Food Service Assistant Manager

Assistant Food Service Manager

Location: Alameda Middle School

Assists in the management of the activities of a school food service site, including supervising menus, safe food preparation, and cleaning of food service areas; performs related work as required. This position regularly prepares and/or serves food, cleans equipment, dishes and utensils, and fills in wherever needed to maintain effective and efficient food service operations. The work is performed under the general supervision of the field supervisor or central kitchen manager.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepares meals within the guidelines of menu, dietary requirements, and the standard of appearance, taste, temperature, and sanitation; may assist in catering duties and preparing of sack lunches.
• Prepares food dishes according to recipes, follows Health Department and HACCP rules and regulations.
• Sets up kitchen for operation and lock up at the end of the day.
• Assists in menu planning.
• Organizes serving lines.
• Operates computerized cashiering system and acts as cashier.
• Assists in end of day procedures (i.e. prepare bank deposits, and reports).
• Approves free and reduced applications, submitting information to food service office.
• Maintains sanitation by proper care, cleaning and storage of equipment and utensils; sweeps and mops floors.
• Assists in the ordering of food and supplies.
• Performs all work duties and activities in accordance with District policies, procedures, and safety practices.
• Assumes responsibility for operation of facility in absence of the supervisor.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Makes kitchen assignments as needed.
• Performs monthly inventory.
• Takes deposits to the bank.
• Handles parent and student concerns.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Competency Requirements:

• Knowledge of methods and materials used to prepare food for large-scale production.
• Use and care of cooking utensils and equipment.
• Sanitation and safety practices used in food handling and preparation.
• Ability to calculate volume measurements used in cooking.
• Follow written and oral instructions.
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Establish working relationships with students, food service staff, other employees, administrators, and the public.
• Establish priorities and work within time constraints and deadlines.
• Operate commercial kitchen equipment (i.e. mixers, dishwashers; convection oven, slicers, tilt skillet, warmers, etc.).
• Operate a computerized cashiering system and use program applications appropriate to assigned duties.
• Perform multiple tasks simultaneously, including handling interruptions, and return to and complete tasks in a timely manner.
• Work independently, with minimal supervision, and make appropriate decisions in the absence of a supervisor.
• Maintain student and family confidentiality in regards to free and reduced meal benefits.

Acceptable Experience and Training:

• High school diploma or GED equivalency is preferred; and experience in commercial food service; or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge and abilities necessary to perform as an effective and competent assistant food service manager.

Essential Physical Abilities:

• Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing or other communication capabilities, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to understand verbal instructions and to communicate effectively on the telephone and in person.
• Sufficient visual acuity, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to comprehend written work instructions; operate computerized cashiering system, commercial kitchen equipment, and organize documents and materials.
• Sufficient manual dexterity, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to operate computerized cashiering system and commercial kitchen equipment.
• Sufficient personal mobility, flexibility, and balance, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to work in various kitchen locations, with computerized cashiering system, and to lift or move objects that weigh up to 50 lbs. Job tasks may require, with or without reasonable accommodation, climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, lifting, fingering, grasping and repetitive motions.

Pocatello/Chubbuck School District No. 25