2026-27 Child Nutrition Supervisor Trainee

Mid-Del Schools; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid-Del Schools seeks a Child Nutrition Supervisor Trainee to oversee and supervise operations in a school kitchen/cafeteria. This training position helps organize staff, ensure meal service, and meet USDA program requirements.

The role develops leadership in a school nutrition environment, with progression to a permanent supervisor or return to production after training, not to exceed one year. Strong adherence to safety and nutrition standards is required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 1–3 months related experience or training, or equivalent education/experience; computer skills expected.
• Must obtain/maintain ServSafe certification.

Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence to federal, state, and local laws and regulations and district requirements concerning sanitation, safety, free and reduced-price meals, and nutritional standards.
• Demonstrate professional leadership behaviors and promote positive relationships with students, parents, co-workers, other district staff, and vendors.
• Monitor, evaluate, and document staff performance and discipline.
• Maintain Child Nutrition paperwork/records including inventories, production records, orders, temperature logs, and time sheets.
• Prepare, maintain, and participate in rotation schedules for serving, cleaning, cashiering, and back-of-house.
• Open/close POS and handle end-of-day procedures and deposits.
• Read, follow and adjust recipes for correct portions; ensure quality and consistency.
• Calculate quantities, verify deliveries, store, handle, prepare and serve food/materials.
• Attend required trainings and pass ServSafe; perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Basic computer skills

ServSafe certification

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION: CHILD NUTRITION SUPERVISOR TRAINEE

SALARY SCHEDULE: SCHEDULE SS

DEPARTMENT: CHILD NUTRITION

FLSA STATUS: NON-EXEMPT

SAFETY-SENSITIVE: YES

Position Summary

This position oversees and supervises the overall operations in a school kitchen/cafeteria. The supervisor organizes and directs kitchen staff to prepare and serve meals, (including cleaning). This position is responsible for completing and maintaining documents to meet USDA food program requirements. It is a training position only, and not permanent. After training is complete, not to exceed 1 year, trainees may be placed in a permanent supervisor position or may be returned to a production position.

Qualification Requirements

• Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED);
• One to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience must possess computer skills
• Obtain/maintain ServSafe certification

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence of school food service programs to federal, state, and local laws and regulations and district requirements concerning sanitation, safety, free and reduced-price meals, and nutritional standards.
• Demonstrate professional leadership behaviors and promote positive relationships with students, parents, co-workers, other district staff, and vendors.
• Monitor, evaluate, and document staff performance and discipline.
• Learn to maintain accurate Child Nutrition paperwork/records including: food and equipment inventories, food production records, food orders, temperature logs, and staff time sheets.
• Prepare, maintain, and participate in daily, weekly, and monthly rotation schedules for serving, cleaning, cashiering, and back of the house.
• Learn to open and close the POS, perform end of day procedures, handle money procedures, make a deposit ticket, and to make bank deposits if necessary.
• Demonstrate the ability to read and follow recipes without variances, convert recipes, and ingredient quantities. Adapt recipes for the correct number of portions to prepare. Follow all manufacturer's directions. Monitor all food for quality, taste, and appearance.
• Assume responsibility for calculating correct amounts of food/materials to order, verifying deliveries, storing, handling, preparing, and serving.
• Attend and participate in all Child Nutrition department/district required training, in-service meetings, monthly safety/supervisors meetings, scheduled cleaning days, GCN, safety training, and successfully pass the Serv-Safe test and/or maintain certification.
• Complete other duties as assigned

Language And Grammar Skills

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos. Ability to compose and write grammatically correct correspondence and memos.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, schedule form, or blueprint form.

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 the 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 use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds, frequently lift and/or move more than 100 pounds, and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fume or airborne particles. The employee frequently works in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts, extreme cold (including outdoors), extreme heat (including direct sunlight), risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment will vary from somewhat loud to extremely loud. To ensure continuity of services, a different work location may be necessary in the event of a health crisis or disruptive situation that requires the closing of school and/or office buildings. An employee’s eligibility for a varied work location will be determined by the superintendent of schools. Expectations and guidelines for this change will be distributed by the employee’s supervisor, based on his/her role and responsibilities.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Employee may occasionally be required to supervise a varying number of employees in the overall direction, coordination, and completion of tasks as assigned.

Disclaimer

Please note that job descriptions are not intended, and should not be construed, to be exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with a job. They are intended to be accurate reflections of those principal job elements essential for making fair hiring and pay decisions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions