The Natick Public Schools Seek a
Elementary Food Service Manager (full time)
We invite you to explore a career with Natick Public Schools.
The Natick Public Schools educate approximately 5,300 students from Pre-K through age 22. We are an innovative, supportive, and high-performing district whose outstanding staff provides high quality services for our diverse students and their families from Natick and Boston. Natick Public Schools is a community dedicated to all students achieving high standards in a safe, trusting, respectful environment where learning is exciting, dynamic, and engaging, and where connectedness and belonging are valued and actively cultivated. We are home to families that speak almost 60 different languages and our student population is approximately 29% Students of Color and 71% White students. With a graduation rate of 97% and 90% of our students attending post-secondary schools, we are proud of our commitment to excellence in educating students to be informed and successful citizens of a global world.
We enthusiastically welcome staff to our district who seek and thrive in a diverse environment that focuses on the whole child in a strengths-based approach. Please partner with us in our mission to support the diversity of our school community, promote and deliver equitable practices for all of our staff, students, and families, and create meaningful connections that enable everyone to feel included and thrive.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- High school graduate.
- ServSafe certification
- Institutional cooking experience preferred.
- Ability to effectively meet and communicate with students, school staff and administration.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to handle stressful situations.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
- Production:
- Responsible for preparation and cooking of menu items.
- Completing accurate production records.
- Responsible for ordering.
- Responsible for checking in orders and communicating order errors to the director.
- Responsible for documenting and managing inventory
- Responsible for customer service, presentation of food, and promotion.
- Responsible for small catering setups in schools (not large catering events or the buying of promotional materials and decorative items).
- Adheres to National School Lunch and Breakfast Program guidelines.
- Makes reasonable efforts to monitor and reduce food waste.
- Safety and Sanitation:
- Responsible for maintaining town and Food Service Director’s level of appropriate sanitation by overseeing kitchen personnel.
- Follows safe food handling procedures according to HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) policies.
- Ensures that time and temperature logs are up-to-date and accurate.
- Adheres to uniform policy and proper sanitary procedures, including appropriate footwear, proper hair coverage, good personal hygiene and proper hand washing.
- Maintains a clean and safe work environment for all employees.
- Ensures that food is labeled and dated appropriately by standards.
- Complies with and completes food safety documentation requirements.
- Staffing:
- Gives positive reinforcement and helps to uphold staff morale.
- Ensures competency of staff.
- Supervises other kitchen personnel and coordinates their assignments to ensure economical and timely food production.
- Coordinate with the foodservice director about staffing concerns, disciplinary action, and training.
- Other:
- Responsible for all monies, including cashing out the register, filling out cash sheets, and completing accurate deposits.
- Interacting with vendors and service personnel.
- Communicating with the foodservice director and assistant.
- Responsible for notifying the proper persons for equipment maintenance.
- In charge of opening and closing the kitchen. Ensure that the kitchen is completely, safely closed and clean at the end of the day.
- Contributing to the smooth operation of the school cafeteria via customer service, a “team” attitude, and positive interaction with one’s supervisor, coworkers, and clientele.
- Maintains compliance with federal and state guidelines, including but not limited to continuing education, as directed by the foodservice director.
- Other duties as assigned by the director.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Communicate any shortages of food or equipment repair needs to Cook Supervisor or Manager in a timely manner
- Adhere to uniform policy and proper sanitary procedures, including appropriate footwear, proper hair coverage, good personal hygiene and proper hand-washing
- Follow safe food handling procedures according to HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) policies
- Contribute to the smooth operation of the school cafeteria via customer service, a “team” attitude, and positive interaction with one’s supervisor, coworkers, and clientele
- Make reasonable efforts to monitor and reduce food waste
- Maintain compliance with federal and state guidelines, including but not limited to continuing education, as directed by foodservice director
WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the job satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:
- move about the kitchen, cafeteria, school, school grounds, office, and/or off-site locations; on some occasions, it may be necessary to move quickly across even or uneven surfaces;
- remain in a stationary position for periods of time;
- hold knife steadily;
- reach supplies and equipment;
- use tools or operate controls;
- operate a school/kitchen productivity machinery;
- read material from a computer monitor as well as handwritten or printed matter with or without visual aids;
- communicate with others so that information received and given is understood and accurately communicated;
- observe details at close range;
- in the school setting, ensure the safety of students;
- multitask and meet multiple demands from several people;
- lift and reach overhead up to 20 pounds;
- lift and/or move up to 35 pounds without assistance;
- lift and/or move up to 50 pounds waist high with assistance;
- The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.
SELECTION GUIDELINES
- Formal application
- Rating of education and experience
- Oral interviews
- Reference check
- Strong record of work performance in current and previous roles required
- Successful completion of Criminal Records Check (C.O.R.I.), Sexual Offender Record Check (S.O.R.I.), and fingerprints.
The Natick Public Schools do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, creed, color, religion, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, physical and intellectual differences, immigration status, homeless status, or any other class protected by law.
6/21/23