Child Nutrition Assistant Director

JOB DESCRIPTION:          CHILD NUTRITION ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

SALARY SCHEDULE:          ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - 1ASD

DEPARTMENT:                   CHILD NUTRITION

FLSA STATUS:                    EXEMPT

SAFETY-SENSITIVE:          NO

POSITION SUMMARY:

Assistant Director will oversee all aspects of the Child Nutrition Program, supervise all Child Nutrition employees, and provide overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the department.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily
• Bachelor’s degree or higher required
• Working knowledge of federal child nutrition meal and operation requirements
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing a large multi-site team
• Minimum of 5 years related institutional food service

 ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Supervise Child Nutrition employees.

1. Work cooperatively with the State Department of Child Nutrition in seeing that policy and procedures are adhered to including: The National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, USDA Commodity Acquisition and Distribution, and the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).

1. Supervise Child Nutrition purchasing procedures to ensure all district, state, and federal purchasing policies and laws are adhered to.

1. Supervise the standardization, preparation, and serving of menus at all schools.

1. Visit and inspect all school kitchen/cafeteria facilities and operations as often as possible, but at least monthly, to ensure high standards of food preparation, menu integrity, cleanliness, health, and safety are being maintained, and observe for possible improvements in operations.

1. Work cooperatively with the State Health Department and school district to assure that standards of health, cleanliness, and safety are being followed concerning staff, food, and facility.

1. Supervise new employee onboarding and all existing employee training including professional development.

1. Work closely with the Director to improve employee retention and minimize turnover.

1. Work cooperatively with site and district administrators to better student experience in the cafeteria.

1. Additional duties that may be assigned by immediate supervisor or above.

LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR SKILLS:  

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos. Ability to compose and write grammatically correct correspondence and memos.

REASONING ABILITY:  

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, schedule form, or blueprint form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:  

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up or more than 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to or more than 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:  

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fume or airborne particles. The employee frequently works in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts, extreme cold (including outdoors), extreme heat (including direct sunlight), risk of electrical shock and vibration.

The noise level in the work environment will vary from somewhat loud to extremely loud.

To ensure continuity of services, a different work location may be necessary in the event of a health crisis or disruptive situation that requires the closing of school and/or office buildings. An employee’s eligibility for a varied work location will be determined by the superintendent of schools. Expectations and guidelines for this change will be distributed by the employee’s supervisor, based on his/her role and responsibilities.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:  

Employee may occasionally be required to supervise a varying number of employees in the overall direction, coordination, and completion of tasks as assigned.

DISCLAIMER:

Please note that job descriptions are not intended, and should not be construed, to be exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with a job. They are intended to be accurate reflections of those principal job elements essential for making fair hiring and pay decisions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.