Food Program Director

Position Purpose

The Food Program Director is a year-round position that is responsible for providing meal service for all Miniwanca programs. The Food Program goal is to serve healthy, balanced, timely, and educational meals that successfully address dietary and allergen-restriction needs.

Essential Functions

• Prepare all menus including appropriate dietary and allergen free options or participants and staff. Create high quality, healthy, and nutritious meals in line with the values of the AYF. o Miniwanca serves participants and staff with dietary needs that require a glutenfree, vegetarian, vegan, and dairyfree menus as well as multiple participants and staff with severe food allergies.
• Manage the hiring, training, development and direct supervision of all food program staff while serving as a shift manager, assuring quality and quantity.
• Develop and manage the Food Program budget while maintaining accurate record keeping for accounting purposes.
• Execute purchasing according to menus and inventory.
• Manage employee schedules.
• Create and implement cleaning standards and schedules.
• Open and close kitchens per seasonal requirements according to current procedures; consolidate freezer and cooler use to conserve energy costs.
• Strictly enforce ACA, ServSafe, and state sanitation standards/regulations in kitchens, dining halls and dish rooms.
• Serves as a member of the Miniwanca Leadership Team. Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to ensure successful operation of Miniwanca programs.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable a range of abilities to perform the essential functions.

Secondary Functions

• Attend staff meetings and facilitate kitchen staff meetings.
• Review profit and loss statements with Finance Manager & Director of Miniwanca.
• Keep inventory of all kitchens, dining, and dish room supplies.
• Assist wilderness trip food purchasing, trail menu planning and meal pack out.

Analytical/Interpersonal Skills

• Energized by working in a youthoriented environment.
• Ability to interact cooperatively with staff and participants.
• Selfmotivated, energetic, serviceoriented team player.
• Good organizational skills, attention to detail and management of deadlines.
• Ability to work effectively with people from diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to maintain physically and emotionally safe environments.
• Willing to expand knowledge and responsibilities.

Vision for all AYF Employees

• Show commitment to the AYF Core Values of investing in youth, enkindling inner sparks, embracing joy, belonging in community, and growing together.
• Support the organization’s mission, vision, and ethics by displaying the following behaviors: o Integrity, openness and honesty, listening and understanding, giving and receiving constructive feedback, seeking a balance between personal and professional lives, dependability, and accountability.
• Follow guidelines as described in the AYF employee handbook.

Preferred Minimum Education, Experience and/or Certification

• Three to five years meal planning and food service facility support experience.
• Experience managing multiple kitchens in complex environments with overlapping meal service preferred.
• Experience supervising five or more employees.
• Computer literacy required.
• ServSafe Manager certification required.
• Knowledge of sanitation and cleaning systems, use of kitchen tools and equipment required.

Physical Demands

• Able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Able to walk and stand for significant periods of time.

Work Environment

• Position is in Shelby, Michigan at Stony Lake.
• Primarily indoor and seasonal outdoor environments.
• Weekend work required seasonally.
• Travel as needed for meetings and site visits.
• Business casual, appropriate attire for setting.
• Hours as required to meet job demands, generally Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm outside of peak program season.
• Evening and overnight duty during the peak program season work sixday weeks in peak season with option to live onsite if preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package are available, including: o Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Retirement package oFamily accommodations during onsite-required living periods
• Tuition discounts for dependents

Non-Discrimination

Recognizing the full value of all, the American Youth Foundation affords equal opportunity for employment and program participation to all individuals on the basis of merit and/or eligibility without regard to race, color, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, familiar status, religion, national origin, citizenship, disability, age, military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

The American Youth Foundation enthusiastically welcomes staff and participants with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and identities. AYF seeks to continually assess our practices through a broad lens of cultural competency and is committed to taking action and evolving for the betterment of all we serve. We are firmly committed to maintaining a work atmosphere in which people of diverse backgrounds and lifestyles may grow personally and professionally, and all are highly encouraged to apply.

About AMERICAN YOUTH FOUNDATION

The American Youth Foundation is a nonprofit youth development organization that engages thousands of youth year-round through community and school programs, summer camps, and leadership conferences at our beautiful properties, Merrowvista in New Hampshire and Miniwanca in Michigan. Since 1925, we have welcomed young people from around the world to our campuses to discover the richness of our outdoor environments, the fun of interacting with a positive community, and the challenge of self-discovery.