Cafeteria Manager Child Nutrition Redwood Position Available In Warren, Mississippi

Cafeteria Manager Child Nutrition Redwood
Vicksburg-Warren School District
Redwood Elementary – Redwood, Mississippi Job Details

Job ID:

5165483

Application Deadline:

Posted until filled

Posted:

May 14, 2025

Starting Date:

Immediately
Job Description

VICKSBURG WARREN SCHOOL DISTRICT

JOB

DESCRIPTION

TITLE:

Child Nutrition Manager

REPORTS TO

Director of Child Nutrition

APPROVAL DATE

December 20, 2012
JOB GOAL
The school nutrition manager will oversee and manage the local school food service operation. The job functions include nutrition and menu planning; program accountability; sanitation, safety, and security; equipment use and care; procurement; food production; food acceptability; service; financial management and recordkeeping; marketing; personnel management; and professional development.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

Child Nutrition Cashiers, Cooks, and Assistants.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

NUTRITION

AND MENU PLANNING

Provides an atmosphere that ensures the purpose of the School Nutrition Program (SNP) to “safeguard the health and well-being of the nation’s children.”
Ensures all meals served in the SNP meet current nutritional standards and meal pattern requirements, including children with special need diets.
Maintains nutritional integrity of the SNP through implementation of Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Plans and provides menus that encourage student consumption.
Establishes leadership role in providing nutrition education as part of the total school education program.

PROGRAM ACCOUNTABILITY

Maintains integrity and accountability of the SNP through compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations.
Ensures accountability of recorded documentation for compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
Ensures compliance with school/school district mission and/or vision statements.

SANITATION, SAFETY, AND SECURITY

Provides an environment conducive to protecting the health and well-being of the school’s children through high levels of sanitation standards.
Responds to a food hold and recall in an expedient, effective, and efficient manner.
Provides a safe environment for performance of work.
Provides leadership to ensure a secure work environment during an emergency or crisis.
Establishes administrative responsibility for all foodservice equipment through proper use and care.
Operates the SNP in compliance with all energy conservation principles.

PROCUREMENT

Conducts the procurement process within the boundaries of federal, state, and local school purchasing guidelines to protect the integrity of the SNP.
Operates the SNP to ensure that proper receiving procedures and storage techniques are followed.

FOOD PRODUCTION

Applies management principles to establishing and maintaining high standards of control for quality food production and distribution.
Provides a system for preparing and maintaining records that reflect an accurate report of planned menus, food produced, and food discarded.
Ensures the SNP creditability through daily monitoring of food production procedures.

FOOD ACCEPTABILITY

Maintains an operation that responds to students’ food preferences.
SERVICE
Develops standards of excellence for providing and maintaining quality in the presentation and service of food.
Provides leadership to ensure school meals will be served in pleasant facilities and by a courteous staff.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND RECORDKEEPING

Operates SNP within established guidelines for a financial management system that provides a cost-effective program of high integrity.
Provides effective office organization and good paper management techniques to ensure all records and supporting documentation are maintained in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations and policies.
Organizes and manages the business functions of the school foodservice office to maintain an efficient and effective organization.

MARKETING

Implements a marketing plan to create an atmosphere that attracts and pleases students, teachers, administrators, and other school support staff.
Provides leadership that promotes the SNP and creates an interest in the role of the SNP the school and community.

PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Manages the SNP staff according to all federal, state, and local district employment laws, policies, and regulations.
Communicates effectively with both supervisor and other employees.
Creates an atmosphere for employee productivity and satisfaction in the workplace.
Implements organizational techniques to accomplish job tasks with efficiency and maximum development of human resources.
Integrates a comprehensive training program and standards for evaluating employee performance into the overall management of the SNP.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Provides leadership that sets high professional standards for the SNP and employees.
Establishes professional status for the SNP role in the education community by acquiring the education and skills necessary for leadership and management roles.
OTHER
Performs and manages job-related proficiency with the highest ethical integrity.
Performs and manages with a commitment to promote a quality SNP that meets the nutritional needs of the customers served.
Performs and manages with an overall nature that is committed to the goals and visions of the school district.
Performs and manages appropriate communication skills with the customers served.

QUALIFICATIONS

Current ServSafe Certification and two years food service experience. Must be able to perform the functional area competencies specified for this position.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

High School Diploma or GED
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to respond to inquiries or complaints. Demonstrates effective communication skills by speaking clearly and expressing ideas logically and giving clear, explicit explanations. Uses written communication appropriately and professionally.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach, bend and sometime lift up to 25 pounds. Mobility skills are necessary to access a variety of work locations.

OTHER SKILLS

Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Must keep accurate, up-to-date records.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Employee acknowledges that he/she is required to maintain a high standard of professional conduct in compliance with the Mississippi Code of Ethics. Breach of said professional conduct includes but is not limited to: neglect of duty, dishonesty, engagement in acts that are contrary to VWSD policy, unlawful activities, or any other conduct which is seriously prejudicial to the school district.

CLASSIFICATION UNDER FLSA

Non-exempt

FUNDING SOURCE

Federal/ National School Lunch Program

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

192 days

Position Type:

Full-Time

Salary:

$15.55 to $29.80 Per Hour