About The Position

Supervise the development and implementation of school (unit) based food services and federal and state mandates. This role involves ensuring compliance with various regulations, training and evaluating staff, and managing food service operations. The position also requires working with administrators and staff to meet community and student needs, documenting and enforcing disciplinary procedures, and overseeing inventory, safety, and sanitation. Additionally, the supervisor reviews applications for non-managerial staff and assists in providing training for all Student Nutrition Program employees. The role directly supervises 10-12 subordinate managers and assistant managers, and indirectly supervises 150 non-supervisory employees.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Minimum of 6 years of experience in progressively responsible food service management is preferred or combination of education and experience equivalent
  • Certified by the School Nutrition Food Service Association and New Mexico School Association or be eligible within one year of employment
  • Knowledge of State regulations pertaining to child nutrition programs
  • Knowledge of word processing, database and spreadsheet software
  • Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
  • Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
  • Student Nutrition Association Certification
  • Must complete each year 10 hours of annual continuing education/training topics as determined by Food and Nutrition Service.
  • Must have and maintain an active Sevsafe Manager Certification
  • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
  • Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
  • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
  • Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
  • Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
  • Frequently is required to talk or hear and taste or smell.
  • Occasionally required to climb or balance and stool, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
  • Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close. Vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
  • Maintains emotional control under stress.

Nice To Haves

  • Three professional reference letters, all dated within the last 12 months. If you are a current district employee, please ensure that one of the reference letters is from your current supervisor.

Responsibilities

  • Complies with the Code of Ethics of the Education Profession; upholds and enforces rules, administrative directives, regulations, GISD school board policies, as well as local, state and federal regulations.
  • Trains, supervises and evaluates Student Nutrition Cafeteria Managers.
  • Understands and applies meal pattern concepts, nutritional requirements and food availability.
  • Evaluates each site's food service operations for compliance with federal and state regulations, health department regulations, District and Department Policy and procedures.
  • Assists Field Compliance Coordinator in evaluating staffing and work assignments against established standards and makes adjustments as necessary.
  • Monitors breakfast and lunch participation against daily attendance, meals per man hours.
  • Verifies hours worked against logged hours turned in by each site and meals per man hour worksheet.
  • Works with Unit Administrators and staff to establish a Student Nutrition Program that meets the needs of each community and students to resolve differences that arise.
  • Assists managers in properly documenting and enforcing disciplinary procedures as outlined by Student Nutrition, State, Federal and District policies.
  • Documents, disciplines and evaluates the work performance of the kitchen manager, recommends growth and disciplinary action needed.
  • Ensures that all school sites are maintaining proper inventory levels while adhering to all guidelines set for safety and sanitation, by monitoring compliance of the wellness policy and HACCP requirements.
  • Reviews all applications for student nutrition staff positions excluding manager positions and leads all non-managerial interviews for new employees.
  • Assists in providing required training for all Student Nutrition Program employees.
  • Attends all meetings and trainings to meet required hours of continuing education for Professional Standards.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
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