Director of Food Service

Frontline Applicant Tracking - Sedalia 200 School District

• Position Type:
  Support Staff/ Food Service Director
• Date Posted:
  11/19/2025
• Location:
  
  District Wide
• Date Available:
  
  ASAP

• Food Service Director salary schedule
• Employed for 250 days as set in the annual calendar
• Reviewed annually with recommendation for re-employment in May
• Reports to Assistant Superintendent, Personnel & Support Services

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent educational experience, with academic major or concentration in food and nutrition, food service management, dietetics, family and consumer sciences, nutrition education, culinary arts, business, or a related field;

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent educational experience, with any academic major or area of concentration, and a State‑recognised certificate for school nutrition directors;

• Bachelor’s degree in any academic major and at least 2 years of relevant school nutrition program experience.

• Associate’s degree, or equivalent educational experience, with academic major or concentration in food and nutrition, food service management, dietetics, family and consumer sciences, nutrition education, culinary arts, business, or a related field; and at least 2 years of relevant school nutrition program experience.
• Directors hired without a bachelor’s degree strongly encouraged to work toward attaining bachelor’s degree upon hiring.
• Minimum Prior Training Standard (required) (new directors only) at least 8 hours of food safety training is required either not more than 5 years prior to their starting date or completed within 30 calendar days of employee’s starting date.

• Ability to provide leadership and supervise personnel
• Ability to organize and plan effectively
• Ability to coordinate department budget and resources
• Knowledge in all phases of the school lunch program
• Knowledge of the fundamentals of nutrition and their application to the lunch program
• Work well with others
• Effective communication skills
• Possess an ethical and professional attitude toward colleagues and the policies of the District

• Vacations, leave policies and fringe benefits as stated in Board policies
• Travel expenses will be allocated as recommended by the Superintendent and approved by the Board of Education

• Spend the necessary time required to complete all duties associated with responsibilities
• Responsible for the recommendations on the employment, termination and working conditions of all food service personnel to the Assistant Superintendent, Personnel and Support Services
• Plan and supervise the menus
• Plan and supervise the purchase of supplies and equipment
• Plan and supervise the preparation, serving and clean‑up of meals
• Plan and supervise food preparation for banquets held in school cafeterias
• Plan and supervise the distribution of supplies and commodities to all schools
• Maintain satisfactory health, safety and sanitation standards of all cafeterias
• Maintain adequate inventories and records
• Supervise and be responsible for the collection and accounting for receipts and expenditures
• Prepare reports as may be requested
• Maintain good physical condition and neat appearance
• Maintain a positive attitude of support for the district and its goals
• Be available to work special events and extra hours when needed and called upon
• Continuous effort to improve operations and work processes to provide a quality food service program
• Perform such other tasks and assume such other responsibilities as may from time to time be assigned by the administrative personnel

• This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job. Other duties will be required to be performed as assigned by district administration.

Postings current as of 12/5/2025 1:26:20 PM CST.