Employment

Dining Services plays a vital role on the UConn Storrs campus. We serve more than 116,000 meals per week in our eight residential dining units, as well as offering excellent food and service throughout campus in 5 cafes (including one that is plant-based), Union Street Market Food Court, 3 eateries, an ice cream shop, food truck, ice cream truck, and two bakeries (one strictly gluten-free). We also have a convenience store, student farm, catering division, test kitchen, commissary, and central production kitchen.

As one of the largest self-operated food service programs in the country, our services extend beyond just having tasty food for our customers. We strive to be sensitive to the varied needs of students with special dietary requirements such as vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, nut-free, Kosher, and Halal. As the sole provider of food service on our campus, we have the obligation, responsibility, and honor of serving healthy, sustainable, and delicious food to our student body.

Located in the heart of the northeast, halfway between New York City and Boston, UConn's main campus makes for an energizing and inspiring environment. Storrs is a town-within-a-town. Downtown Storrs, a vibrant and walkable town center with over 60 businesses, is just steps away. Our picturesque campus is home to more than 18,000 undergraduate students, 5,000 faculty and staff, 21 NCAA division 1 athletic teams, and one handsome husky mascot.

Want to know more? Get to know some of our staff below or check out just some of the highlights on how Dining Services is involved on campus, in the community, and with sustainability initiatives.

If you are considering completing an application for employment, the information below will guide you through the process. Please take the time to read the following information.

PLEASE complete the online application in full. Applications not filled out properly will not be considered.
The position you are applying for is a NON-STATE
As a condition of an offer for employment, you will be required to submit to a background, criminal record check, take and pass a drug screen, a physical and back evaluation.
There will be short periods of lay-offs between semesters and some summer lay-offs.
You will be eligible to apply for unemployment benefits during lay-offs.
Schedules will be mainly second shift, which varies from 11:30am to 8 pm, 3:30pm to 12 midnight, or 5:30pm to 2am. (Late night shifts are eligible for a shift differential.)
Schedules will generally include weekends. The good news is the longer you work, the greater the potential for you to get an earlier shift.
All positions entail serving food, some heavy lifting, general utility duties, and food preparation.
The link below includes job descriptions for Kitchen Assistants, Chef assistants, and Chefs.
Good attendance is a MUST.

Benefits Include:

Pay rates range from $17.67 an hour for kitchen assistants to $24.31 an hour for chefs
Medical, dental, vision, life insurance for the employee at no cost
Sick and vacation days
Paid holidays
Pension plan
Uniforms provided
Safety incentive awards
Career ladder potential
Free meal on shift
On the Willimantic bus line

FOOD SERVICE JOB DESCRIPTIONS & ONLINE APPLICATION

Join us at one of our Career Fairs on campus this summer for an on-the-spot interview! Bring your resume! We are hiring executive chefs, chef assistants, and kitchen assistants.

All Career Fairs will occur at Gelfenbien Dining Hall - enter address for 3384 Towers Loop Rd, Storrs, CT - look for parking signs.

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Monday, May 20th: 11:00am-3:00pm
Saturday, June 8th: Noon-4pm
Friday, June 21: 10am-2pm
Monday, July 8th: 11am-3pm
Wednesday, July 17th: 10am-2pm - (New Location! Buckley Dining Hall, 1276 Storrs Road, Storrs, CT)