Food Service Manager Belton Diversion Center

Hill Country Community Action Association • Belton, TX

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About The Position

The Food Service Manager II prepares and serves meals promptly in accordance with Federal Nutrition Service Standards, the Texas Administrative Code, and other applicable requirements. The role manages the Center kitchen, including inventory control, equipment maintenance, and food safety and sanitation procedures, ensuring daily routines are hygienic, safe, and consistent with food-service standards. In the Center Director’s absence, the manager oversees day-to-day Center operations, including meal-service data entry.

The position also includes ordering and shopping for groceries, overseeing deliveries and storage, delivering home-delivered meals as needed, assisting with facility cleaning, maintaining records, entering time worked in the Automated Time Keeping system, and attending required training. The role has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Ability to work as a team member and communicate effectively and courteously.
• Ability to work respectfully and effectively with people from varied ethnic, socioeconomic, educational, and cultural backgrounds.
• Flexibility and well-developed interpersonal skills.
• Ability to maintain records and understand written or verbal instructions.
• Ability to learn computer software as needed.
• Professional manner and attire.
• No conviction record that would contraindicate employment.
• Valid Texas driver's license and reliable vehicle with current vehicle liability insurance.
• Non-judgmental approach.
• Compliance with HCCAA policies and confidentiality requirements.
• Current health card as required by public health laws.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in food handling, preparation, and/or service delivery to underprivileged communities, or experience in HCCAA programs.
• Bilingual skills are encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Prepare meals in accordance with applicable regulations.
• Serve proper and accurate food portions and document results daily.
• Monitor food temperatures for safe handling and document results daily.
• Follow health and safety requirements and keep work and storage areas neat and clean.
• Post dietician-signed menus in the kitchen and Center, including substitutions.
• Maintain current inventory of kitchen equipment and food products.
• Clean and care for utensils, pans, and equipment, documenting this work weekly.
• Submit weekly grocery orders to Central Office or a contracted food supplier.
• Shop locally for groceries as needed.
• Oversee delivery, handling, and storage of products and supplies.
• Maintain proper storage and control of waste.
• Deliver home-delivered meals as needed.
• Assist with cleaning the Center facility as needed.
• Manage day-to-day Center operations, including meal-service data entry, when the Center Director is absent.
• Enter personal time worked in the Automated Time Keeping system (Employee Web Services).
• Attend required trainings.
• Perform other tasks as required.

Benefits

• Accrual of sick and vacation leave.
• Health insurance.
• Life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• 125 Cafeteria Plan.
• Up to 15 paid holidays per year.
• Options for employee-paid benefits. Eligibility is subject to personnel policies and benefits may change.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED