Program Manager - Social Service jobs in Idaho

Location: Moscow

Division/College: Student Affairs

Employee Category: Classified

Pay Range: $17.00 per hour or higher depending on experience

FTE: 1

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Position Summary:
Reporting to Director of the Children's Center, the Food Service Program Manager will manage food program for children and staff. Requires management of the kitchen, food preparation, compliance of USDA Food Program, menu planning, budgeting, ordering, and records maintenance. They will maintain cleanliness and sanitation standards, and be certified in Food Safety and Sanitation. They will supervision work study students and interns from the FCS Dept. in Nutrition and food preparation.

Duties may include:

• Preparing foods to ensure palatability, nutrient content, and compliance with required meal components
• Using accepted procedures for converting recipes to quantity needed and standardizing recipes for Center use
• Preparing foods to ensure correct portion sizes to meet Child Care Food Program meal pattern requirements for each age group served
• Preparing meals according to special dietary restrictions prescribed by the child's physician or qualified health officer
• Planing menus and meals using the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal pattern within the Center budget
• Assessing food acceptability and food waste for future menu planning and using dietary guidelines
• Establishing a routine cleaning schedule that complies with local, state and federal laws/regulations requirement
• Inspecting refrigerator, freezer and dry storage regularly to maintain sanitary food and supply storage
• Ordering and purchasing food items to meet portion sizes, servings per unit, and expected yield from standardized recipes
• Using inventory system to determine the frequency that food items will be purchased
• Participating with staff to plan and implement nutrition education activities and provide nutrition information to parents
• Maintaining required documentation including child nutrition labels, recipes and meal service documentation
• Ensuring clean and sanitary kitchen environment is maintained
• Supervising other kitchen staff
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent

• Using methods and materials to prepare foods for large-scale production
• Use and care of cooking utensils and equipment
• Experience with sanitation and safety practices used in food handling and preparation, including with food allergens.
• Performing large-scale quantity cooking while following recipes and menus

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
• Experience working with young children in a group setting
• Knowledge of eating habits and food preferences of young children
• Knowledge of food values and basic nutrition in the preparation of special diets
• Knowledge of supervisory practices
• Knowledge of following and converting recipes into varying quantities
• Ability to communicate effectively with vendors, Director and staff
• Ability to manage a budget
• Ability to purchase and inventory large quantities of food
• Ability to understand and carry out verbal and written instructions

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions:

• Physical ability to repeat hand and arm movements for four hours at a time.
• Lift, carry and/or otherwise move items weighing approximately 50 pounds.
• Bend, stoop, and work on wet, slippery surfaces.
• Work around extreme heat and steam in the cooking area.

Physical ability to repeat hand and arm movements for four hours at a time.Lift, carry and/or otherwise move items weighing approximately 50 pounds.Bend, stoop, and work on wet, slippery surfaces.Work around extreme heat and steam in the cooking area.

Required Licensures, Certifications or other

Posting Number: SP004108P

Posting Date: 09/05/2023

Closing Date:

Open Until Filled: Yes

Special Instructions:
To be considered your "Letter of Qualification" must address each of the required qualifications. Additionally, please provide information in support of your application regarding the preferred qualifications as relevant.

For 1st consideration, please apply by September 19, 2023

Background Check: Applicants who are selected as final possible candidates must be able to pass a criminal background check.

To apply, please visit: jobs.uidaho.edu

EEO Statement
University of Idaho is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer.

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