Food Services Manager - Madison Co. SAWC

Position Type

Full Time Hourly

Employee

On Site

$12.50 per hour

JOB SUMMARY:

The FOOD SERVICE MANAGER is directly supervised by the CENTER DIRECTOR with general supervision from the DIRECTOR OF SENIOR SERVICES. Prepares high quality meals in sufficient quantities by stated time; plans menus; provides special menus; assists Center Director with fund raising events by preparing meals and working outside of regular schedule as needed; supervises kitchen staff; purchases raw food and supplies;

monitors normal health, safety and fire prevention standards; maintains ongoing raw food and supply inventory; assists Center Director in preparation of reports and records related to meals prepared and served; performs other duties as assigned.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• PREPARES HIGH QUALITY MEALS IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES BY STATED TIME: participates in preparation and cooking of meals; determines time and sequence of cooking operations to meet meal serving hours; ensures that only approved foods are prepared and served as specified on the menus; ensures that food is properly dispensed with correct portion and served at the correct temperature; supervises the proper packaging and delivery of hot and frozen meals to homebound clients.
• MENU PLANNING: will plan monthly menus that meet DAAS nutrition guidelines while also providing attractive tasty meals that will attract clients to the meal program; will provide monthly menus in a timely manner to the Center Director for publishing in center’s monthly newsletter.
• SPECIAL MENUS: will plan and offer special menus for holidays and special events. Food service manager will coordinate menu plans with the monthly activities and events scheduled at the center.
• FUND RAISING EVENTS: will assists Center Director with fund raising events, will prepare events’ meals, will work outside of regular schedule as needed.
• SUPERVISES KITCHEN STAFF: plans work schedules and assigns duties to staff; supervises and coordinates task to ensure assigned tasks are properly completed; conducts necessary kitchen and food preparation training to staff.
• PURCHASES RAW FOOD AND SUPPLIES: estimates advance weekly needs of food and supplies based on approved menus and storage limitations; coordinates purchases with CENTER DIRECTOR; works with wholesale vendors to get lowest price possible for highest quality food by taking bids periodically; monitors kitchen needs to limit local purchases from retail suppliers to a minimum.
• MONITORS NORMAL HEALTH, SAFETY, AND FIRE PREVENTION STANDARDS: assures that all appropriate health, safety, and fire regulations are maintained in kitchen, dining and storage areas; supervises and inspects to ensure storage areas, dining areas, kitchen, kitchen equipment, and utensils are kept clean and functional.
• MAINTAINS ONGOING RAW FOOD AND SUPPLY INVENTORY: records all purchases on inventory sheets; conducts/records manual inventory on the last working day of each month; assures that security for all raw food and supplies is continually maintained.
• ASSIST CENTER DIRECTOR IN PREPARATION OF REPORTS AND RECORDS RELATED TO MEALS PREPARED AND SERVED: keeps daily records of meals prepared and served; maintains inventory records of food, supplies, equipment and utensils.
• WILL ATTEND JOB-RELATED TRAINING AS REQUIRED.
• PERFORMS OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED.

KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES,

SKILLS:

• Knowledge of health, safety, and fire prevention standards
• Knowledge of basic principles of commercial food preparation
• Knowledge of food purchasing practices
• Knowledge and ability to operate all food service equipment
• Knowledge of basic principles of portion control and measurement of ingredients
• Ability to adjust recipes and follow menu plans
• Ability to plan work…