Job Details

Salary: $18.00 Hourly
Location : Prescott, AZ
Job Type: Casual Part Time (Less than 20 hours/week)
Job Number: 2025-00241
Department: Food Service
Opening Date: 11/07/2025

Description of Position

We are seeking a dependable and customer-oriented individual to join our team as a Cashier at the community college cafeteria. The cashier will play a key role in providing exceptional service to students, faculty, and staff as they handle transactions and maintain a positive dining experience. This position requires excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

• Greet customers in a friendly and professional manner, ensuring a positive dining experience.
• Accurately process cash, credit, and debit card transactions using a cash register or POS (point of sale) system.
• Handle cash with precision, making change accurately and maintaining a balanced cash drawer at all times.
• Ensure prices are accurately entered into the system and resolve any discrepancies or errors promptly.
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of the cashier station and surrounding areas, including dining area and servery.
• Monitor inventory levels of supplies, such as cash register rolls, receipt paper, and utensils, and notify the supervisor when reordering is necessary.
• Adhere to all food safety and sanitation guidelines, including proper handling of cash and following health code regulations.
• Stay updated on new menu items, promotions, and any changes in pricing or policies.
• Attend staff meetings and training sessions as required.

This position may include responsibilities with the Facilities Department or Prescott Pines Camp during the summer months. Candidates should be prepared to support seasonal operations as needed. See below for specific qualifications and additional duties related to these assignments.

Grounds Duties:

• Curb painting
• Grounds clean up and trash removal
• Trail maintenance
• Other grounds duties

Custodial Duties:

• Window washing
• Carpet cleaning/shampooing
• Event set up
• Room turning at the Halls
• General cleaning tasks

Minimum Expectations & Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Proven work experience as a cashier or in a customer service role is preferred.
• Mathematical skills and the ability to handle cash transactions accurately.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a friendly and approachable demeanor.
• Ability to multitask and work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
• Basic computer skills and experience with cash register or POS systems.
• Knowledge of food safety and sanitation regulations is a plus.
• Ability to stand for extended periods.
• Flexible availability to work mornings, afternoons, evenings, and weekends.
• Ability to follow work direction and work as a part of a team
• Ability to adapt to workplace and work load changes
• Accuracy and attention to detail with regards to work orders and time keeping
• Help with setups when needed
• Properly vacuum carpet and dust mop and wet mop hard floors
• Ability to keep bathrooms clean and sanitized and stocked
• Identifies issues with buildings and equipment and requests work orders
• Regular attendance is an essential job function as it demonstrates dependability towards the performance of job duties
• Aptitude to learn new tasks quickly
• Ability to communicate effectively with peers and managers in person, by phone and email
• Ability to work in an environment which promotes teamwork and strong work ethics
• Work after hours and weekends to cover shows at the Performing Arts Center, special events and projects
• Ability to adapt to workplace and workload changes
• Ability to perform the safe operation of vehicles, equipment, and tools
• Accuracy and attention to detail with regard to work orders and timekeeping

Essential Functions

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements and competencies listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Valid AZ Driver's License.

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 of the job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, or hear. The employee is frequently required to use fingers and hands to handle or feel. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, as well as to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, occasionally lift 50 pounds, and occasionally team lift and/or move over 50 pounds.
Yavapai College offers its full-time employees a comprehensive benefit package:

HEALTH/LIFE BENEFITS

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance: College's partial payment of premiums toward medical with pharmacy and/or dental plan options picked by employees for themselves (and eligible dependents)
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Pre-tax pay deductions to use for eligible medical or dependent daycare costs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Counseling and referral services for employees and their immediate families for depression, stress, family/marital conflict, and alcohol/drug issues
• Vision: Provides an amount per plan year for eligible expenses such as vision exams, lenses, frames, prescription sunglasses, and contact lenses
• Life Insurance: The College provides Basic Life Insurance coverage at twice of the employee's annual salary. Dependents have automatic coverage of $2,000/spouse and $1,000/per child if enrolled in medical plan.
• Voluntary Individual And Family Term Life Insurance: Additional term life insurance coverage available for employee, spouse and children.
• Other Insurance Coverage: Short Term and Long Term Disability (replacement income insurance), and Workers' Compensation (compensation, medical expenses and death benefits for on-the-job injuries or occupational diseases)

RETIREMENT BENEFITS

• Retirement Benefits: Arizona State Retirement System or Optional Retirement Plan, and Social Security (which provides a basic retirement annuity based on age and years of contribution)
• Tax Deferred Annuities: Employees' contributions to designated tax-deferred annuities
• Unemployment Compensation: Employees who are laid off or terminated may receive benefits if covered wages meet requirements

LEAVE BENEFITS

• Vacation : 10 days of Vacation leave annually. NOTE: For employees who work an amount of contractual days, there will be no earned vacation.
• Sick Leave: 12 days sick leave annually. NOTE: Employees working less than full time or an amount of contractual days will receive a proration of sick leave.
• Personal Leave: Use of up to three personal leave days per year which are charged against accumulated sick leave to take care of items of personal business
• Other Leave: Bereavement leave, Civic Duty Leave (Jury duty, active military duty, military training), and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Holidays: 24 days during the year as paid holidays for full-time employees which include Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, 3 days at Thanksgiving, Winter/year end break (10 days), Martin Luther King Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, and Juneteenth.

OTHER BENEFITS

• Breaking Bread: 32 meal swipes for use at the Prescott Campus Eatery. All Other Campuses and Sites receive a $140 credit each semester (fall and spring) to be used at the Open Market on campus/center
• Spanish Interpreter Incentive Program: Employees interested in additional compensation for their Spanish speaking skills agree to assist YC by attending two recruiting events and being available for Spanish Interpretation needs as they arise. Compensation is added to the employee's regular pay at the rate of $175 per month. Employees that are interested in participating let your HR Business partner know, so they can schedule you for the ACTFL language proficiency test at the YC testing center.
• Direct Deposit: Paychecks deposited directly into the employee's bank account(s)
• Tuition Waiver: Eligible Full-time Faculty and Staff, their legally married spouse, and eligible dependents may enroll in a partial or full program of coursework without payment of tuition, exceptions may be lab fees and market-based additional fees
• Sabbatical: Faculty, professional, and administrative staff may apply for compensated leave of up to a year after six years of continuous service
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Additional Benefits and Services: Local community discounts to faculty and staff, computer loan program, mail and notary service.