Cafeteria Manager (26-27 SY)

Rankin County School District; Brandon (MS); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Rankin County School District seeks a Cafeteria Manager in Brandon, Mississippi. The role involves coordinating food service operations, maintaining hygiene standards, and supervising staff. Applicants must hold a high school diploma or GED along with state certification. The manager will also manage food inventory and training of new employees. The work is hands-on within a school environment. The position requires good public relations abilities and physical stamina for food handling. Salary and other terms set by the Board of Education.

Qualifications

• Education Level: High school diploma or GED is required.
• Certification: State Department of Education manager certification is necessary.
• Additional qualifications are based on the Board's discretion.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate food service with school activities.
• Supervise and train the cafeteria staff.
• Ensure food safety and sanitation practices.
• Maintain accurate records and perform cash handling.

Skills

Food preparation

Team leadership

Public relations

Record keeping

Education

High school diploma or GED

State Department of Education manager certification

Job description

Job Title

Cafeteria Manager

Reports To

Director of Child Nutrition

Job Purpose

In keeping a tradition of excellence, the purpose of the Cafeteria Manager is to assume the responsibilities and duties designated by the Director of Child Nutrition and perform duties such as safe preparation and handling of food, cleaning and sanitizing of equipment and facilities, serving of food, cashiering and record‑keeping as required, and other related work. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate food service with school activities.
• Strive for good public relations with customers, co‑workers, principals, school staff, supervisors, and the community.
• Cooperate with principals, faculty, students, and staff to make the food service program an integral part of the total school program.
• Endeavor to increase participation in school food service.
• Strive to improve the food service program.
• Arrange, plan, prepare, and serve meals following prescribed guidelines.
• Train, supervise, evaluate each employee on the staff and provide leadership and goals.
• Train the assistant manager and provide orientation and training to new employees.
• Provide ongoing on‑the‑job training to staff in efficient operational practices.
• Prepare and post a master daily work schedule.
• Demonstrate use and care of all equipment; check and record temperatures for alternative school refrigeration equipment during the school week.
• Receive and verify deliveries and designate area for proper storage.
• Accept responsibility for the storeroom and maintain the only key.
• Inspect all areas of the kitchen before dismissing the staff.
• Prepare orders (food, supplies, equipment) according to schedule and submit to the Child Nutrition Office; if choices are used, plan, order, and report two weeks in advance.
• Be the first in the kitchen and the last out each day; managers may not permit janitors or other employees to perform this function except with special permission.
• Operate the food service program efficiently, ensuring a reasonable plate cost and meals per man‑hour within guidelines.
• Supervise the counting and rolling of all monies; manager makes the deposit daily.
• Read, react, and take appropriate action regarding staffing information such as time sheets, sick leave, and jury duty data.
• Prepare accurate records and submit them to the proper authorities at the designated time (menu book, inventory forms, daily record sheets, bank deposits, and others as required).
• Notify the principal and Child Nutrition Supervisor of manager’s absences.
• Request approval from the supervisor when deviating from policy.
• Attend and participate in all monthly manager in‑service meetings.
• Be responsible for interviewing and recommending new employees and substitutes to the principal and Child Nutrition Supervisor.
• Perform related work as required by the Office of Child Nutrition.
• During school vacation times and summer months, check the temperature of refrigerated units every other day and record on the temperature chart; if temperatures reach the danger zone, notify the Child Nutrition Office immediately.
• Lead and attend staff meetings and trainings as applicable; serve on staff committees.
• Assume responsibility for own professional growth and development, keeping current with literature, new research findings, attending appropriate professional meetings and conferences, and maintaining credits and/or continued education required for licensure/qualifications.
• Maintain and accept responsibility for any district‑owned fixed asset item assigned to the employee and ensure appropriate use per district policies.
• Undergo periodic evaluations according to state and board policy procedures.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Regular, dependable, punctual, in‑person attendance is an essential function of this position.
• Perform other duties not specifically enumerated that may be requested by the Board of Education, superintendent, administrator, director, or established by district policy.

Qualifications

• Education Level: High school diploma or GED.
• Certification: State Department of Education manager certification.
• Other requirements: Any additional qualifications as the Board may consider appropriate and acceptable.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to talk or hear; frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands for fine manipulation, handle or feel, reach, and use equipment such as a keyboard and video display terminal.
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, reach, crouch or crawl.
• Must regularly lift and move up to 35 pounds and occasionally up to 75 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities: close vision required.

Work Environment

• The work environment is not a standard office setting; it encompasses the entire active school campus both inside and outside the facilities.
• Noise level is usually low to moderate and occasionally high.

Terms of Employment

Salary, days, and work year as established by the Rankin County Board of Education.

Evaluation

Performance will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Rankin County School Board policy on Evaluation of Employees.

Note: This is not necessarily an all‑inclusive or exhaustive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, functions or working conditions associated with the job. The job description is not a contract of employment or a promise or guarantee of any specific terms or conditions of employment. The school district may add to, modify, or delete any aspect of this job (or the position itself) at any time at its discretion.