Team Lead-Food and Nutrition

Key Responsibilities

• Provides non-supervisory leadership and frontline support to Food and Nutrition team members.
• Affords assistance with coordinating daily task assignments, training and onboarding new team members, ensuring readiness of supplies and equipment, and supporting performance standards through quality checks and peer coaching.
• Acts as a role model for quality, safety, and accountability, supporting a positive team culture and the consistent execution of departmental policies and procedures.
• Assists in coordinating daily work assignments and coverage plans to ensure consistent service delivery.
• Leads or supports team huddles, shift briefings, and ongoing communication across the Food and Nutrition Services team.
• Serves as a peer role model in high-pressure, complex, or sensitive care areas, demonstrating professionalism and attention to detail.
• Conducts quality checks and performance audits and supports correction of issues in real time and escalates concerns when necessary.

Preferred Qualifications

• A high school diploma, GED, or equivalent experience is preferred.

Requirements

• Requires 3-5 years of relevant experience.
• Requires SERV Safe Manager Certification within 6 months of hire.
• Requires the ability to operate kitchen equipment.
• Requires basic computer skills.
• Must be able to wear protective equipment/clothing required by the environment or government regulations such as gowns, gloves, goggles, rubber-soled closed-toe footwear, etc.
• Requires adherence to local health regulations and safety requirements to produce safe food for consumption.
• Requires the ability to climb ladders.

Physical Requirements

• To include reaching, standing for long periods of time, squatting, bending, carrying and/or lifting supplies and equipment weighing 35 lbs. or more, up to 80% of the time.