Child Nutrition Manager - ESII

Alexander County School District; North Carolina; On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Alexander County School District, through Ellendale School of Innovation and Inquiry, seeks a Child Nutrition Manager to lead cafeteria operations, menu planning, procurement, and staff supervision.

The role requires strong knowledge of school meal programs, sanitation standards, and timely meal service; starting Dec 1, 2026, with opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• High school graduate, with 3 to 5 years of experience in food preparation, preferred.
• Experience in food service administration, team building and customer service.
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required.

Responsibilities

• Plans, implements and supervises operation of an assigned school cafeteria for meals and other foods.
• Reviews Production Records for a week to ensure adequate groceries and supplies.
• Adheres to school, local, state and federal regulations and sanitation guidelines.
• Manages federal meal programs in accordance with rules and regulations.
• Serves meals on time and maintains a pleasant eating environment.
• Determines food quantities and maintains inventories and requisitions.
• Checks deliveries and resolves discrepancies as needed.
• Ensures standardized recipes and proper food production procedures.
• Maintains cleanliness and organization of production areas.
• Conducts monthly physical inventory and submits required reports.
• Supervises equipment operation and facility cleaning.
• Monitors Health and Fire Department inspections and addresses deficiencies.
• Inputs data for daily/weekly/monthly reports including cash, inventories, and meal participation.
• Monitors charge balances and administers free and reduced price meals.
• Directs cafeteria staff and provides feedback on performance.
• Attends training sessions and district meetings.

Skills

Food service administration

Team building

Customer service

Supervision

Recordkeeping

Computer skills

Education

High school graduate

Job description

Child Nutrition Manager - ESII

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Job Details

Job ID: 5920634
Application Deadline: Posted until filled
Posted: Sep 10, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Dec 1, 2026

Job Description

CHILD NUTRITION MANAGER

Ellendale School of Innovation and Inquiry

General Statement of Job

Manager’s job functions include menu planning, procurement, food production, sanitation, service, recordkeeping, marketing, personnel management, and professional development.

Required qualifications

• High school graduate, with 3 to 5 years of experience in food preparation, preferred.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Plans, implements and supervises operation of an assigned school cafeteria for preparation and service of meals and other foods.
• Reviews Production Records for entire week before food/supply delivery to ensure adequate groceries/supplies are available to follow published menus.
• Follows and ensures adherence to established school, local, state and federal regulations and requirements as well as sanitation, food production and nutritional guidelines.
• Ensures administration of federal meal programs in accordance with local, state, and federal rules and regulations.
• Serves meals on time; provides quick, pleasant service and provides a pleasant eating environment.
• Determines amount of food necessary for preparation of daily meals;
• Determines and maintains proper inventories of necessary food supplies and materials, and prepares requisitions and/or orders.
• Checks deliveries to ensure compliance with orders, and contacts appropriate persons to resolve discrepancies, as necessary.
• Ensues that staff follows standardized recipes and proper food production procedures.
• Maintains the cleanliness and organization of food production and storage areas.
• Conducts monthly physical inventory of food and supplies.
• Completes and submits correct required reports, activity records, documentation, forms and surveys.
• Supervise the maintenance, operation and cleaning of equipment and facility.
• Monitors Health and Fire Department inspections of cafeteria and related facilities, implementing procedures to resolve identified problems or deficiencies, as necessary.
• Inputs data and generates various daily, weekly land monthly computer reports, such as cash and other financial reports, purchase orders, inventories, free and reduced rosters and meal participation.
• Monitors and collects charge balances.
• Administers federal Free and reduced Price Meal Program in accordance with local, state and federal rules and regulations.
• Assigns, directs, and supervises cafeteria staff, ensuring adherence to established policies, procedures and standards.
• Assists and advises subordinates, resolving problems as non-routine situations arise.
• Monitors job performance and provides fair, timely feedback regarding performance strengths and weaknesses.
• Attend training sessions, district departmental meetings and in-services.

Additional duties

• Performs other related work as required.

Essential knowledge and abilities

• Multi-task various work assignments in a time efficient manner.
• Considerable knowledge of the principles and practices of food service administration, team building and customer service.
• Considerable knowledge of the principles of supervision, organization and administration.
• Considerable knowledge of the methods, tools, techniques and practices of sanitation, food preparation and food storage.
• General knowledge of the principles of bookkeeping and accounting of funds.
• Some knowledge of the maintenance needs of large kitchen equipment.
• Basic computer skills.
• Skilled in staff motivation and leading staff to provide quality meals and friendly service appropriate to a public school environment.
• Ability to maintain complete and accurate records.
• Communicate effectively in written and oral form with people using positive interpersonal skills and interact positively with children, other school personnel and the public.
• Establish and maintain effective working relations as necessitated by work assignments.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and to use initiative when responding to emergencies, resolving problems and making improvements in the cafeteria operation.
• Must be able to stand for six continuous hours and stoop, squat, kneel and/or bend.
• Must be able to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally; and/or up to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

The knowledge and abilities 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 essential functions.

Position Type: Full-Time

Job Categories:
Support Staff > Food Service

Job Requirements

• At least 3 year(s) of relevant experience preferred.
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Contact Information

• Melissa Paisley , Director of Child Nutrition
• Child Nutrition
• Phone: [phone]