Cafeteria Manager

Nolapublicschools; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

NOLA Public Schools in New Orleans, LA is seeking a Cafeteria Manager to plan and provide nutritious meals for students, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations established by the district, state, and federal guidelines.

The role includes supervising cafeteria personnel and coordinating with school leadership to maintain high standards of cleanliness and efficiency in daily operations.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required with strong knowledge of food safety and kitchen operations.
• Cafeteria Manager Training and Certification preferred to support leadership duties.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in school food service preferred; experience in a school district is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Plan and provide nutritious meals to students; ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Supervise cafeteria personnel and coordinate with school leadership.
• Consult with Principal and Nutrition Director on operations; maintain records and inventories.
• Prepare production schedules and provide written instructions for staff, student helpers, and volunteers.
• Monitor food temperatures and storage conditions to ensure safety; manage equipment and facilities.

Skills

Communication

Math for recipes

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Cafeteria Manager Training and Certification

5 years of school food service experience

Job description

NOLA Public Schools Vision

The vision of the NOLA Public Schools is that every student receives a high-quality education that fosters their individual capabilities, while ensuring that they thrive, achieve physical and mental wellness, and are prepared for civic, social, and economic success.

Position Summary

The Cafeteria Manager is responsible for planning and providing nutritious meals to students. This position ensures compliance with health and safety regulations within the guidelines that are established by the district, federal, and state. In addition, this individual will supervise cafeteria personnel.

Direct Reports

This position will supervise the cafeteria staff.

Responsibilities and Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty at a high level. Other duties may be assigned.
• Consults with the school Principal in reaching decisions, which affect pupils. Consults with Child Nutrition Executive Director and Area Supervisor related to the school food service operation and follows the administrative directives which governs the employees and the operation;
• Documents requisitions and inventories U.S.D.A. donated food, purchased food and supplies;
• Prepares production schedules and provides written instructions and procedures for all personnel including student help and volunteer workers;
• Monitors and or Logs food temperatures to ensure food safety;
• Monitors and or Logs refrigerators and freezers temperatures to ensure food safety;
• Supervises food preparation, service and maintenance of equipment and facilities;
• Prepares and maintains all daily and monthly records;
• Accounts for all monies received;
• Maintains high standards of health, sanitation and safety;
• Monitors proper cleaning of large and small equipment;
• Supervises receiving and storage of all food and supplies and reports to Supervisor any inferior or faulty quality in food delivery;
• Maintain a file of U.S.D.A. donated food received and used;
• Confers with the Food Service Supervisors regarding personnel problems;
• Handles first steps grievances; job attendance and annual job performance evaluations
• Reports immediately to the principal and Child Nutrition office any accidents occurring in the kitchen or cafeteria premises;
• Performs other duties as required.
• High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
• Cafeteria Manager Training and Certification strongly preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years of school food service experience is strongly preferred.
• The ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers;
• Ability to follow written and oral instructions, work schedules, interpret recipes and other printed information.
• Sufficient mathematics ability to adjust recipes
• Must be in excellent physical health and be able to pass the physical requirements of the Medical Department.
• Must be able to attend workshops and meetings.
• Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices;
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service.

Salary Offers

Our salary offers reflect a commitment to equity and transparency. Each offer is determined by education, years of experience, and alignment with compensation across similar roles within the district.

Work Environment

Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and the work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc.) part of the workday;
• Required to exert physical effort in handling objects more than 30 pounds rarely;
• Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals) rarely;
• Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements rarely;
• Normal setting for this job is an office/school setting.

Performance Evaluation

The employee will be evaluated based on the above position using either two methods: via COMPASS/LEADS or a NOLA-PS evaluating instrument. If the employee holds an Educational Leadership certification, he/she will be evaluated via COMPASS/LEADS to ensure renewal of certification.

EEOC Statement

NOLA Public Schools is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, genetic information, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, lawful alien status, national origin, age, marital status, and non-job related physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status.