Child Nutrition Manager

Job Title: Child Nutrition Manager                  

Report to: Child Nutrition Director 

Pay Grade: Auxiliary

Department/ Campus: As Assigned

Wage Status: Non- Exempt

Work Days: 181

Primary Purpose:

Supervise, train, and manage campus food service operations. Ensure that appropriate quantities of food are prepared and served. Meet menu requirements established by Central Office administration within a set time constraint.  Meet health codes.

Education/Certification:

High school diploma or GED, Food Manager Certification – preferred

Special Knowledge/Skills:

• Knowledge of methods, materials, equipment, and appliances used in food preparation
• Ability to manage personnel
• Effective planning and organizational skills

Experience:

• Completion of a sanitation course before or during the first year as manager.
• Three years experience in institutional food service operations is preferred.

Essential Job Functions:

• Produce and maintain work schedules and production records.
• Direct daily activities in kitchen and cafeteria.
• Maintain all serving schedules and serve all food items according to menu specifications defined by departmental policies and procedures.
• Work cooperatively with campus principal to accommodate temporary schedule changes, special serving requirements and to resolve personnel problems.
• Supervise and train employees at campus level, promoting efficiency, morale, and teamwork.
• Ensure that food is produced safely and is of high quality according to policies, procedures, and department requirements.
• Maintain accurate reports of daily and monthly financial, production, and activity records.
• Maintain and submit accurate information for payroll reporting (timecards, tardiness, and absenteeism).
• Ensure that food items are stored in a safe and hazard-free environment.
• Establish and enforce standards of cleanliness, health, and safety following health and safety codes and regulations.
• Maintain a safe work environment.
• Ensure that appropriate quantities of food and supplies are available through daily orders and periodic inventories.
• Maintain logs on all equipment maintenance required within campus food service department.
• Perform preventive maintenance and report needed equipment repairs.
• Recommend replacement of existing equipment to meet department needs.
• Conduct annual physical equipment and supplies inventory.
• Help screen, select, and train cafeteria workers and make sound recommendations about the assignment, discipline, and retention of cafeteria personnel.
• Must wear assigned uniform, slip-resistant shoes, and hairnet.
• Report to work in a timely manner according to assigned schedule.
• Perform other related duties as assigned within the appropriate skill and experience capabilities expected for this position.

Professional Conduct:

• Maintain professional interactions with staff, parents, community and visitors.
• Demonstrate the ability to remain calm and withstand pressures.
• Demonstrate flexibility to change in routine and adapt quickly to changing situations.
• Demonstrates respect, courteousness to peers and visitors and assist fellow workers willingly.
• Avoid gossip or speaking badly about the district and district personnel.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Supervise and evaluate food service workers assigned to campus cafeteria.

Equipment Used:

Large and small kitchen equipment to include electric slicer, mixer, pressure steamer, deep-fat fryer, sharp cutting tools, ovens, dishwashers, and food and utility carts

Working Conditions:

Physical Demands /Mental Demands/ Environmental Factors:

The working conditions described 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 and expectations.

Significant lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; significant climbing and balancing; significant stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling; and significant fine finger dexterity. Generally, the job requires 10% sitting, 30% walking, and 60% standing. The job is performed under minimal temperature variations and in a generally hazard free environment. Regularly talk or hear; frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; frequent repetitive hand motions, limited use of computer; occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; vision abilities include close vision; and color vision. Constantly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; exposed to mechanical moving parts, fumes or airborne particles; regularly exposed to extreme cold and heat; regularly exposed to risk of electric shock and vibration; frequently required to taste or smell.  The noise level is usually moderate and occasionally loud. Predictable and regular attendance expected. 

This document describes the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.

The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.

CSISD does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin or disability. The district provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.

Salary : $14 - $17