Child Nutrition Program Manager

Applitrack; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 48,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

East Baton Rouge Parish School System is seeking a Child Nutrition Program Manager to plan, administer, and evaluate the school cafeteria operations, ensuring nutritious meals and positive customer service for students and staff.

The role involves managing within Federal/State guidelines for the National School Lunch Program, coordinating with the principal, supervising staff, maintaining inventories, and completing monthly reimbursement reports for the Central Office.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree required.
• Seven years of experience in large quantity food production, preferably in a school setting.
• Must maintain a current food service manager certification in food safety and sanitation.
• A ServSafe certification is required.

Responsibilities

• Opens kitchen, unlocks and checks equipment.
• Schedules employee work hours for efficient cafeteria operation.
• Provides instructions for daily duties and supervises food preparation and serving line.

Skills

Computer skills

Email communication

Equipment & software

Education

Associate degree

ServSafe certification

Job description

Job Title: Child Nutrition Program Manager

Reports To: Immediate Supervisor

Prepared By: The Division of Human Resources

Board Approved Date:

Summary:

The CNP Manager is Responsible for planning, administering and evaluating an efficient operation of the school cafeteria in order to provide appealing and nutritional meals with positive customer service for the students and staff. Responsible for managing a school cafeteria within the guidelines and regulations of the National School Meal Program, State and County government and local health department. Level I-III Managers are distinguished by the number of customers served (average meal equivalents), as well as the number of employees and labor hours.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Opens kitchen, unlocks and checks equipment;
• Schedules employee work hours conducive to an efficient cafeteria operation.
• Gives instructions for the day's duties, written or verbal, aiding and supervising preparation of food and serving line to ensure a smooth and efficient operation.
• Aids and supervises the operation of the dish machine and cleaning of the kitchen and all equipment, submitting equipment repairs and repair needs of physical buildings to Building Services.
• Works with principal in carrying out free and reduced lunch policy to include collecting and supervising collection of money from students and teachers, counting money and depositing into cafeteria accounts in an accurate and timely manner, and sending deposit slips weekly to the Supervisor's office.
• Works with the building principal to maintain smooth scheduling and operation of the School Lunch Program on site, and ensures compliance with Federal/State regulations regarding school lunch and breakfast programs.
• Keeps a perpetual inventory of food and supplies to include verifying deliveries from distributors and signing tickets, and submitting orders, inventories and copies of all delivery tickets to the Central Office monthly.
• Completes monthly reports, to include claims for reimbursement for the nation's school lunch program, and is responsible for getting them to the Central Office on the day designated by the Food Service Supervisor.
• Attends meetings that are scheduled by the Supervisor to include maintaining files of correspondence, policies, inventories and reports, selecting cafeteria employees for vacancies in cooperation with supervisor and Principals in accordance with approved personnel procedures, supervising cafeteria workers, and evaluating employees.
• Completes monthly reports and is responsible for getting them to the Central Office by request, to include submitting payroll.

Other Duties:

Other duties as assigned that are related to the functions of the position.

Essential Functions/Qualifications/Requirements:

Education and Experience:

Associate's degree from an accredited college required. Seven years (7) experience in large quantity food production, preferably in a school setting may be substituted for a degree. Must maintain a current food service manager certification in food safety and sanitation. A ServSafe certification is required.

Work Environment Conditions:

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.

Professional Conduct:

The Employees are required to maintain a high standard of professional conduct. Breach of said professional conduct includes, but is not limited to, neglect of duty, dishonesty, engagement in acts that are contrary to East Baton Rouge Parish School System policy, unlawful activities, or any other conduct which is seriously prejudicial to the school system.

Technological Abilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be proficient in general use of a computer, the use of Email as a form of communication, and other job-specific equipment, software, and/or applications.

Note: New employees coming to EBRPSS/current employees new to a position, must use the Verifent website to verify qualifying years of experience (outside of EBRPSS) aligned to the job description. All new employees to the district/current employees new to a position will receive 0 years of experience aligned to the job description until the verification of previous experience aligned to the job description is received.

Experience verifications must be received in the Office of Human Resources within the first 6 months of employment in order to be eligible for a retroactive payment.

The East Baton Rouge Parish School System and all of its entities (including Career and Technical Education Programs) do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, national origin, disability, or gender in its educational programs and activities (including employment and application for employment), and it is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of gender by Title IX (20 USC 168) and on the basis of disability by Section 504 (42 USC 794). The Title IX Coordinator is Andrew Davis, Director of Risk Management – [e-mail], [phone]. The Section 504 Coordinator is Danielle Staten-Ojo – [e-mail], [phone]

Postings current as of 10/9/2026 12:41:10 AM CST.

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