Food Service Manager

Elkhart, IN

Concord Community Schools

Job Description

JOB TITLE:  Food Service Manager - 

TYPE OF POSITION:  Classified, Hourly

REPORTS TO:  Food Service Director, Building Principal

40 Hours a Week, 191 Work Days

POSITION PURPOSE:  Supervises and coordinates activities of food service personnel in the front of the house, i.e. the dining room, serving area, teachers dining area, a la carte area, and point of sale stations. Responsible for serving well balanced meals according to the National School Lunch Program.  Works with the Assistant Cafeteria Manager to build an effective cross trained team.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.

1. Collaborates with the Assistant Manager to plan weekly needs and sends weekly food and supply orders to the Food Service Director for Approval.

2. Plans varied menus following the USDA guidelines to ensure food is appetizing and nutritionally suitable for students.  Follows NSLP policies with having menus verified with the  corporate dietitian. 

3.Verifies all employees are continually trained on sanitation and food safety.  Works with Assistant Manager to plan employee professional development requirements and training agenda for e-learning days.

4.Audits and verifies daily preparation and serving amounts on daily production reports.  Also verifies with the Assistant Manager the daily reports on meals served, ala carte items purchased, and expected total deposit for the day.

5.Reports immediately to the Principal and Food Service Director any accident occurring in the kitchen/dining room premises.

6.Confers with the Assistant Manager and the Food Service Director regarding any personnel problems.

7.Schedules regular meetings with food service personnel and meetings with the Assistant Manager

8.Audits and approves daily bank deposits.  Works with Assistant Manager to double count cash to reflect accurate reporting on deposit slips.

9.Plans, organizes, orders and invoices all catering events.

10. Schedules and approves employee schedules in Time Clock System.

11. Performs other duties as assigned by the Food Service Director and/or the CFO.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:   Supervises food service employees in their building.  Responsibilities include training and empowering employees to prepare meals and serve meals with outstanding customer service, verifying daily accounting, and appraising employees performance.  Addressing and solving complaints. Build good working relationships with students, teachers, and the principal of their building.

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.

1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.

1.The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and lift and/or move up to 10 pounds frequently.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

2.The employee shall remain free of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substance abuse in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the Corporation.

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.

1. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

2. There are no environmental hazards indicated for this position.

TERMS:  Length of year and salary to be determined by the Superintendent and School Board.

EVALUATION:  Evaluation of performance on this job will be in accordance with the provisions in the corporation policies and guidelines.





JOB CODE: Classified