Orange County Public Schools offers sign-on bonus for new hires

OCPS is offering $3,500 for those who sign-on in the Food and Nutrition Services.

By Annabelle Sikes
| 1:30 p.m. September 7, 2021

West Orange Times & Observer
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Orange County Public Schools is offering a $3,500 sign-on bonus for new hires in the Food and Nutrition Services department.

FNS is looking to make contingent offers to roughly 150 qualified candidates at their three-day job fair next week, according to a press release from OCPS.

“We’re looking for candidates who love working with children and want to have an impact in their lives,” said Lora Gilbert, senior director of FNS.

New hires for OCPS will receive a $3,500 sign-on bonus that includes a $2,500 bonus for those hired on or before Oct. 8 and a $1,000 bonus for those hired before Dec. 31.

Candidates selected will also be eligible for competitive benefits packages that include nights, weekends and summers off (10-month schedule), school holidays off, flexible job placement, group medical benefits and the Florida Retirement System (FRS).

The job fair will run from Wednesday, Sept. 8 through Friday Sept. 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at OCPS FNS at 8101 Benrus St.

For more information, visit the OCPS website.

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Annabelle Sikes

News Editor Annabelle Sikes was born in Boca Raton and moved to Orlando in 2018 to attend the University of Central Florida. She graduated from UCF in May 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in sociology. Her past journalism experiences include serving as a web producer at the Orlando Sentinel, a reporter at The Community Paper, managing editor for NSM Today, digital manager at Centric Magazine and as an intern for the Orlando Weekly.