Food Services Menu Specialist
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This is a full-time 12-month, PFT represented position. The salary grade is 1629 which starts at $58,127.00 for new PFT members.
Title: Food Services Menu Specialist
Department: Food Services
Reports To: Food Services Dietetic Coordinator
The School District of Philadelphia is committed to becoming the fastest improving District in the country and transforming the educational opportunities it offers to our city’s more than 200,000 students. The District seeks leaders who have a passion for working with schools and communities who are committed to ensuring all students achieve. Serving a population as diverse as ours requires creativity, commitment and vision. Will you join us?
Job Summary
This is administrative work overseeing all aspects of the daily lunch menu for satellite school. Responsibilities include producing a monthly menu; and acting as liaison between Food Services and vendors on all problems relating to the daily production of scheduled meals, including substitution of product when necessary.
Essential Functions
- Develops daily lunch menu; publishes the menu on a monthly basis and distributes it to all concerned parties; determines the quantity and type of government commodity available, its quality, acceptance, cost, shelf life, and its best utilization in order to develop daily menus.
- Authorizes necessary daily menu changes caused by lack of product or due to problems of acceptance or quality; arranges for substitution of menu or product; follows up on complaints regarding product acceptance by the students; resolves problems concerning product quality and delivery.
- Monitors the acceptability of new test products; by inspection and other communication; ensure that venders’ products adhere to specifications and to the standards set by the U.S.D.A.
- Performs feasibility studies concerning use of products in a given school with regard to equipment utilization and space availability.
- Coordinates delivery of food products with their appropriate storage to ensure efficiency of sanitary conditions and to prevent spoilage.
- Serves as a member of the Food Advisory Council; Accommodates request for information concerning nutrition and menu preparation.
Minimum Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Four years of experience in food management, including two years in an administrative or supervisory capacity in conjunction with a large, diversified, and complex food service operation.
OR - Any equivalent combination of training and experience determined to be acceptable by the Office of Talent.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Demonstrated knowledge of:
- current food costs.
- the operation of satellite food preparation, production, and service in a large public school system with kitchens, at scattered sites.
- the modern methods, materials, and equipment used in preparing and serving food on a large scale.
- the safety and sanitation measures to be observed in a large scale cooking operation.
- food values nutrition, and quantity preparation.
- inventory control, transportation scheduling, production scheduling, and all other functions supportive of mass feeding programs.
- U.S.D.A. and public health regulations governing the delivery of food services for public schools.
Demonstrated ability to:
- plan and execute menus.
- understand and interpret to others the guidelines and regulations pertaining to the administration of government funded food service programs.
- exercise initiative and judgment in carrying out technical and clerical phases of the designated programs.
- follow oral and written instructions.
- establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, program administrators and participants.
- meet approved physical and medical standards.
Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.
Nondiscrimination
The School District of Philadelphia provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, age, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, disability, pregnancy, marital status, gender identity, or genetic information. Please refer to Board Policy 348 for further information regarding the District's commitment to Nondiscrimination in Employment Practices.
