Education Manager jobs in Florence, AL

Lauderdale County Schools

Florence, AL

Job Description

Position: Child Nutrition Manager-Local School

Department: Business Operations

Reports To: Principal and Child Nutrition Director

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Contract Days: 189 days

Salary: Based on the System Salary Schedule

Qualifications:

Purpose of Job

To oversee assigned school cafeteria and ensure a smooth and efficient operation of the

school cafeteria for the ultimate health, comfort, and benefit of all students. The Child

Nutrition Manager is responsible for direct supervision of the child nutrition employees at

that location. Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to; forecasting how

much of each menu item is needed for their individual school, assisting with checking in

the food as it is received, receiving payments for student accounts, collecting deficit

accounts, completion of daily records/bank deposits, and approving employee hours

within the time management system. To oversee and assist with food preparation, use of

equipment and items to be placed on the serving lines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The following duties are normal for this job. These are not to be construed as exclusive

or all-inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Promotes good public relations and increased participation with students, faculty, and

parents through outstanding customer service practices.

• Responsible for ensuring that Federal and State rules and regulations and local board

policies pertaining to meal requirements, record keeping, and personnel are

implemented and fulfilled as required.

• Plans and directs the preparation and service of appetizing and attractive food in the

correct quantities in the cafeteria by means of specifying duties and providing written

work schedules to promote efficient production.

• Supervises and directs the cafeteria staff to ensure that menus developed by the Child

Nutrition Department are followed utilizing standardized recipes and procedures and are

served in standardized portions to ensure correct quantities to meet the federally

mandated nutritional requirements.

• Assigns, directs, plans, and supervises the work of cafeteria staff in such a way as to

prevent grievances, undesirable situations, and to promote teamwork.

• Plans and assigns the work of employees by means of specifying duties and providing

written work schedules.

• Reviews employee hours through the time management system to ensure that the

employees are clocking in and out in the required manner and approves them for payroll

each cycle.

• Makes sure substitutes are arranged for employees when they are going to be absent.
• Provides and documents on-the-job training and means of growth for all cafeteria staff

members.

• Assesses individual employee performance and provides a written evaluation in a review

with each cafeteria staff member, before submitting it to the Field Manager.

• Keeps the Child Nutrition Director informed of personnel problems and any issues or

concerns.

• Organizes and maintains a safe, healthy, and clean operation at all times by means of

specifying duties and providing written cleaning schedules.

• Observes and ensures that staff members adhere to the personal appearance policy and

are free of illness while carrying out their duties.

• Always ensures that all state and local health regulations are properly maintained at all

times.

• Reports all accidents using the proper procedures.
• Checks to see that all equipment in the cafeteria area is in safe working condition, and

notifies the appropriate authority when repairs or replacements are needed.

• Secures all food, supplies, and equipment, within the cafeteria.
• Assumes responsibility for the security of all cash until it is turned over to the proper

authorities.

• Orders all food and supplies needed on an as-scheduled basis through the production

kitchen.

• Ensures that all food and supplies received into the school are checked against the

invoice for accuracy and signed only after each order has been verified completely.

• Ensures that all food and supplies are received and stored with consideration given to

proper food safety and handling procedures.

• Reports any errors in the delivery such as being shorted products, faulty or

unsatisfactory food quality, and any incorrect prices to the Child Nutrition Director as

soon as possible.

• Responsible for properly reconciling, receipting, and depositing of all collected money in

the bank in compliance with state requirements.

• Operates the cafeteria within expense constraints so as to contribute to the financial

Viability of the School Nutrition Program operation.

• Prepares and maintains accurate and adequate records of income and number of meals

served by eligibility category as well as adult and a la carte sales.

• Assists school administration with the collection of deficit lunchroom accounts.
• Prepares and maintains accurate and adequate records on food and supplies received

and used through maintenance of invoices for all purchases and preparation of a

monthly physical inventory.

• Prepares and maintains daily production records as a tool for planning and

communication as well as documentation for auditing purposes.

• Promotes increasing participation through good public relations and marketing skills with

students, faculty, and parents.

• Works with the principal to make the cafeteria an extension of the classrooms and

assists in promoting and offering nutrition education to students.

• Participates in managers' meetings and in-service training programs to stay informed

and to extend his/her knowledge and ability in the various areas of the School Nutrition

Program.

• Supervises, directs, trains, an evaluates assigned staff, handling employee concerns

and problems, assigning work, counseling, and recommending disciplinary and other

personnel actions.

• Orders food and nonfood items weekly for cafeteria operations; conducts food and

supply inventory and prepares corresponding report.

• Plans daily work schedule for breakfast and lunch and assigns tasks during staff

meeting.

• Plans daily menu count; plans menus for adequate and nutritious lunches according to

prescribed centralized menus and guidelines.

• May be required to assist in food preparation, serving line set-up, and cashiering.
• Prepares production reports; reconciles monies collected for meals with cashier reports;

makes daily deposits of money.

• Prepares and maintains accurate records of transactions as required by the School

System.

• Checks temperatures of freezer, cooler, refrigerators, hot and cold carts, and warmer,

maintains temperature logs, posts temperature charts, and submits work orders for

maintenance repairs as needed.

• Oversees food preparation and housekeeping to ensure quality and acceptable

sanitation standards are met.

• Collects free and reduced meal applications and forwards to Child Nutrition Director.
• Checks-in deliveries and assists with loading/unloading food carts, food items and

supplies from vehicle.

• Oversees and assists with stocking food shelves and storage room.
• Responsible for locking/unlocking cafeteria, freezers, refrigerators, milk boxes, in

addition to complying with all energy efficient work instructions and department directives

on methods for conserving energy.

• Organizes office and filing system; files reports and invoices; answers telephones,

provides parents information.

• Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as the Principal

and/or Child Nutrition Director may from time to time assign or delegate.

Additional Job Functions

Perform other duties as assigned.

Evaluation

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on

Evaluation of Professional Personnel.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an

employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable

accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential

functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The

employee is frequently required to walk, sit, use hands for fine manipulation, handle or feel, and

reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand, stoop, kneel, crouch,

or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to

50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance and peripheral

vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Note: This is not necessarily an exhaustive or all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, duties,

requirements, efforts, functions, or working conditions associated with the job. This job

description is not a contract of employment or a promise or guarantee of any specific terms or

conditions of employment. The school district may add to, modify, or delete any aspect of this

job (or the position itself) at any time.

I have read and understand this job description. My signature acknowledges that I am capable

of performing the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable

accommodations.

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