Food Services Area Supervisor

This opportunity is open to all interested candidates.

OVERVIEW:

San Diego Unified School District the second largest district in California and one of the top largest urban school districts in the United States is looking forprofessionals who care deeply for students and are committed to the communities in which they serve.

DIVERSITY STATEMENT:

Because each person is born with inherent worth and dignity and because equitable access and opportunity are essential to a just educated society San Diego Unified employee commitments include being respectful of differences and diverse perspectives and being accountable for ones actions and the resulting impact.

BASIC FUNCTION:

The Food Services Area Supervisorwill organize and manage school nutrition programs in a large food service cluster which includes a food preparation kitchen and multiple school sites within an assigned geographical area of the school district.

POSITION SPECIFICS:

• Working Location:Various locations for the Food and Nutrition Services Department.
• Work schedule:Position typically works 8 hours per day and 10 months per year.
• The position is paid on the AASD Classified SupervisorsSalary Schedule Supervisor ScheduleI Salary Plan 0604 Grade 032.
• Qualifies for District Paid health and wellness benefits for employee and dependents
• Experience in school nutrition programs management is desirablebut not required.
• This application requires you to respond to position-specific questions in your submitted online application. These questions are identified below in the APPLICATION INFORMATION section.

Examples of Duties:

An incumbent may perform any combination of the essential functions shown below. This position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties knowledge or abilities associated with this classification but is intended to accurately reflect the principal job elements.
E Essential Functions

• Plan organize and supervise food production for schools and programs within a cluster in accordance to the regulations and guidelines of the School Nutrition Programs (SNP). E Provide oversight supervision and training to Food Services Supervisors and cafeteria employees at satellite schools; provide leadership and direction in providing a safe and secure work environment. E

• Confer with administrators school staff parents students community groups and vendors; provide information regarding federal state and district meal policies and programs student account concerns special programs and various related issues. E

• Plan inventory and order meals using a computer and related software and systems applications: maintain menus and determine quantities of food to be produced for serving locations of the assigned cluster; determine food and supplies requirements and exercise control over distributions inventories and storage. E

• Determine labor needs for food production and serving at assigned schools; provide training establish work schedules perform timekeeping coordinate and manage substitute assignments; supervise and evaluate the work of cafeteria employees and student workers at assigned serving locations; counsel employees and recommend disciplinary action as appropriate; serve on interview committees for selection of cafeteria personnel. E Monitor and maintain food handling safety and sanitation standards and techniques in accordance with HAACP principles (Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Points); respond to and supervise activities within the cluster relative to food holds and recall. E

• Maintain daily operational data including meal participation and financial records for assigned serving locations; analyze data and prepare a variety of auditable reports including employee time and labor; ensure accountability of documentation for compliance with federal state local and district regulations. E

• Conduct site visits within an assigned cluster on a regular basis to assess needs and monitor feeding programs; determine marketing needs for assigned schools and implement appropriate programs. E

• Assist in planning and providing meal service for special events held at cluster sites; may supervise special feeding programs at other locations. E

• Attend meetings and trainings; make presentations as required. E

• Perform related duties as assigned.

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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and Experience:

Any combination of training experience and/or education equivalent to status in the Classified of Food Services Supervisor or possession of a bachelors degree in food management food and nutrition or other directly related field and three years of progressively responsible food management experience. Experience in school nutrition programs management is desirable.

Licenses and Other Requirements:

Possession of a valid California drivers license and availability of private transportation (mileage expense allowance provided). Must possess an approved food service safety certification. Completion of annual continuing education training and/or coursework as mandated per federal regulations in accordance to the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010.

APPLICATION INFORMATION:

Application Process

To be eligible for consideration interested candidates must submit the following items.Yourapplication will be considered incomplete if you do not includeallrequired information including completion of the Work Experience and Education Sectionsof the online application required attachments and responses to all application questions.

• Online employment application
• A completed online employment application must be submitted/received electronically by the closing date.This application MUST include all required attachments current and previous employment history and education to evaluate your qualifications and all other requirements identified in the recruitment and application questions.It is important to note that a resume does not substitute for completing the Work Experience and Education sections.Your application will be considered incomplete if you do not include all relevant details and attachments.
• Paper applications are not accepted.

• Answer all application questions
• Theapplication questions should be answered thoroughly clearly and concisely as the responses provided (along with the entire application package) will be carefully reviewed to determine which candidates will move forward in the recruitment process.

• Contact information for three references must be listed in the Reference section of the application.References should be from a current or previous supervisor.Reference email requests may be sent at any time during the application screening process of this recruitment.These reference requests are not an indication of progression in the recruitment process or an interview reference letters dated within the last year are also accepted and may be attached to your online application in the Reference Section.
  

• Cover Letter/Letter of Intent(Optional)

• Resume(Required)
• Resume must reflect current and past work and accomplishments.
• A resumedoes NOT substitute for completing work history education sections or the supplemental questions of the employment application.

• Position-SpecificQuestions(Required)

To be considered for this position you must answer every position-specific question. Failure to answer each position-specific question will result in your application being considered incomplete and disqualify you from further consideration for this recruitment.

QUESTION 1: Detail your experience working with school nutrition programs please include if this was in a supervisory capacity. If no experience please annotate N/A.

QUESTION 2: Please describe your experience in analyzing data and preparing auditable reports related to meal production participation and employee time and no experience please annotate N/A.

Do not upload your answers as an attachment. You will be required to answer each question before submitting your application.

• Additional documents(Optional)

Letters of Recommendation and/or additional documents if any must be attached to the online employment application.

For questions regarding this job announcement including priority consideration please contactPersonnel Analyst Max Herrera at

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

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San Diego Unified School District is committed to equal opportunity for all individuals in education. District programs and activities shall be free from discrimination harassment intimidation and bullying by reason of the following actual or perceived characteristics: age ancestry color mental or physical disability ethnicity ethnic group identification gender gender expression gender identity genetic information immigration status marital or parental status medical condition nationality national origin actual or perceived sex sexual orientation race religion or on the basis of a persons association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.

For more information about equity in employment contact:

Title II Coordinator & Uniform Complaint Compliance OfficerEric Rico: /Title IX CoordinatorAnna Ward: /504 CoordinatorEri Nall:

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Manager