Associate Food Services Director - Higher Ed. jobs in Portsmouth, NH

Assistant Director of Food Services
Exeter Region Cooperative School District

The Assistant Director of School Food Services will assist in overseeing all aspects of the district’s Child Nutrition Program operation in accordance with local, state and federal policies. The job functions include administrating, planning, implementing and evaluating the program in order to meet the nutritional and educational needs of children.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE: ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
The Assistant Director will provide support to the Director of Food Services in the following areas:

• Ensures all meals served in the program meet current nutritional standards and meal pattern requirements, including students with special need diets.
• Maintains nutritional integrity of the meal program through implementation of Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

• Maintains integrity and accountability of the meal program and recorded documentation through compliance with all federal, state and local regulations.

• Provides an environment conducive to protecting the health and well-being of students and staff through high levels of sanitation standards.
• Responds to a food hold and recall in an expedient, effective, and efficient manner.
• Provides a safe environment for performance of work and a secure work environment during an emergency or crisis.

• Establishes administrative responsibility for all food service equipment through proper use and care.
• Understands and has working knowledge on how to use all equipment within all kitchens properly and provides training to Food Service Managers/workers on all equipment.

• Provides a system for preparing and maintaining records that reflects an accurate report of planned menus, food produced, and food discarded.
• Ensures the meal program creditability through daily monitoring of food production procedures.

• Maintains an operation that responds to students’ food preferences.

• Provides leadership to ensure school meals will be served in pleasant, clean facilities and by a courteous staff.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

• Please apply online
• Applications will be considered only when a cover letter, resume, three letters of recommendation, certification and transcripts have been attached to your online application

It is the policy of SAU 16 to not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, sex, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, ethnic origins, country of origin, economic status, status as a victim of domestic violence, harassment, sexual assault, or stalking, disability, age or other protected classes under applicable law in its educational programs and activities.
Candidates committed to the following competency statements (abilities) are highly encouraged to apply.
Competency Statements:

• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for own actions.
• Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Delegating Responsibility - Ability to allocate authority and/or task responsibility to appropriate people.
• Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of the project or task.
• Diversity Oriented - Ability to work effectively with people regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion or job type.
• Energetic - Ability to work at a sustained pace and produce quality work.
• Friendly - Ability to exhibit a cheerful demeanor towards others.
• Honesty/Integrity - Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.
• Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
• Punctuality - Ability to report to work on time on a day-today- basis.
• Regular attendance - Exhibiting regular attendance in order to perform duties in a satisfactory manner.
• Training - Ability to develop a particular skill in others to bring them up to the predetermined standard of work performance.
• Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
• Responsible - Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one’s conduct.
• Safety Awareness - Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.

Terms of Employment: 205 work days per school year; salary and benefits to be established by the Director of Food Service in accordance with the approved budget of the Exeter Region Cooperative School District.
Salary Range: $36,200 - $41,500, based on work experience and knowledge.
Benefits include:
10 paid holidays
5 sick days per year
2 personal days
Participation in NH retirement system
Health Insurance (up to family plan offered-District pays 88% if HMO plan or 80% of POS plan

Reports to: Director of Food Service
FSLA Status: Exempt