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Position Summary:

• Under the direction of Child Nutrition Director, the Child Nutrition Specialist is responsible for managing and supervising all aspects of nutrition related functions while adhering to federal, state, and local regulations; including procurement, warehousing, inventorying, menu planning, recipe development, product evaluation, quality assurance, training, and marketing projects. An employee in this role supp01is the goals and objectives of the department and provides technical and supervisory expertise. Work includes providing nutrition services management and operational guidance; and assistance, development and implementation of standards and related services and supervise and evaluate the performance of assigned personnel. This position requires regular travel to sites throughout the district.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Regularly supervises Elementary Managers/Staff and Warehouse staff.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervise and perform nutrition and food cost analysis
• Supervise the procurement and delivery of food items, supplies and equipment with a focus on Farm to School Procurement.
• Implement standard operating procedures to ensure compliance with federal and state requirements and standards.
• Establish and oversee standard operating procedures for receiving, storing, and inventorying food and supplies based on sound principles of management.
• Establish and oversee standard operating procedures for preparing and serving menu items based on sound principles of management.
• Select, train, and evaluate the performance of assigned personnel.
• Create an atmosphere for employee productivity and satisfaction in the workplace; implement organizational techniques to enhance job skills that provide maximum efficiency.
• Fills in at schools and/or central kitchen as needed to ensure meal service to students is uninterrupted.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Other Qualifications:

• Thorough understanding of National School Meal Programs and Child Nutrition Program regulations and
• Thorough understanding of procedures in purchasing, receiving, storage and inventorying food and supplies
• Skill in oral and written communications, presentation and human relations and ability to work effectively with students, staff, district administration and parents.
• Knowledge of fiscal and managerial controls designed to affect economy in food service operations and ability to establish training programs and develop and instruct personnel in standard operating procedures.
• Working knowledge of normal office technical programs such as email, Microsoft word/excel, PowerPoint and nutrition analysis software.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, talk, hear, walk, sit, and use fingers, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as reading handwritten or typed material, the ability to adjust focus and depth perception. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift to 50 lbs.

Working Environment: Normal kitchen, office, and school environments.