Elementary School Cafeteria Manager — Kitchen Lead & Supervisor

New Canaan Public Schools; New Canaan (CT); On-site; USD 42,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

New Canaan Public Schools is seeking a Cafeteria Manager for South Elementary School to oversee daily food service operations and staff coordination. This role reports to the FS Director and focuses on safe, efficient meal preparation for elementary students.

The position requires managing orders, deliveries, sanitation, and daily cash audits while ensuring compliance with Health Department standards and school policies.

Qualifications

• Ability to complete needs list accurately.
• Must be able to accurately check in food and paper orders.
• Knowledge of standard food storage requirements.
• Ability to estimate inventory need in advance.
• Knowledge of Health Department standards and the ability to maintain them.
• Knowledge of high volume batch cooking.
• Ability to maintain kitchen morale.

Responsibilities

• Place weekly orders in a timely manner.
• Prepare meals for the daily menu (Elementary School).
• Maintain accurate service records.
• Check and verify, upon acceptance, all kitchen deliveries.
• Train staff to perform assigned tasks.
• Assign tasks to cafeteria staff.
• Ensure proper sanitary standards are maintained in the kitchen.
• Perform first tier cash audit of daily sales.
• Communicate daily with the FS Director or the Assistant FS Director.
• Maintain contact with building administration.

Skills

Needs assessment

Inventory check

Food storage

Inventory forecasting

Health standards

Batch cooking

Team morale

Job description

New Canaan Public Schools is seeking a Cafeteria Manager for South Elementary School to oversee daily food service operations and staff coordination. This role reports to the FS Director and focuses on safe, efficient meal preparation for elementary students.

The position requires managing orders, deliveries, sanitation, and daily cash audits while ensuring compliance with Health Department standards and school policies.