Campus Cafeteria Supervisor: Healthy Meals & Team Leadership

IDEA Public Schools; San Juan (TX); On-site; USD 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Family Leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Employer-Paid Mental/Behavioral Health

Dental and Vision Plans

Vacation Time

Relocation Assistance

Job summary

IDEA Public Schools is seeking a Cafeteria Assistant Manager to support the Cafeteria Manager on our campus nutrition mission. You will help lead the CNP team, monitor food safety, place orders, and ensure students receive nutritious meals while maintaining records.

The role requires a High School Diploma or GED, 2+ years in food service, and a Texas driver license. We offer competitive hourly pay ($16.26–$20.33) with a performance bonus, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or GED Required.
• Experience: 2+ years in food service, restaurant, or hospitality industry required; Leadership experience preferred.
• Knowledge of methods, materials, equipment, and processes used in food production and management.
• Strong understanding of safety and sanitation practices involved with food production.
• Has the ability to understand and interpret data (charts, graphs, etc.).
• Can handle stress well to meet deadlines.
• Effective organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Computer literacy with understanding of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel).
• Demonstrates problem solving, adaptability and flexibility.
• Good mathematical skills and basic finance understanding.

Responsibilities

• Direct the team to execute the approved menu 100% every day.
• Ensure every student participating in the meal program takes a reimbursable meal.
• Ensure all methods of counting and claiming are compliant.
• Observe that counting and claiming is happening at time of service.
• Check that all counts of student meals are accurate.
• Enter all counts correctly into internal trackers and PrimeroEdge.
• Recruit top notch FSS and FSS Sub candidates from the area.
• Hold weekly employee huddles; topics vary between operations and nutritional matters.
• Review and submit employee’s timesheets every Tuesday so employees are paid accurately every 2 weeks.
• Use the Staff Development Cycle to provide formal, timely and appropriate feedback on individual work performance and growth opportunities.
• Development of Cafeteria Assistant Manager with goal of preparing them for potential promotion to Cafeteria Manager.
• FSS with leadership potential into candidates for promotion.
• Campus meets budgeted participation for breakfast and lunch by the last day of school.
• Conduct Breakfast in the Class audits with a target compliance accuracy of 100%.
• Report recipe/menu errors to the Cafeteria Manager immediately.
• Use campus parent functions to speak to parents about the advantages of participating in our meal program.
• Identify students bringing lunch from home and report findings to Cafeteria Manager.
• Refer to HKH self-assessment checklist for recommendations and techniques.

Skills

Team leadership

Data interpretation

Safety and sanitation

Organizational skills

Microsoft Excel

Communication

Problem solving

Adaptability

Financial literacy

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

PrimeroEdge

Job description

IDEA Public Schools is seeking a Cafeteria Assistant Manager to support the Cafeteria Manager on our campus nutrition mission. You will help lead the CNP team, monitor food safety, place orders, and ensure students receive nutritious meals while maintaining records.

The role requires a High School Diploma or GED, 2+ years in food service, and a Texas driver license. We offer competitive hourly pay ($16.26–$20.33) with a performance bonus, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for