Metro

Job Summary:  To inspire and prepare all students with the confidence, courage and competence to achieve their dreams; contribute to community; and engage in a lifetime of learning by managing cost effectively in  the preparation and serving of safe and nutritious meals to students by ensuring compliance in meeting USDA regulations and sanitation codes; enhancing the school environment by making the school district mission the center of our work; and contributing to building community within our schools by living the district’s core values through implementation of the Gold Tray program.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Putting students at the center of what we do through the implementation of the following high accountability standards:Perform strategic planning for the food service operation including marketing, establishing meal patterns, service and staffing levels, and pricing to ensure that operating revenues exceed expenditures.  This excess should be small but sufficient to allow for capital additions/replacements
Develop and maintain a system to recruit, hire, and train, direct, evaluate, discipline, and provide staff development for all food service personnel in accordance with employee contract agreements.
Organize, direct and administer federally funded school meals program including applications, agreements and contracts, state and federal reimbursement claims, local, state and federal regulations, federally donated food, and free and reduced meal program.  Coordinate transfer of free and reduced counts to MARSS student system.
Assist the Director in preparing the annual budget and expenditure reports for the school nutrition department.
Perform purchasing functions in compliance with approved objectives, polices and/or procedures
Develop and supervise procedures for receiving, shipping, stocking of food and supplies to each site.
Facilitate the planning of all school menus based on student preferences, government commodities, nutritional objectives and established budgets.  Maximize use of commodities at all schools.  Plan the inclusion of monthly special events at all schools that utilize promotional items from vendors and that may have student, staff and parent involvement.
Directs the evaluation of new food products with input from school nutrition staff and students.
Compile monthly school reports and documentation indicating number of student meals served by site and timely submits data to Minnesota Department of Education via the program set by MDE.  Maintain records for four years.
Provides technical support to nutrition managers. Provides training in daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly procedures. Visits sites when necessary to provide training.
Oversees and assists in recruiting, screening and assignment of food service personnel.  Oversee the maintenance of the On Call personal pool to ensure an adequate number of staff substitutes.
Oversees the monitoring of daily staffing at schools to ensure adequate coverage.
Oversees the coordination of weekly purchasing of produce. Determines which produce company will supply items weekly, using both cost and quality as a determination. Submits Department of Defense produce orders using commodity money allocated to us.
Lives District 279 Core Values by building trustworthy relationships that contribute to a positive school community:Leads the integration of District 279 strategic priorities into the day to day work of our nutrition staff.
Organize, direct and administer a comprehensive staff development program that includes basic nutrition, food preparation techniques and leadership training.
Assists in developing and maintaining program standards, department policies, procedures and goals.
Assists in planning timely and productive food and nutrition manager meetings, cashier meetings as well as all staff meetings.
Assists in determining training needs, and the planning and conducting of department workshops.
Promotes and maintains effective intra/inter department communication and positive public relations.
Meets or exceeds all USDA, MDE, and local health department regulations:Monitor child nutrition federal/state regulations and local health department rules to ensure compliance.  Establish procedures to maintain a high level of sanitation and integrate food safety regulations in all phases of the school food service operation.  Conduct periodic school visits to monitor food preparation, food quality and service issues.
Coordinates the bidding and/or request for pricing processes for proposal responses from vendors for all food and non-food supplies while maintaining compliance requirements.
Direct the purchase of food and supplies in the stated quantity and of required quality for delivery at the time and place desired at the lowest practical cost in accordance with the policies of the Minnesota Department of Education and USDA.
Directs the procurement of USDA Commodity food products.
Coordinates the evaluation and revision of standardized quantity recipes and direct their use in consistent quality food preparation.
Interprets Child Nutrition federal/ state regulations and local health department rules to ensure compliance; conduct periodic school visits to monitor food preparation, food quality, and service issues.
Performs other comparable duties of a like or similar nature as assigned:Serve as a resource to all food service personnel and school staff in administering nutrition services at each building.
Collaborates with department staff and steps in when necessary to ensure daily duties are being met.