Nutrition Site Coordinator - Full-Time Temp to Hire

Serving Seniors; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Floating holiday

Job summary

Serving Seniors in San Diego County operates dining sites and kitchens to serve low-income seniors with meals and wraparound support. The Nutrition Site Coordinator manages daily operations, engages with vendors, and supports community outreach while ensuring compliance and positive relations with staff and volunteers.

The role requires experience in food service or kitchen environments, strong communication, and the ability to lead a team in a busy senior-focused setting.

Qualifications

• Food service experience preferred.
• Previous experience working in a kitchen or similar environment preferred.
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office suite applications.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day dining room operations.
• Act as liaison with food service vendors.
• Manage daily meal donations and report counts to Site Manager.
• Provide friendly concierge service to seniors, guests and volunteers.

Skills

Food service experience

Kitchen environment experience

Microsoft Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Nutrition Site Coordinator - Full-Time Temp to Hire

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Job Title: Nutrition Site Coordinator

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Level: S1

Who We Are

Established in 1970, Serving Seniors helps San Diego County’s low-income seniors overcome poverty through whole-person, wraparound support including meals, housing, health and social services, and enrichment activities. We work at numerous sites across the county and in the homes of hundreds of homebound seniors. We are located in downtown San Diego. Last fiscal year, we provided over 1.1 million meals and coordinated services to over 10,700 older adults.

Our Mission: Helping seniors in poverty live healthy and fulfilling lives.

Our Vision: All seniors, regardless of income, are able to thrive, engage in their communities, lead purposeful lives, and have a place they call home.

Our Core Values:

Advocacy - Acknowledging and supporting the needs of older adults at the individual, community, and policy-level.

Person-Centered - Seeing the whole person, providing coordinated support, and treating all with dignity and respect.

Integrity – Representing the values of honesty, trust, and transparency within our community.

Compassion & Empathy – Approaching our work with a heartfelt desire to better understand and serve.

Impact – Measuring and evaluating programs to ensure that for every dollar invested, there is a positive impact in the lives of those we serve.

Intentional Involvement – Promoting an environment that nurtures differences and allows individuals to be their entire, authentic selves.

Serving Seniors has received the San Diego Union-Tribune’s Top Workplaces Award nine out of the ten years the awards program has taken place, and most recently for five years in a row from 2019-2024.

Job Purpose

The Nutrition Site Coordinator is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the dining room and kitchen at the site. The Nutrition Site Coordinator is also responsible for maintaining positive community relations and ongoing communication with the Food Service Director.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the day-to-day food service at the site
• Act as a liaison with all food service vendors
• Oversee the collection of daily meal donations
• Provide accurate daily and weekly accounting of clients-served to the Site Manager
• Act as a concierge to seniors, guests and volunteers in the dining room
• Responsible for distributing the monthly menus
• Support outreach efforts to promote program services in the community
• As a mandated reporter for Elder Abuse, report any suspicious circumstances or suspected abuse to Adult Protective Services
• Ensure all appropriate policies and procedures are followed
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Requirements

Experience:

• Food service experience preferred
• Previous experience working in a kitchen or similar environment preferred
• Proficient in of all Microsoft Office suite applications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Superior customer service skills, including the identification of customer needs and follow up to ensure those needs have been met
• Ability to develop professional, cooperative working relationships with participants, participants' family, other employees and volunteers
• Ability to motivate and lead teams
• Ability to exercise independent judgment
• Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations as they relate to food service
• Must have a valid CA Drivers License

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

Position is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and move up to 20 pounds.

Requires specific vision abilities to include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Why our current employees enjoy working for us:

• We offer paid holidays and paid time off to all employees
• We offer a floating holiday to all employees
• We’ve been voted a best place to work for over five years in San Diego
• We are a stable company with over 50 years of experience
• We have served thousands of older adults throughout San Diego County making a positive impact and providing a higher quality of life to these individuals

Schedule: Must be available to work holidays and weekends on a rotating basis, including alternating Saturdays and Sundays

Pay: $20 per hr.

This employer is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and E-Verify employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.