Cafeteria Manager

Company Description

KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools is part of the KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) national network of free, open enrollment, college preparatory schools dedicated to ensuring that every child grows up free to create the future they want for themselves and their communities. There are 280 KIPP schools in 21 states and the District of Columbia serving more than 175,000 scholars and alumni. KIPP Metro Atlanta currently operates 11 schools including five primary schools, six middle schools and one high school, as well as KIPP Forward which supports scholars on their journey to a choice-filled life. We are a social justice organization and our vision and mission require the work of dedicated, bold and skilled leaders, educators, and support staff who are committed to serving as the catalyst for joyful, academically excellent schools and the foundation for building a more just and equitable world for our scholars.

Job Description

KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools seeks an experienced Cafeteria Manager who will be responsible for the successful daily operation of a school cafeteria. Job functions include hands-on food production; meal service; food acceptability; customer service; sanitation, safety and security; procurement; financial management and recordkeeping; program regulations and accountability; personnel management; equipment use and care; professional excellence. The School Nutrition Program provides an environment that supports healthy food habits while maintaining program integrity and customer satisfaction.

As a Cafeteria Manager, your core responsibilities include:

Food Production

• Oversees the production of all school breakfasts, lunches and afternoon snacks
• Plans and controls daily food production
• Ensures proper amounts of food are withdrawn from inventory and prepared each day
• Ensures adherence to standardized recipes

Meal Service

• Ensures school breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack menus are followed and all meals and snacks served meet meal pattern requirements
• Ensures the serving lines are set up properly and on time, and appropriate serving sizes are followed
• Ensures that Offer Versus Serve (OVS) is properly implemented for both breakfast and lunch and that all subordinate staff understand what constitutes a reimbursable meal under OVS
• Ensures meals are served and snacks provided in a timely fashion that adheres to the school’s meal schedules

Food Acceptability

• Prepares and serves meals of the highest quality that encourages student consumption and participation in the school breakfast and lunch programs.
• Maintains an operation that responds to students’ food preferences

Customer Service

• Provides outstanding customer service to students, parents, staff, visitors and fellow employees. Ensures that fellow employees do the same.

Sanitation, Safety & Security

• Monitors the kitchen and cafeteria for the purpose of ensuring a safe and sanitary work environment
• Acts as the on-site “Person-in-Charge” in all matters of food safety, as required by the local health department
• Ensures that temperatures are monitored and recorded for freezers, refrigerators and milk coolers daily, and notifies the Building Engineer and/or the Director of Student Nutrition if temperatures are above 10F (freezer) or 41F (refrigerator/cooler)
• Ensures that temperature of foods are monitored and recorded to ensure that foods are cooked to the proper internal temperature, chilled to the appropriate temperature, and placed on the serving line at the appropriate temperature
• Plans and ensures adherence to cleaning schedules
• Ensures that the wash, rinse and sanitize procedures are followed for ware washing
• Monitors the kitchen and cafeteria for the purpose of ensuring the security of all food and supplies

Procurement

• Orders all food and supplies for the cafeteria
• Ensures that all incoming food and supply deliveries are received and stored properly
• Checks invoices for accuracy, ensures that drivers have noted any returned/damaged goods on the invoice, deducts the amounts of any returned/damaged goods from invoices

Financial Management & Recordkeeping

• Properly codes and forwards all food and supply invoices to the Director of Student Nutrition in a timely fashion
• Takes an accurate monthly inventory of all purchased food and supplies
• Keeps track of requests for field lesson meals and other special requests
• Organizes the school foodservice desk/office to maintain an efficient and effective operation

Program Regulations & Accountability

• Maintains integrity and accountability of the School Nutrition Program through compliance with all federal, state and local regulations
• Maintains all records and reports to meet local, state and USDA requirements, including daily production records, temperature logs, etc.
• Ensures compliance with KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools’ mission and vision
• Follows all school policies and procedures

Leadership Responsibilities

• Plans and ensures adherence to daily work schedules
• Manages, motivates, trains and evaluates subordinate personnel

Equipment Use & Care

• Follows and enforces policies for the safe use and care of all equipment
• Reports any malfunctioning equipment to Building Engineer and/or Director of Student Nutrition

Professional Excellence

• Communicates effectively with supervisor, school administrators, customers and fellow employees
• Provides leadership that sets high professional standards for the School Nutrition Program and its employees
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• A minimum of one (1) year of food management experience in the kitchen, cafeteria, or restaurant foodservice (school cafeteria experience preferred)
• Knowledge and management experience in volume feeding involving food preparation, general cooking, food storage, cleaning procedures, and meal service
• ServSafe certification required within the first year of employment (recertification every five years)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work as a leader and as part of a team
• Ability to perform assigned tasks
• Ability to follow instructions
• Ability to work harmoniously with fellow employees
• Ability to provide friendly and outstanding customer service to students and others
• Ability to learn in a reasonable period of time