Child Nutrition Manager - bilingual (Spanish/English) required - Redwood City School District

REDWOOD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Position: Child Nutrition Manager

RCSD takes pride in our dedicated workforce and strong connection with our students, families, and community. Our highly dedicated and skilled team of professionals provides a safe and supportive, inspirational and rigorous, joyful and inclusive environment for all learners. We are looking to build our workforce with a staff who share this vision and want to instill passion in learning emphasizing student strengths and gifts for all learners: all abilities, all ethnicities and cultural identities, LGBTQ+ youth, and multilingual learners.

BASIC FUNCTION

To assist the Child Nutrition Consultant / Director in administering a district-wide Child Nutrition Program. Directly manage and supervise Child Nutrition staff.

DUTIES AND REPONSIBILITES

Responsibilities:

• Monitors employee work assignments, schedules, and adherence to policy and procedure.
• Supervises and evaluates Child Nutrition personnel.
• Provides team leadership by ensuring cohesiveness at each site.
• Accountable for the execution of standards, policies, and procedures.
• Monitors sites for compliance with sanitation code and food safety standards.
• Promotes a safe work environment through staff training and safety inspections
• Monitors and assists office staff to ensure timeliness of meal application processing, reports, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.
• Assess training needs and conducts ongoing regular training.

Duties:

• Visit schools on a daily basis to monitor compliance with standards, assess training needs, and implement actions for improvement.

• Prepare and update weekly and monthly reports.

• Manage employee by providing positive and constructive feedback to employees, reward, coach, correct and motivate.

• Maintain high level of customer service throughout the department

• Assist in the direction of daily food service operations.

• Manage and oversee catering events.

• Maintain knowledge of policies and regulations pertaining to Child Nutrition programs.

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in food systems management, nutrition, management, or hotel and restaurant management.
• Supervisor/Managerial experience: 2 years
• Certification requirement: Food Safety Certified
• License requirement: Possession of a valid California driver’s license and maintenance of clear driving record a condition of employment
• Knowledge of: Modern methods of computers and equipment used in food service. Labor laws, labor union contracts and human resource management.

Ability To

• Assist in implementing a district-wide school nutrition program.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with Child Nutrition employees, custodians, administration, teachers, students, parents and community members.
• Analyze the food service operation and recommend actions to improve efficiency, customer service, and nutrition.
• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Set priorities, plan, and coordinate work activities.
• Work productively and effectively in fast paced, stressful, demanding, and/or ambiguous work environment.

Working Conditions

• Physical Demands: Typical physical demands are required to perform the work, such as walking, standing, bending, lifting and carrying of light items. Exposure to temperature extremes from zero degrees to 95 degrees.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

The Redwood City School District (RCSD) is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. RCSD makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

The Redwood City School District seeks to employ individuals who represent the rich diversity of cultures, language groups, and abilities of its surrounding communities.