Kitchen Manager: Uplift Hampton Preparatory 25-26 SY

 Mission Statement
Uplift's mission is to create and sustain public schools of excellence that empower each student to reach their highest potential in college and the global marketplace and that inspire in students a life-long love of learning, achievement, and service in order to positively change their world.

Primary Purpose:
The Kitchen Manager leads the CNP team at the campus level. The kitchen manager ensures that appropriate quantities of food are prepared and served. The Kitchen Manager maintains compliance with local, state, and federal regulations including public health and safety.

Duties/Responsibilities:
• Oversee day-to-day operations within the kitchen, adhering to Child Nutrition program (CNP)
guidelines which includes:

• Supervise, manages, and cross train kitchen staff
• Produce work schedules and manage employee absences
• Use the staff development cycle to provide formal, timely and appropriate feedback on individual work performance and growth opportunities
• Ensures storage of all food and supplies in the kitchen
• Ensures adherence to State Safety and Sanitation guidelines
• Monitors working condition of appropriate kitchen equipment
• Report work-related injuries to Risk Management in a timely manner
• Document required monthly safety training with the kitchen staff
• Ensure that staff adhere to all standardized recipes on a continual basis
• Ensure high standard of food quality through continual monitoring of staff during production and service
• Ensure all methods of counting and claiming are complaint and accurate
• Create a welcoming and friendly environment in cafeteria, kitchen and at each point of service
• Follow best practices for presenting menus and promoting participation
• Manages production, order, and inventory
• Responsible for data entry of planned production and the actual amount served in Titan Menu Daily
• Report recipe/menu errors to Director of Menus
• Planning Food Production in System (based on completed production records)
• Monitor portion control to ensure compliance with USDA/TDA meal patterns
• Monitor level of inventory needed for production for central and vended kitchen, adhering to inventory management process
• Monitor weekly and physical inventory and maintaining perpetual inventory
• Monitor inventory records in Titan Perpetual Inventory System
• Accountable for placing accurate order for production
• Responsible for gas credit card reconciliations documentation submit in a timely matter to appropriate CMO personnel, where applicable
• Monitors food production and waste
• Perform End of Day reconciliation with each cashier which includes:
• Daily Cash drawer reconciliation
• Daily A la Carte sales and inventory reconciliation
• Adheres to standard accounting operating processes for cash handling
• Oversees student/staff lunch account balances
• Works with Operations Directors to coordinate meals for field trips and testing
• Attend required trainings
• Assists with other kitchen tasks as needed including delivering and or transporting to secondary serving location, cooking, cleaning, servings etc.
• Establishes and maintains a positive relationship and a continual open line of communication with all Uplift staff and parents
• Other duties as assigned by FOM/Director.

Qualifications:
Education, Experience, and/or Certification(s)

• Education Requirements: High School diploma or general education diploma (GED)

Experience Requirements: 2 + years’ experience in school food service or any food service including cooking, production, inventory, with 1+ in supervisory role.
Special Skills/Certifications: Must Possess current SERV safe Kitchen Manager’s Certification before employment (or the ability to obtain within the first 30 days of hire), Ability to understand food preparation and safety instructions. Knowledge of kitchen equipment and food production procedures. Capable of operating small and large kitchen equipment and tools. A valid driver’s license.

Required Skills/Abilities:
Communication Skills: Ability to communicate with all levels of personnel, students, and parents. Ability to motivate, delegate, and lead a team to accomplish goals.
Bilingual Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and apply understand and to carry out instructions in written or oral English
Technology: To perform this job successfully, an individual should be proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook) and use software as necessary (POS, clock in and out etc.). Ability to use basic office equipment. Ability to perform basic arithmetic operations and basic finance understanding

Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Required to stand and walk for the entire shift.
• Required to reach, balance, stoop, kneel, twist and bend often
• Employees must be able to lift and/or move up to 40 pounds
• Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts
• Occasional exposure to fumes or airborne particles; extreme cold and extreme heat

Other Qualification: Criminal records check, pre-hire and annually thereafter, if applicable. Must be eligible to work in the United States and provide work authorization.

Starting Pay: $43,888


Work Environment: The work environment is representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The environment requires proximity to other employees, frequent interruptions, extended periods of time viewing a computer screen and standing, and noise levels from moderate to high. There may be activity from other employees and students of a distracting nature.

Modification of Duties & Essential Functions: Uplift Education retains the right to change and/or
modify the duties and essential functions of this position at any time. This job description is not intended to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee.

Uplift Education is an equal employment opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state or local law.