SY 26-27 Food Services Worker III (Manager)

PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL DISTRICT; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL DISTRICT seeks a Food Services Supervisor to oversee a team preparing breakfast and lunch meals. Responsibilities include supervising workers, ordering supplies, maintaining inventories, and preparing various operational reports. Candidates should have significant cooking experience in institutional settings and knowledge of food safety.

This role is critical for ensuring that meals are prepared according to prescribed standards while maintaining accurate records and cash handling procedures. This position offers the opportunity to support the educational environment through quality food service.

Qualifications

• Three years of full-time cooking experience in a large-scale institutional environment.
• One year of experience as a Food Services Worker II with the School District of Philadelphia.
• Successful completion of accredited college courses related to food service.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a crew of food services workers and determine work assignments.
• Prepare and cook daily meals following prescribed menus and recipes.
• Order supplies, maintain inventory, and prepare weekly reports.

Skills

Supervision

Food preparation

Inventory management

Customer service

Education

Completion of the twelfth school grade

Accredited college coursework in Food Safety and related fields

Job description

DISCLOSURE: This position requires both a written and oral exam for consideration. For internal candidates, please apply through the Employee portal for consideration.

Job Summary

Supervises a crew of food services workers in a self-contained unit, maintaining records and preparing periodic reports. Prepares breakfast and/or lunch meals following prescribed menus and standardized recipes. Orders supplies and food and receives and checks deliveries for accuracy. Takes temperatures of cold and frozen food items and records on HASSP log. Responsible for daily cash receipts, including the sorting and counting of bills and coins and the preparation of bank deposit slips.

Essential Functions

• Supervises a crew of food services workers; determines work assignments, work methods and production goals; reviews work in progress.
• Prepares and cooks the daily breakfast, lunch and after school meals following prescribed menus and standardized recipes.
• Portions and serves food to children and adults.
• Orders food, produce and supplies using automated ordering system; records market quotations and other ordering information as required; receives deliveries and checks the accuracy of delivery slips; maintains records of deliveries and prepares a weekly invoice record of orders received; takes a monthly inventory of food and supplies on hand and maintains a perpetual inventory system.
• Sorts and counts bills and coins received daily; prepares a daily deposit slip and weekly cash card listing amounts of money deposited and amounts on hand.
• Prepares weekly operations, monthly milk and platter, and time and attendance reports.
• May clean service or preparation areas.
• Removes trash from kitchen area.

Minimum Requirements

• Education equivalent to the completion of the twelfth school grade. Three years of full-time, paid cooking experience in a large scale institutional environment using standardized recipes.
• Education equivalent to the completion of the twelfth school grade. One year of full-time, paid experience as a Food Services Worker II with the School District of Philadelphia.
• Education equivalent to the completion of the twelfth school grade. Successful completion of the following accredited college level coursework: Introduction to School Food Safety, Principles of Quantity Food Production, Human Resource Management in Food Service operations and ServeSafe Sanitation Program.