School Cafeteria Operations Leader

Young World Physical Education; Louisiana (MO); On-site; USD 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Jefferson Parish Schools is seeking an Assistant Cafeteria Manager for Riverdale High in Jefferson, Louisiana. Immediate start with a full-time schedule and a 7.5-hour workday including lunch.

The role requires leadership to oversee food service operations, inventory, and adherence to nutrition standards. Qualifications include 3+ years of institutional food service management, a high school diploma, and Manager certification as approved by the education board.

Qualifications

• Three (3) or more years of successful food service management experience in an institutional setting.
• School Food Service experience preferred.
• Must possess high school diploma or equivalent.
• A minimum of one (1) year of successful experience as a permanent, full-time employee in a Child Nutrition program is required.
• Certification or temporary certification in Manager certification, as approved by the Board of Secondary and Elementary Education, is required.

Responsibilities

• Gives and receives information
• Solve problems alone and in a group setting.
• Determines when an independent decision can be made.
• Follows policies and procedures.
• Interprets policies into local procedures.
• Determines when equipment needs repair.
• Determines small equipment needs.
• Schedules regular equipment maintenance.
• Plans menu item substitutions.
• Plans menus for special diets.
• Promotes good nutrition to students, teachers, and others.
• Performs orientation for new workers.
• Performs on-the-job training.
• Completes job performance evaluations.
• Gives feedback to others on performance and encourages the use of feedback.
• Increases or reduces standardized recipes.
• Determines ingredient substitution when necessary.
• Plans advance preparation.
• Develops production, work, and cleaning schedules.
• Plans serving counter arrangement.
• Checks food quality during preparation.
• Utilizes food merchandising techniques.
• Receives and responds to complaints about food and service.
• Creates good feelings about School Food Service in students, faculty, administrators, and others.
• Estimates and orders foods and supplies.
• Receives food deliveries.
• Takes physical inventories of food and equipment and maintains inventory reports.
• Determines amounts of food items to issue and issues these amounts from storeroom.
• Reports information about personnel.
• Maintains computer and handwritten reports documenting foods used, physical and perpetual inventories, participation (SFS-6, SFS-7, SFS-7a), student eligibility and student charge accounts.
• Performs data entry and exchange of money for cashier duties.
• Handles money.
• Protects food, supplies, equipment and money from theft.
• Practices safe working habits; corrects and/or reports and follows through on unsafe working conditions; enforces safety rules.
• Performs basic first aid; maintains first aid kit.
• Adheres to established personal hygiene techniques.
• Monitors sanitation techniques; corrects unacceptable personal hygiene and sanitation practices.
• Interacts with parents regarding student accounts.
• Perform all other duties assigned by the Area Manager.

Skills

Food service management

Institutional setting

School Food Service

Team leadership

Communication

Education

High school diploma

Manager certification

Tools

Inventory management

Cash handling

Excel

Job description

Jefferson Parish Schools is seeking an Assistant Cafeteria Manager for Riverdale High in Jefferson, Louisiana. Immediate start with a full-time schedule and a 7.5-hour workday including lunch.

The role requires leadership to oversee food service operations, inventory, and adherence to nutrition standards. Qualifications include 3+ years of institutional food service management, a high school diploma, and Manager certification as approved by the education board.