a timely, cost-effective way.
• Responds promptly in a professional manner.
• Stays committed to outcomes despite obstacles.
• Achieves predefined results and outcomes using ethical, best practice methods.
3. Thinking Capability
This capability is about thinking through what is important to the role, task or issue at hand. It involves analytical, conceptual, and critical thinking in order to bring greater clarity. It helps people to see underlying assumptions and make sense out of ambiguous information or situation.
Indicators:
• Asks key questions and gathers relevant information.
• Sees relationship between cause, effects, and big picture.
• Breaks down complex information into simple language.
• Identifies gaps, trends, priorities and key issues.
4. Relational Capability
This capability is about being able to formally and informally assert opinions, influence others, build bridges between dissenting views and attract people toward a shared understanding. It means influence that causes others to willingly alter their perspective.
Indicators:
• Seeks to understand and respect differing perspectives and viewpoints.
• Takes a stand on behalf of issues and groups.
• Interprets and presents information with influence and impact.
• Uses different styles to impact different individuals or group.
5. Self-Managing Capabilities
This capability is about prioritising a wide range of personal and organisational responsibilities and demands. It involves the flexibility, resilience and assertiveness to hold commitments in balance and in perspective as well as maintaining self-control under pressure. It is also about seeking out personal and professional excellence as well as supporting the development of others.
Indicators:
• Maintains balance in work, life and relationships (especially family and friendship relationships and support networks).
• Prioritises many demands without losing focus.
• Has realistic self-awareness of abilities and development needs.
• Successfully manages personal emotions and their effects.
• Pursues learning both formally and informally.
• Encourages and supports others to grow and develop.
6. Spiritual formation capabilities
This capability must be read and applied in accordance with FLMZ Statement of Faith . It includes living out a positive and compassionate service as a follower of Jesus Christ. This includes seeking to develop spiritual maturity, supporting corporate spirituality and reaching out to students with the Gospel of peace.
Indicators:
• Links personal mission and work to spirituality.
• Affirms and articulates the plan of salvation.
• Reflects Christ-like values in work and life.
• Seeks spiritual growth for self and others.
• Respects and relates appropriately to people of other cultures and churches.

7. Achieving Capability
This capability is about keeping the end in mind and getting things done to ensure the quality of the program or activity. It involves being proactive and taking personal responsibility for action. It means that work has the desired impact and staff demonstrate a desire to achieve excellence.
Indicators:
• Clarifies the goals and purpose of work tasks.
• Completes tasks in a timely, cost-effective way.
• Responds promptly in a professional manner.
• Stays committed to outcomes despite obstacles.
• Achieves predefined results and outcomes using ethical, best practice methods.

8. Thinking Capability
This capability is about thinking through what is important to the role, task or issue at hand. It involves analytical, conceptual, and critical thinking in order to bring greater clarity. It helps people to see underlying assumptions and make sense out of ambiguous information or situation.
Indicators:
• Asks key questions and gathers relevant information.
• Sees relationship between cause, effects, and big picture.
• Breaks down complex information into simple language.
• Identifies gaps, trends, priorities and key issues.

9. Relational Capability
This capability is about being able to formally and informally assert opinions, influence others, build bridges between dissenting views and attract people toward a shared understanding. It means influence that causes others to willingly alter their perspective.
Indicators:
• Seeks to understand and respect differing perspectives and viewpoints.
• Takes a stand on behalf of issues and groups.
• Interprets and presents information with influence and impact.
• Uses different styles to impact different individuals or group.

10. Self-Managing Capabilities
This capability is about prioritising a wide range of personal and organisational responsibilities and demands. It involves the flexibility, resilience and assertiveness to hold commitments in balance and in perspective as well as maintaining self-control under pressure. It is also about seeking out personal and professional excellence as well as supporting the development of others.
Indicators:
• Maintains balance in work, life and relationships (especially family and friendship relationships and support networks).
• Prioritises many demands without losing focus.
• Has realistic self-awareness of abilities and development needs.
• Successfully manages personal emotions and their effects.
• Pursues learning both formally and informally.
• Encourages and supports others to grow and develop.
Dimensions of the Role
• Cleanliness of cooking area and utensils
• Preparing Lunch every school day

Typical Responsibilities – Key End Results of Position
• Daily cooking and serving food according to the prescribed portions and time.
• Ensure that the kitchen or cooking area is kept clean.
• Update Head Teacher on weekly inventory for food and other supplies.
• Ensure that all plates, spoons and cooking pots are kept clean at all times.
• The Facility Worker must develop and maintain excellent working relationship with the Legacy Academy staff.
• Help communicate any security concerns to the Head Teacher.

Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviors required to achieve role’s objectives
• Minimum of a Grade 9 certificate
• Ability to write and communicate in English.
• Food Handlers certification is a must
• Food and Nutrition certificate would be an added advantage

Skills Specific to Post:
• Communications clearly and effectively both verbally and written.
• Gains, develops and retains credibility for personal relationships with others and job performance.
• Ability to work well with others in a multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural environment.
• Creates strong direction for own part of organisation to serve the needs in the overall Family Legacy context.
• Ability to work effectively with others on a team and independently, especially under pressure.
• Ability to adapt personal views to get best outcome for the ministry.
• Contributes effectively to the work of other departments and the ministry.
• Aware of impact on others and uses impact to create positive work environment.
• Positive about change and able to cope well with ambiguity and support others in doing so.

Competencies and values
Christian, respectful, servant-hearted, humility, team-orientated, integrity, diversity, commitment to excellence, adaptability, able to perform under stress, innovation, building and maintaining Biblically based relationship, communicating effectively, listens well, coaching and mentoring, facilitating change, developing individuals and teams, initiating action, strategic decision making, planning and organizing, leading through vision and mission and a personal commitment to children’s development and protection.
Level of Contact with Children:
Medium Contact: High frequency of interaction with children.

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of Education:

Job application procedure
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• Closing Date: 14th October 2024 at 17:00 hours.

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