Cafeteria Manager Trainee

About the Role

The Child Nutrition Manager Trainee position is designed to provide the knowledge and experience required for advancement to a manager position. Under the direction of experienced personnel, the trainee will receive training and perform duties in operating a school cafeteria, maintaining State and Federal standards, and implementing School Board policies and Child Nutrition procedures.

Responsibilities

• Learn various manager functions while in training.
• Aid in daily maintenance of perpetual and physical inventory and monthly submissions.
• Apply knowledge of planning, preparing, and serving a large variety of food, equipment, and methods used in food preparation and service.
• Assist the manager in supervising food preparation, portion control, and serving procedures.
• Assist all other Food Service Workers as needed to maintain performance standards and achieve program objectives.
• Maintain sanitary work areas, including personal cleanliness, food handling, storage, preparation, and clean-up.
• Ensure correct procedures for receiving and storing food supplies.
• Apply knowledge of food values, nutrition, health, sanitary, and safety practices.
• Follow the countywide plan to serve economical, nutritious, and attractive meals.
• Assist in preparation, service, and clean-up as needed.
• Assist the manager in executing proper procedures for checking all equipment throughout the training period.
• Serve as an apprentice to the manager for training and promotional purposes.
• Report any irregularities with food or personnel to the manager.
• Act as manager when the manager is absent and agree to move to a manager position if needed.
• Lead and attend staff meetings/trainings as applicable; serve on staff committees.
• Assume responsibility for professional growth and development, staying current with literature, research, and maintaining required licensure/qualifications.
• Maintain responsibility for any district-owned fixed asset assigned and ensure appropriate use.
• Undergo periodic evaluations according to state and board policy procedures.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Perform other duties as requested by the Board of Education, superintendent, administrator, director, or established by district policy.
• Read, understand, and abide by the Employee Conduct Policy, district, state, and federal policies, and the Mississippi Educator Code of Conduct.

Requirements

• Graduation from high school or possession of a GED.
• One year of experience with RCSD preparing and serving food to large groups.
• Serv-Safe Certification.
• Pass an agility test and background check.
• Complete the interview process with the Child Nutrition Director to be accepted into the Trainee Program.
• Minimum of one year of experience in a school cafeteria or two years of management experience in a hospital, restaurant, or other foodservice setting.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described are representative of those required to perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

• Regularly required to talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands for fine manipulation, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms using equipment such as a keyboard and video display terminal.
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, reach, crouch, or crawl.
• Must regularly lift and move up to 50 pounds and occasionally up to 100 pounds.
• Must be able to carry objects weighing up to 100 pounds.
• Must be able to stand for up to two hours at a time, stoop and bend, reach and grasp objects, have manual dexterity and fine motor skills.
• Must have the ability to hear, communicate orally, push and pull carts, use a keyboard, proofread documents, and use a video display terminal.
• Specific vision abilities required include close and color vision.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

• Work environment encompasses the entire active school campus, both inside and outside the facilities.
• Expected to work in areas that may be uncomfortable due to drafts, noise, or temperature variation.
• Expected to work with equipment or perform procedures where carelessness could result in minor injuries.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.