Senior Nutrition Programs Lead

JFSA; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Jewish Family Service LA in Los Angeles is seeking an Assistant Director, Senior Nutrition Program to support the program director in daily operations of congregate and home-delivered meals and the Kosher kitchen. This role ensures supervision, health safety, and grant compliance with accuracy and efficiency.

Responsibilities include budgeting, menu planning for general and special diets, staff supervision and training, and maintaining health inspection standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nutritional science, food service management, gerontology, or a related field.
• Minimum of 2 years food service management experience with leadership.
• HAACP training completed and ServSafe certification within 6 months.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, organized, able to manage multiple tasks.
• Customer-focused, problem solver, culturally sensitive, team oriented.
• Supervisory, coaching, and leadership skills.
• Knowledge of food, catering trends, sanitation, food cost controls, and presentation.
• Knowledge of storage, preparation, service, and sanitary requirements of large-scale operations.
• Ability to estimate and budget for future needs and costs.
• Must have CA driver license and daily access to a vehicle.
• Bilingual Spanish and/or Russian is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist in oversight of 15 congregate meal sites, home delivery, and large-scale Kosher kitchen.
• Assist with ongoing operational assessments and the development and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure high quality, efficient service delivery.
• Provide direct supervision of congregate meal site and home delivery managers. Provide back-up supervision as needed to kitchen manager.
• Provide adequate, budgeted staffing by participation in interviewing, hiring, orientation, ongoing training and coaching, and evaluation of direct report staff.
• Assist program director with preparation and monthly management of annual budget.
• Assist with oversight in the preparation and service of food and beverage items in adherence to established food standards for preparation, presentation, sanitation and safety (meeting HACCP and OSHA guidelines) and portion control.
• Assist program director in the planning, scheduling and publishing of menus for general and/or special diets meeting all mandated dietary guidelines in compliance with contractual specifications, minimum RDAs of key nutrients, and the laws of Kashrut.
• Assist with developing, implementing and enforcing program policies and procedures.
• Assist with development and coordination of training to ensure staff maintain appropriate certification/knowledge.
• Assist program director in creating quality assurance initiatives and response plans to ensure continuous program quality including the administration of client satisfaction surveys and analysis of data.
• Assist with ensuring maintenance of the highest rating on health inspections and corrects any deficiencies.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Nutrition knowledge

Budgeting

HAACP knowledge

ServSafe Certification

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Driver license

Bilingual Spanish/Russian

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nutritional science, food service management, gerontology, or a related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Budgeting software

Job description

Jewish Family Service LA in Los Angeles is seeking an Assistant Director, Senior Nutrition Program to support the program director in daily operations of congregate and home-delivered meals and the Kosher kitchen. This role ensures supervision, health safety, and grant compliance with accuracy and efficiency.

Responsibilities include budgeting, menu planning for general and special diets, staff supervision and training, and maintaining health inspection standards.