About The Position

The Migrant Child Care Food Service Manager is responsible for preparing nutritious meals for children, maintaining kitchen sanitation, managing food inventory and purchasing, and adhering to all relevant guidelines and regulations. This role involves implementing special dietary needs, participating in training, and reporting any suspected child abuse or neglect. The position may require some travel to other locations and involves performing other assigned duties.

Requirements

  • Be at least 18 years of age or older at time of interview.
  • Minimum of one-year food service experience.
  • Be able to read and write.
  • Knowledge of proper methods of storing foods, using basic food service equipment, and quantity cooking.
  • Must have reliable car and/or valid driver’s license and adequate insurance.
  • Ability to work flexible, irregular hours with some travel.
  • Successful completion of a criminal background check prior to starting.
  • Complete a physical exam and TB test showing absence of Tuberculosis within 30 days of employment or sooner as required by local/state regulation.
  • Complete approved Shaken Baby Training prior to working with children, Fire Extinguisher Training, Infant/Child CPR and First Aid within 30 days or sooner as required by local/state regulation.
  • Complete 4-hour course in kitchen sanitation, food handling and nutrition prior to assuming kitchen duties; renewed annually.
  • Become certified as a SERV Safe Food Manager within the third season.
  • Employee must be able to lift 40 pounds.

Nice To Haves

  • GED and/or high school diploma

Responsibilities

  • Prepare nutritious meals for breakfast, lunch, supplemental snacks as well as other meals through Family Style Meal in accordance with the approved menu with standardized recipes and ensures that correct portions are served with appropriately sized tableware to each child as per age group.
  • Responsible for cleaning and sanitizing all equipment, food storage areas and kitchen in accordance with state licensing codes, USDA guidelines and UMOS Sanitary program guidelines.
  • Utilize working knowledge of appropriate practice for handling & storing food, weighing and measuring food, quantity cooking, and maintaining appropriate documentation.
  • Implement UMOS system of equipment inventory and disposition at the beginning and end of the season and UMOS purchasing and inventory system for requisition of food and nonfood items, and ensure adequate supplies are maintained in the kitchen on an ongoing basis.
  • Maintain food service records to include daily meal count, food usage reports, and substitution lists.
  • Operate and maintain commercial food service equipment in accordance with the operating manual.
  • Implement special diet changes to address children’s special dietary needs in accordance with physician or dietician’s orders and/or as delineated in a child’s IFSP/IEP.
  • Purchase food and non-food items weekly for meals which may have some travel requirements.
  • May need to purchase materials and food items needed for classroom nutritional activities and ensure proper documentation of activity when utilized as a supplemental snack.
  • Participate in training for basic meal and special diets preparation in accordance with IFSP/IEP and in-house staffing goals in working with children with specific dietary concerns.
  • Report suspected child abuse and neglect in accordance with state law and UMOS policies and procedures.
  • Provide support or T/TA to other locations with some travel requirements.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
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