Student Employment

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    Employee Handbook

    Effective January 3, 2023:

    Hourly Pay Rates for Student Employees

    • Level 1:  $11.00
    • Level 2:  $12.00
    • Level 3:  $13.25
    • Level 4:  $14.00
    • Level 5:  $14.75
    • Level 6:  $15.00
    • Level 7:  $16.50

    Each student employee who works a minimum of a four-hour shift, per day, receives a free meal.

    Student benefits working for Culinary Services include: 

    • Competitive pay starting at $11-$12/hr. 
    • Free meal for every shift worked
    • Very flexible schedule with up to 25 hours per work week 
    • Valuable resume enhancing experience 
    • $0.20 semesterly raises with good work performance and policy adherence
    • Advancement opportunity 
    • Meet a variety of people on campus
    • Refer A Friend program: Earn $25 Bobcat Cash if you refer a friend and they work for Culinary Services for at least 8 weeks

    See complete details in the Culinary Services Student Employee Handbook

    The Student Employee Referral Program

    If a student refers two new hires, they will receive $25 in Bobcat Cash as soon as the new hires begins working.

    If both new hires work at least 4 hours, every week for 8 straight weeks (not including academic breaks) the referrer will receive an additional $50 in Bobcat cash, AND each of the referrals will receive $25 in Bobcat Cash.

    This program will also go in effect on September 25, 2022.

    Venue-specific Employment Opportunities

    • Dining Courts

      Preparation and serving of three meals a day (2 on Sunday) in two Dining Courts, Nelson and The District on West Green, throughout the academic year.

      Jobs include:

      • Server/transporter
      • Food prep/stocker
      • Dining room/concept clean up
      • Dishroom & pots and pans

    • Campus Markets

      Join in one of our three campus markets (convenience stores) at Nelson, Boyd and Jefferson Marketplace.

      Jobs include:

      • Stocker
      • Inventory
      • Cashier
      • Barista at Jefferson's OHIO Cafe
      • Deli worker at Jefferson's Brick City Deli
      • Smoothie bar attendee at Boyd Market

    • Baker University Center

      Baker University Center (BUC) venues include West 82, Latitude 39, and OHIO Catering. In these BUC retail operations jobs are:

      • Server
      • Hostess
      • Bartender Cashier Kitchen help/prep
      • Kitchen cleanup
      • Stocker

    • Central Food Facility

      Central Food Facility houses a large-scale bakery, vegetable preparation kitchen, central supply kitchen, and warehouse.

      Jobs include:

      • Bakery staff
      • Vegetable preparation staff
      • Dishroom staff

    • Cafes

      Come be a barista in one of our four campus cafes on the Athens campus:

      • Alden Library - Cafe Bibliotech
      • Baker University Center - Front Room Cafe
      • Academic and Research Center - ARC Cafe
      • Heritage Hall College of Medicine - Cafe at Factory Street

    Culinary Locations

    Contact Us

    For information regarding employment opportunities, please email us at culinaryemployment@ohio.edu . Once you complete an application, please allow a week for our staff to determine if there are any positions that need to be filled.

    Apply now for a position with Ohio University Culinary Services!

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