Nutrition Coordinator

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At Vertex Education we are a team of high achievers, courageous leaders, and passionate believers in changing lives through education. As a purpose-led education services provider, our mission is destined to benefit many and yet it starts with just one person inspired to work together with us to make a memorable and meaningful difference for our clients, schools, students, and communities. Be the one who makes a difference—with us.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Vertex Education is hiring a detail-oriented and service-driven Nutrition Coordinator to join our Vertex Support Services (VSS) team. This role emphasizes menu compliance, cost controls, and vendor relations. The successful candidate will play a key role in developing and maintaining nutritional databases, ensuring adherence to USDA guidelines, optimizing food service operations, fostering positive vendor relationships, and providing critical support in the preparation of RFPs for food service clients. This position is integral in ensuring high-quality, compliant meal services across multiple regions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Nutritional Database Management:

• Develop and manage a comprehensive nutritional database utilizing Titan School Solutions for all ingredients and recipes associated with client menus.
• Design compliant, engaging menu cycles that encourage increased student participation.
• Optimize per-plate costs for all menu offerings while adhering to budgetary guidelines.
• Provide training for key personnel at partner schools on the use of production records and how to generate relevant reports.
• Ensure the database is consistently updated with accurate pricing and nutritional information.
• Monitor and update student allergy information, adjusting menus as necessary to ensure safety and compliance.
  
  

Vendor Management:

• Act as the primary point of contact for all relevant vendors, including food service management companies, caterers, and broadline suppliers.
• Oversee vendor performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and service level agreements.
• Guide partner schools through the bidding process when required, ensuring full adherence to federal, state, and school procurement regulations. This includes drafting Requests for Proposals (RFPs) or Invitations for Bid (IFBs), distributing bid packets, coordinating vendor meetings throughout the process, compiling bid data, and providing recommendations to schools for informed decision-making.
  
  

Nutrition Administration:

• Provide support to campuses in ensuring compliance with Wellness Policy guidelines.
• Collaborate with the Client Coordinator to propose menu ideas to partner schools for holidays and special events.
• Partner with schools to ensure all menu-related tasks are completed in accordance with relevant grant requirements and audit standards.
• Participate in relevant training sessions for each state where we are serving clients.
• Review current research to determine health and nutrition-related trends and developments in order to make program recommendations.
  
  

The ideal candidate will also:

• Have a strategic mindset: Provide expert guidance and education to clients on best practices for compliance with federal and state nutrition regulations.
• Manage ambiguity: Confer with clients to resolve issues, prioritize needs, and find solutions.
• Be courageous: Show a tremendous amount of initiative in challenging situations.
• Drive operational excellence: Continuously improve systems, processes, and service delivery to contribute to the company’s revenue growth.
• Deliver exceptional service: Keep the needs of clients at the forefront of decision-making, while adhering to NSLP compliance and state requirements.
• Have an innovative mind: Identify opportunities to streamline administrative processes and improve efficiency in compliance procedures, leveraging technology and automation where possible.
• Display a hungry heart: Collaborate with internal teams to ensure alignment on compliance requirements and support overall business objectives.
  
  

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:

Education, Certifications, And Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Food and Nutrition, Dietetics, or a related field or 3 years of related experience including menu planning, preferably in child nutrition.
• ServSafe Management Certification.
• Strong understanding of the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program regulations and compliance requirements.
• Proficiency with menu planning software, preferably Titan School Solutions.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Excel and the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously.
  
  

BACKGROUND CHECKS:

• The incumbent in this position will be required to pass a criminal history background check.
• Must be able to obtain and hold a valid IVP Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card at all times.
• May be required to obtain additional background checks when traveling to partner schools.
  
  

PHYSICAL AND TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Travel to client locations may be required from time to time.
• Must have the ability to sit for extended periods of time; to enter data into a computer keyboard; to research identified job-related duties using the Internet and other resources; see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in person and on the telephone; present in a professional manner; and the ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
  
  

Note: This job description does not state or imply that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee assigned to this position. Employees will be required to follow other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties directed by persons authorized to give instructions or assignments.

Note: The Company will provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities to help them perform the essential functions of the position. A request for such accommodation should be directed to the employee’s immediate supervisor or Human Resources.

Be excited to be a part of our team and grow your career with us!

Be the one who enables us to positively impact over 107,000 students across multiple states while driving our growth forward so we can enrich even more lives. Be the one who helps us achieve excellence for over 100 schools that we support with academics, finance, technology, human resources, communications, marketing, facilities, construction, and food services. Be the one who is a diverse thinker, a team player, a smart risk taker, an innovator, and a difference maker by encouraging others to climb higher and reach farther to further education.

• Be yourself surrounded by wonderful people who care about you, value your unique skills, and lift you up.
• Be supported in your work by caring leaders and team members who want you to succeed.
• Be empowered to make a difference and climb higher and reach farther to change lives through education.
• Be well in all aspects of your life from your physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing to your finances.
• Enjoy industry-leading pay, rewards, referral bonuses, with unlimited flexible paid time-off for performance.
• Be able to care for your health and your family with comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits and invest in your future with 401(k) plans with a 6% employer match on your contributions.
• Enhance your growth and development with mentoring and money to take training classes.
• Thrive in a welcoming, supportive, and inclusive environment where we treat others with fairness and respect, celebrate diversity, and elevate equality and inclusion as an equal opportunity employer.
  
  

Be the one who makes a difference!

With an innovative mind, a hungry heart, and engaging spirit you can change lives through education. Be a part of Vertex Education and let’s make a difference together. Apply Today!