School Food Service Manager

Food Service Team Member

Imagine an energy so positive, so powerful, it ignites your desire to be the best, inspires you to bring out the best in others, and fuels your aspiration to do the best work of your career. At Legacy Traditional Schools we do things a special way, in a way that ignites our desire to be the best, illuminates our educators' best talents, lights up the minds of our students, and fuels our school spirit. We shine the brightest when we raise our hands and rise to the challenge of changing lives through education, cultivating bright curious minds, achieving award-winning results, upholding our values, and engaging positively with our students, parents and communities.

This position is primarily responsible for providing personal support to the campus with the highest need in a multifaceted role. This position requires you to cover all positions within the kitchen. You will be responsible for coordinating and directing the day to day activities of the campus Food Service Team. The position works alongside the Food Service Team to ensure that food quality standards, inventory levels, food safety guidelines, and customer service expectations are met.

Essential Functions

• Ability to work in a multifaceted role that requires you to change roles as needed day to day from food service worker, cook, cashier, and manager.
• Ability to perform all food service worker duties.
• Support the Food Service Workers, as needed, to ensure all opening and closing tasks are completed.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision.
• May assist with the operational oversight and training as needed.
• Assists in the day-to-day activities of the site kitchen, which includes preparing, serving, and replenishing food and drink.
• Assists in preparing and cooking foods, which may include: panning frozen food; cupping fruit; washing and bagging fruits and vegetables; baking foods; chopping salad items; monitoring food temperatures; preparing sandwiches; removing hot items from ovens; and/or performing other related activities.
• Set up and stock work areas with all necessary ingredients and equipment.
• Serves and replenishes food supply as needed.
• Monitor inventory levels, order food and supply items at appropriate times, ensure food and supplies are rotated and stored in a safe and sanitary location.
• May be required to order and receive food products.
• Assist manager in verifying and monitoring HACCP procedures including temperature, sanitizer, and storage logs.
• Maintain courteous, respectful relationships with students, staff, and parents.
• Know and comply with all company policies and procedures regarding safety, security, emergencies, and energy.
• Be flexible with performing other duties relating to general job function as assigned by supervisor.
• Perform related work as required.
• Work closely with school administrators, parents, and children to resolve issues; communicate procedures and policies, and provide customer service to all cafeteria users.
• Perform all other duties of a similar nature or level.

Supervisory and Managerial Responsibility

• Self-motivated, eager to grow and learn
• Communicative, customer service based
• Ability to coach and celebrate in the moment
• Work Schedule: 10 month or year round employee, minimum of 40 hours a week, hours: 7:00AM-3:30PM, including a 30 minute lunch

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Education, Licensure, or Certification: High School Diploma/GED required, Food Handler's Certificate/Card required, Manager Certification required for all Managers
• Work Experience or Related Experience: Four years of food handling service/preparation or cashiering experience, two years of lead/supervisory experience
• Specialized Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Ensuring that all Food Service Employees are properly monitoring control measures and Critical Control Points (CCPs) at the required frequency, monitoring the overall performance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), professional appearance per the employee handbook, cooking/prepping/serving meals as required and necessary, operating all kitchen equipment, providing training to kitchen staff in all aspects of food service operations, assigning job responsibilities and developing work schedules, maintaining a cooperative relationship with school administration, preparing daily production sheets, placing weekly orders with the food supplier, assuring team is working together, operating the cash register/POS system, implementing financial controls, accounts for all funds, takes daily deposits to bank, cater on half-days & special events, help provide meals for LKC, deep cleanings

Background Checks

• The incumbent in this position will be required to pass a criminal history background check
• Must be able to obtain and hold a valid IVP Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card at all times

Physical and Travel Requirements / Work Environment

• Travel between campuses is required from time to time
• This position requires the need to lift objects (up to 25 pounds) on occasion
• This position may require sitting for long periods at times, talking on the phone, standing, kneeling, stooping, and long periods of concentration
• Local and in-state travel required

Enjoy the benefits of being the best. Education is not a spectator sport, so we encourage you work hard, learn, have fun, and always do your best. If you raise your hand to accept the challenge of changing lives through education and give your very best to contribute to our students' success, you'll experience: our colorful school spirit, a fulfilling career, a culture of connection, our spirit of tradition, the benefits of being the best. Enjoy industry-leading pay, rewards, referral bonuses, and paid time-off. Care for your health and your family with comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, discounted onsite childcare and student enrollment priority, even for part-time roles. Invest in your future with retirement plans - Arizona has 401(k) plans with 6% employer matching, Nevada participates in the Nevada State Retirement PERS, and Texas participate in the Texas retirement TRS. Enhance your growth with promotion opportunities, training, mentoring, and tuition reimbursement. Thrive in a welcoming, supportive, and inclusive environment where we celebrate the diversity of our team and our communities and uphold our values to treat others with fairness, equality, and respect as an equal opportunity employer.

Come be an educator with LTS. Every team member, from our support staff to our leadership team has knowledge to share, skills to teach, inspiration to offer, and a passion for helping others learn and perform their best, which is why we are proud to call all our employees educators. Our smart, talented, diverse educators across Arizona, Nevada, and Texas are working together to change lives through education and make our charter schools the best place to learn, grow, and work. Come be an educator at Legacy Traditional Schools and experience a positive collective energy so powerful, it ignites your desire to be the best! Ignite your career. Apply Today!