Nutrition Service Coordinator

Job Details Job Location 29th Street - Milwaukee, WI Position Type Full Time Education Level High School   Travel Percentage Up to 25% Job Shift Day Job Category Nonprofit - Social Services Description Position Overview

The Nutrition Coordinator will assist the Nutrition Services Supervisor in completing daily requirements for food services per Head Start, Early Head Start and CAFCP guidelines. Food service is provided to : Head Start / Early Head Start children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old; adults, adult / child events; and other catering / staff events. This position is a 12-month non-exempt position.

Responsibilities / Duties / Functions / Tasks

• In coordination with the Nutrition Services Supervisor, creates agency menus and production records, in accordance with CACFP and DPI.
• Follows menu guidelines and adjusts when necessary due to an availability of menu items or for an individual child's needs.
• Understands and uses child nutritional needs and age-specific portion sizes to prepare meals in accordance with Head Start / Early Head Start and CACFP guidelines.
• Ensures that breakfast, lunch, and snack meals are prepared and delivered according to the daily scheduled time.
• Scales and follow established and new CACFP approved recipes.
• Must be able to accurately calculate and adjust recipe ingredient amounts
• Conducts monthly kitchen inspections as required by CACFP guidelines for one or both sites as directed.
• Train and supervise nutrition service providers to ensure the preparation of compliant and nutritious meals that meet Head Start and CACFP requirements.
• Ensures kitchen staff understands and strictly adheres to health, safety, food handling, and sanitation requirements before, during, and after meal preparation.
• In conjunction with health team, reviews EHS and HS nutrition assessments and consults with interdisciplinary team for students with unique nutritional needs.
• Worksto maintain list of children with food allergies. Provides classrooms with list of menu items that contain allergens. Works with kitchen staff to prepare alternate menu items as needed.
• Coordinate catering requests on site for meetings and special events for one or both sites as directed.
• Ensures all kitchen staff understands and adheres to the employee handbook.
• Assists in delivery of food to classrooms and removal of dirty dishes from classrooms as needed.
• Assist with dishwashing as needed.
• Works with agency staff to provide food for meetings and special events.
• Works in conjunction with the Nutrition Services Supervisor and site supervisors to facilitate family style dining in classrooms.
• Maintains food service recordkeeping and reporting.
• Conducts weekly inventory. Monitors appropriate storage of food and supplies.
• Completes biweekly ordering of food and supplies.
• Coordinates with kitchen staff to check food deliveries for accuracy, safety, and quality.
• Maintains appropriate cleanliness of all kitchen materials and supplies as required.
• Ensures use of non-disposable dishes in the classroom except in cases of emergency.
• Monitors waste and identifies opportunities to reduce food and other waste.
• Creates a positive, harmonious, and professional atmosphere in the workplace.
• Ability to work with people from various backgrounds and ethnicities / nationalities.
• Meet regularly with Nutrition Supervisor.
• Perform all other duties as requested and assigned by supervisor.
• Attend all mandatory trainings.
• Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.

Accountability and Performance Requirement

All staff members are accountable for knowing and performing the responsibilities associated with their individual position in an efficient and effective manner, understanding that each of us plays an integral role in the success of our mission. All staff will support the agency mission, vision, standards of conduct / code of ethics and strategic directions and support administrative decisions. This must demonstrated by maintaining a positive work environment, and by behaving and communicating in an appropriate manner with children, families, coworkers, supervisors and the public while achieving performance expectations.

Qualifications

Preferences

Safety and Health

Next Door is committed to providing a safe work environment and to fostering the well-being and health of its employees. An essential part of each employees' job is the development of safe working practices and the observance of safety rules, including :

Physical Demands

Physical Activity

Work Environment

Personal / Physiological

Salary : $25,000