Food Service Supervisor, Nome Elementary School ($27/hr+ DOE & Benefits - Nome, AK)

NMS; Nome (AK); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

NMS in Nome, AK is seeking a Food Service Supervisor to oversee student dining operations, manage daily meal production, and support NSLP training. The role emphasizes quality, inventory control, and cost management, with occasional weekend meals.

The successful candidate will live in or relocate to Nome, AK, supervise kitchen staff, ensure sanitation, and drive participation in meals while maintaining compliance with school nutrition programs.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of documented Food Service Supervisor experience in a K-12 or similar culinary setting.
• Proven supervisory skills and knowledge of food preparation and quality control procedures.
• Ability to operate office equipment and software (email, Excel, Word, etc.).
• Valid driver’s license with clean driving record for the past three years.

Responsibilities

• Direct the general kitchen staff and food preparation duties.
• Develop recipes and ensure supplies and materials are purchased and ready when needed.
• Maintain strong communication with clients and employees to improve service quality and adoption of new services.

Skills

Food service supervision

K-12 food service experience

Supervisory skills

Office software

Tools

Excel

Word

Email

Job description

Job Description

The Food Service Supervisor oversees the student dining operation, serving breakfast and lunch Monday through Friday and occasional weekend meals. This position will work with the production team on a daily basis. This site primarily serves as the school dining facility and distribution base for regional village schools. This position will help support and ensure the training and administration of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Responsibilities include daily meal production, overseeing quality, and managing kitchen inventory and product. The successful candidate will be quality focused with the ability to increase student meal participation while controlling costs.

The Food Service Supervisor oversees the student dining operation, serving breakfast and lunch Monday through Friday and occasional weekend meals. This position will work with the production team on a daily basis. This site primarily serves as the school dining facility and distribution base for regional village schools. This position will help support and ensure the training and administration of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Responsibilities include daily meal production, overseeing quality, and managing kitchen inventory and product. The successful candidate will be quality focused with the ability to increase student meal participation while controlling costs. This position supports the Nome School District in Nome, AK. Candidate must live or be willing to relocate to Nome, AK.

Responsibilities

• Direct the general kitchen staff and food preparation duties.
• Develop appropriate recipes and make sure all required supplies, resources, and materials are purchased, ordered, and available when needed.
• Maintains excellent client and employee communications and relations to continuously improve the quality of services provided, resolve problems, and facilitate the acceptance and implementation of new services.
• Directs, schedules, trains, supervises, leads, evaluates, coaches and develops assigned personnel to keep them informed and motivated.
• Plans and implements an effective staff-training program.
• Make sure the responsibilities, authorities, and accountability of all assigned employees are defined and understood.
• Documents positive steps regularly taken to implement an effective safety program.
• Continuously seeks to improve the quality of assigned activities.
• Assures a high degree of sanitation is observed in all assigned areas and responsibilities.
• Consistently demonstrates professional skills in efficiently carrying out assigned activities, using all forms of communications, handling of change, developing employees, solving typical problems, and making decisions.
• Periodically physically performs all types of high-volume food production and preparation duties and fills in for absent employees.
• Performs various inventory and quality control tasks as well as completes various inspection checklists.
• Directly supervises assigned employees.
• Supervisory responsibilities include assigning and directing work, addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Other duties that are pertinent to the department or unit’s success also may be assigned.

Qualifications

• At least three (3) years of documented Food Service Supervisor experience in a K-12 or similar culinary environment.
• Documented supervisory skills and knowledge of food preparation, and quality control procedures.
• The ability to operate basic office equipment and software programs to include email, Excel, Word, etc.
• A valid driver’s license and an acceptable driving record for the past three (3) years to be eligible under NMS’ vehicle insurance policy.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preference will be given to individual with a minimum of five (5) years of consecutive employment in similar operations with comparable responsibilities.
• ServSafe Certified Manager certificate.

Working Conditions And Physical Requirements

Weather: Indoor/Outdoor (Occasional exposure to extreme weather)

Noise level: Moderate

Office conditions: Pace of work environment: Medium

Customer Interaction: High

Description of environment: School kitchen

Frequently required to walk and stand. Occasionally required to lift, pull and push. Rarely in cramped or confined spaces and climbing.

Physical requirements: Must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Travel: None

NMS Core Values

Safety guides our behavior.

Honesty and integrity govern our activities.

Commitments made will be fulfilled.

All individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

The environment will be protected and sustained.