Cafeteria Manager - BCHS [2025-2026 School Year]

POSITION: Cafeteria Manager

SCHOOL / DEPT: Food Service

EVALUATOR: Food Service Director or designee

SALARY SCHEDULE: Food Service Team

APPROVED BY: Boyle County Board of Education DATE: April 2022

ABOUT US

Kids come first at Boyle County Schools. We’re proud to employ a team of educators and staff who strive for excellence, crave innovation and look for ways to provide students with personalized learning environments. A state and national leader in education, Boyle County Schools elevates more than 2,700 students to the highest levels of achievement through growth in academics, the arts and athletics.

ABOUT THE POSITION

Responsible for all aspects of food production in assigned school, keeping within sanitation, food cost, food quality and scheduling guidelines.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

This position requires:

• A high school diploma or G.E.D. Certificate as required by Kentucky law.
• Complete state, Department of Education, School Food Service Statewide Training Program or equivalent preferred.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The following are listed for reference. Success will involve the ongoing demonstration of desire and ability to perform responsibilities effectively, efficiently, pleasantly and with a focus on student success. 

• Manage, coordinate and oversee the day-to-day food service operations at an assigned school kitchen.
• Assure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Maintain, prepare and review a variety of menu production records, inventories, logs, and input information into a computer as appropriate and file as necessary.
• Train and assist employees in the proper handling and preparation of food, as well as the correct use and care of kitchen equipment.
• Inspect kitchen area daily to assure compliance with state and federal regulations.
• Operate computer and Point of Sale (POS) machines.
• Reconcile final count of cash from breakfast and lunch receipts.
• Ready cash for shipment and deposit daily in an authorized depository.
• Correspond with students, parents, and principals to collect outstanding meal charge balances.
• Ensure that all equipment in the cafeteria area is in safe, working condition and notify the appropriate authority when repairs are needed.
• Communicate with the Food Service Director in the ordering of food and supplies.
• Plan work schedules and coordinate daily work for efficient use of labor, receive calls from employees and call substitutes as necessary.
• Assist in meal preparation.
• Plan and implement activities that increase school and community relations and increase student participation.
• Maintain a minimum of ten (10) hours of professional training annually per the 2010 Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act.
• Maintain regular attendance.  
• Strict adherence to the Policies and Procedures of the Boyle County Board of Education, the Employee Handbook and Kentucky Revised Statutes. 
• Fulfilling contractual obligation of days worked. 
• Perform other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:   Cooks as assigned.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, or feel; will reach with hands and arms.  
• Frequently required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and required to bend or twist at the neck and trunk while performing duties of this job.
• Continual use of hand strength to grasp tools.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. 
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. 
• Frequently walks on slippery surfaces. Occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. 
• Requires activities involving being around commercial cooking equipment, exposure to marked changes in temperature, frequently working in an environment with extreme temperatures changes. 
• The employee has a greater than average risk of getting a minor injury such as a cut or burn while performing the duties of this job. 
• The noise level in the work environment is frequently loud. 

DISCLAIMERS AND OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION

• The work environment described is representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 
• The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.
• This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise. 

Salary : $26,880 - $38,119