Food Service Manager - Head Start Program

Job Details:

Job Location:

RPMC Central Office
- Crowell, TX, Salary Range: $17.07 - $21.34

Hourly, Food Service Manager
- Head Start
- Early Head Start Program

Location:

Crowell, Texas

Employer:

Rolling Plains Management Corporation (RPMC)

Status:
Full-Time (40 hours per week, primarily Monday–Friday; however, hours may fluctuate.

Rolling Plains Management Corporation is seeking applicants for the position of Food Service Manager for our Head Start / Early Head Start Program in our Central Office in Crowell, Texas. This role is responsible to the Center Director for ensuring compliance with all program regulations and for creating a safe, healthy, and engaging educational environment for enrolled infants, toddlers, and their families.

Head Start is committed to establishing a learning environment where children, parents, and staff can teach and learn from one another. To accomplish this goal, staff must display sensitivity to and knowledge of the community’s cultural differences and issues. All Head Start staff shall agree to abide by the program’s standards of conduct introduced during pre-service and/or orientation. Employee orientation, pre-service, and in-service training are provided to assist staff and volunteers in acquiring or increasing the knowledge and skills needed to fulfill their job responsibilities.

The Food Service Manager is responsible for administering the Child and Adult Care Food Program at all child care center sites per established standards of nutrition, health, and sanitation and meeting the Nutrition Component of Head Start. Collaborate with the Registered Dietician to plan nutritious meals and snacks for Head Start and Early Head Start students, parents, and teachers and monitor the nutrition assessment.

Perform administrative tasks supporting the food buying, preparation process, and service of meals, including documentation maintenance of records. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.

• Assist with hiring of all Food Service staff as needed, provide new hire and ongoing food service/nutrition/CACFP/USDA training.
• Hold regular Food Service staff meetings.
• Ensure that all food service staff meets safety, sanitation, and health standards.
• Collaborate with Center Directors in hiring, training, and evaluating classroom food service staff for sites.
• Perform site visits to each classroom a minimum of three times per year (evaluate based on USDA and Head Start Performance standards).
• Collaborate with the Registered Dietician to create and facilitate nutrition education for parents, teachers, and other staff.
• Visit centers to ensure quality delivery of services and fulfillment of the Performance Standards Nutrition area and CACFP.
• Attend USDA, CACFP, and Head Start training as needed. Coordinate nutrition training for new employees as it applies to their position. Provide or arrange staff and parent training in nutrition and serve as facilitator at training sessions.
• Advise the Head Start Director and appropriate staff on training, staff development and/or management strategies that need to be implemented to increase the Nutrition Component within the Head Start system.
• Develop a team-building approach with staff. Provide coaching and mentoring with staff as needed.

• Responsible for administering the Child and Adult Care Food Program at all child care sites, including, but not limited to, planning, developing, and implementing contracts; receiving and preparing all necessary reports for reimbursement claims for CACFP; and menu preparation.
• Request and evaluate bids from various food vendors in compliance with Performance…