Cafeteria Manager (26-27 SY)

Position Type:
Cafeteria/Cafeteria Manager

Date Posted:
4/27/2026

Location:
Pisgah High School

Date Available:
07/20/2026


Job title:

Cafeteria Manager

Reports to:

Director of Child Nutrition

Receives guidance from:

Director, District Administration and Support Staff, Assistant Superintendent

Overtime status:

Compliant with position, salary and FLSA regulations

Job purpose:


In keeping a tradition of excellence, the purpose of the Cafeteria Manager is to assume the responsibilities and duties designated by the Director of Child Nutrition and performs duties such as safe preparation and handling of food, cleaning and sanitizing of equipment and facilities, serving of food, cashiering and record keeping as required, and other related work as required. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


Duties and responsibilities:

• Coordinate food service with school activities
• Strive for good public relations with customers, co-workers, principal, school staff, supervisors and community
• Cooperate with principal, faculty, students and staff to make the food service program an integral part of the total school program
• Endeavor to increase participation in school food service
• Strive to improve the food service program
• Arrange, plan, prepare and serve meals followed prescribed guidelines
• Train, supervise, evaluate each employee on the staff
• Provide leadership and goals for the staff
• Train the assistant manager
• Provide orientation and training to new employees
• Provide ongoing on the job training to staff in efficient operational practices
• Prepare and post a master daily work schedule
• Demonstrate use and care of all equipment. Check and record temperatures for alternative school refrigeration equipment during the school week (coolers, freezers, milk boxes, etc.)
• Receive and verify deliveries and designate area for proper storage
• Accept entire responsibility for storeroom, holding the only key
• Inspect all areas of the kitchen before dismissing the staff
• Prepare orders (food, supplies, equipment) according to schedule and submit to Child Nutrition Office. If choices are used, plan, order and report two weeks in advance
• Be the first in the kitchen and the last out each day. Managers may not permit janitors or other employees to perform this function except with special permission
• Operate the food service program efficiently, taking necessary steps to ensure a reasonable plate cost and meals per man hour within the guidelines
• Supervise the counting and rolling of all monies. Manager makes the deposit daily
• Read, react, take appropriate action regarding and inform staff of pertinent information such as time sheets, sick leave and jury duty data
• Prepare accurate records and submit them to the proper authorities at the designated time (menu book, inventory forms, daily record sheets, bank deposits and others as required)
• Notify the principal and Child Nutrition Supervisor of manger's absences
• Request approval from Supervisor when deviating from policy
• Attend and participate in all monthly manager's in-service meetings
• Be responsible for interviewing and recommending new employees and substitutes to principal and Child Nutrition Supervisor
• Perform related work as required by the Office of Child Nutrition
• During school vacation times and summer months, check the temperature of refrigerated units every other day and record on temperature chart. If temperatures reach the danger zone, notify the Child Nutrition Office immediately
• Lead and attend staff meetings/trainings as applicable; serve on staff committees
• Assume responsibility for own professional growth and development, for keeping current with literature, new research findings, for attending appropriate professional meetings and conferences, and to maintain any credits and/or continued education for maintenance of licensure/qualifications required for the position
• Maintain and accept responsibility for any district owned fixed asset item assigned to employee and ensure appropriate use by following district policies for acceptable use
• Undergo periodic evaluations according to state and board policy procedures
• Maintain confidentiality
• Regular, dependable, punctual, in person attendance is an essential function of this position
• Perform such other and not specifically enumerated duties as may be requested by the Board of Education, superintendent, administrator, director or established by district policy
• Read, understand, and abide by Employee Conduct Policy, GAB, all other district, state and federal policies, and procedures and protocols as established by RCSD and the Mississippi Educator Code of Conduct

Qualifications:

• Education Level: High school diploma or GED
• Certification: State Department of Education manager certification
• Other Requirements: any additional qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is 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. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, reach, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and move up to 35 pounds and occasionally up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here 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 the essential functions. The work environment is not a standard office setting; but rather encompasses the entire active school campus both inside and outside the facilities. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate and occasionally high.

Note: This is not necessarily an all-inclusive or exhaustive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, functions or working conditions associated with the job. The job description is not a contract of employment or a promise or guarantee of any specific terms or conditions of employment. The school district may add to, modify or delete any aspect of this job (or the position itself) at any time as it deems advisable.

Terms of Employment:


Salary, days and work year as established by the Rankin County Board of Education


Evaluation:


Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Rankin County School Board policy on Evaluation of Employees.