Special Diets Coordinator

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited four-year college or university in Nutrition, Dietetics, or a related field.
• Valid Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) dietitian license.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Extensive knowledge of nutrition related disabilities and disorders and diet modification techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to work on multiple assignments, meet deadlines, and maintain confidentiality is essential.
• Demonstrated strong work ethic and organizational skills.
• Sound judgment and decision-making skills.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Annual Contract: 250 days

SALARY/PAY GRADE:

Minimum: $68,473 (BA-4)

Salary (based on verifiable job-related experience) as set by the Board of Trustees for the school year 2024-2025

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Plan special diet menus that meet or exceed USDA requirements, are nutritionally adequate and are well accepted.
• Maintain food production records, recipes, and menus for all special diets.
• Develop and track training for special diet preparation and service.
• Frequent travel to district campuses and facilities to ensure that special diet menu items are being stored, prepared, and served correctly.
• Manage food allergy and dysphagia diet accommodations for the district. Work with and provide information to parents and staff for children with special dietary needs.
• Provide timely communication with parents, medical professionals and dietitians concerning student dietary accommodation requests.
• Maintain accurate records of active dietary accommodations and archived dietary requests.
• Work with district nurses and speech pathologists to implement diets for students with special dietary needs, create special menus as needed and coordinate accommodations with cafeteria managers.
• Work with Nutrition Services Assistant Director, Customer Engagement, Executive Chef, and Food Production Center leads to identify and develop specialty meal items for Allergen Free and Dysphagia meals.
• Attend caseload meetings with district speech pathology staff.
• Evaluate all new food products for potential allergens and flag any allergens in the POS system.
• Assist buyer with allergen identification and purchase of allergen free foods.
• Supervise Nutrition Services units during summer operations.
• Support the Nutrition Services Department with regular and reliable attendance.
• Perform related duties as assigned by the Assistant Director Nutrition Services, Customer Engagement, and the Director of Nutrition Services.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

Work with frequent interruptions, and maintain emotional control under stress. Repetitive hand motions; prolonged
use of a computer.

SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY:

All Nutrition Services employees must use good body mechanics and follow safe working procedures including infection control. The employee must report any unsafe condition to a manager or supervisor and demonstrate no on-the-job injuries due to lack of good safety practices. On-the-job accidents must be reported immediately to the manager or supervisor and an accident report completed.

DISCLAIMER:

This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter this job description at any time without notice.

DEADLINE TO APPLY:

February 28, 2025, or until filled

Applications will be reviewed.

Not all applicants will be interviewed.

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