Manager - School Nutrition Services (Food Services Fund) - Elementary - School Year 2026-2027

Spring Branch Independent School District
Job Description
Manager - School Nutrition Services (Food Services Fund) - Elementary School

Education/Certification

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Must complete annual USDA required training hours for Professional Standards for School Nutrition Programs.
• Must maintain a Local Health Department Certification.

Special Knowledge/Skills

• Ability to comprehend and implement all state and federal child nutrition programs including but not limited to the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program.
• Ability to follow instructions; have a working knowledge of commercial kitchen equipment and food production; able to perform all kitchen duties and be familiar with point-of-sale equipment and procedures.

Operations:

• Supervise the preparation of nutritionally sound menus incorporating time saving production techniques, effective merchandising, and nutrition education activities.
• Assumes responsibility for accurately collecting and depositing cash and check receipts and maintaining control of all cash resources.
• Provide continual training, motivation, coaching and direction to employees.
• Assume responsibility for ordering, receiving, storing, handling, preparing, and serving of food according to Federal, City, and Department guidelines via automated systems. Consults Supervisor concerning personnel problems.
• Enforce all District and Department policies and procedures
• Plan schedules and work assignments; train, supervise and evaluate staff according to established procedures.
• Supervises the major cleaning of all refrigerators freezers, and storerooms at regularly scheduled intervals.Adheres to HACCP guidelines in preparing, serving and storing food.
• Monitor and enforce the safety standards of the department, administer training programs, report accidents, and complete the required documentation.
• Ensure that sanitation and district safety practices in all phases of the school food service operation meet established standard.
• Successful cooperation with teachers, parents and administrators in all matters.
• Ability to maintain and respond to all district and department communications in a timely manner.
• Assure compliance in the required system of accountability as per the district and department handbook.
• Promote student and staff customer's experience and satisfaction by marketing and serving meals in an attractive manner.
• May require time spent outside of normal work-hours for training, teaching, or continuing education.
• Project a professional image in appearance and personal conduct. Utilize a positive, professional, proactive, and innovate approach to work.
• Support Child Nutrition Services with regular attendance; expected to be reliable and punctual in reporting for work.

Other:

• Participate in cross-training.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Mental Demands:

• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Work with frequent interruptions.
• This position requires regular in-person interaction with the public.

Physical Demands:

• Repetitive hand motions.
• Frequent lifting and carrying up to 25 pounds.
• Prolonged use of the computer.
• Continual standing, walking, pushing and pulling.
• Frequent stooping, bending, kneeling and climbing (ladder), reaching, lifting and carrying.

Environmental Factors: 

• Exposure to extreme hot and cold temperatures.
• Exposure to humidity extremes.
• Exposure to noise.
• Exposure to chemical hazards.
• Work with hands in water.
• Work around machinery with moving parts.
• Work on slippery surfaces.
• Work on uneven surfaces.