Kitchen Program Manager

Position Summary Responsible for the overall preparation, planning and serving of congregate and home-delivered meals for Senior Center Services. This position provides supervision for 2-3 direct reports and 1-2 indirect reports

Essential Functions:

% of Time

Supervisory Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with AllThrive 365’s core values, agency policies, procedures and applicable laws: Responsibilities include:

• Actively participates in the interviewing and selection processes of open requisitions.
• Assists with ensuring new employees are successfully onboarded and trained in their role.
• Supervises and trains cooks, assistant cooks, volunteers and other temporary kitchen helpers.
• Ensure program operations meet company policies and service delivery compliance requirements.
• Supervises the preparation and use of equipment and tools required for meal preparation and service delivery, with special emphasis on sanitation requirements and cleanliness.
• Supervises the cleaning of the kitchen tools and associated equipment to ensure safety, cleanliness and sanitation requirements are met.
• Work in a collaborative manner with members of the team to address daily service delivery needs in a timely fashion.

35%

Functional/Operational

• Plans the daily menus for AllThrive 365 senior centers, ensuring all nutritional requirements are met contractual requirements.
• Creates all recipes used in AllThrive 365 Senior Centers per nutritional requirements outlined in contracts.
• Review and approve any menu changes.
• Places food orders and/or monitors food orders placed by designee.
• Maintains kitchen and food supplies for home kitchen.
• Performs routine audits for sanitation and menu adherence for all AllThrive 365 Senior Center kitchens.
• Provides guidance and supervision for direct reports and volunteers in preparation and serving of congregate and home-delivered meals.
• Ensures proper storage of food and supply items to maintain quality, sanitation and accessibility for use.
• Ensures meal service delivery portions, temperature and sanitation standards are maintained.
• Completes invoicing process for billing payments.
• Engages in fundraising activities for the Congregate and Home Delivered Meal Programs.
• Assists with activities conducted by the staff or volunteer organizations.

60%

Miscellaneous

• Other duties as assigned

5%

Requirements

Education/Experience/Credentials/Knowledge/Understanding

• Associates degree in nutrition or food services, or equivalent experience.
• Three years’ experience in planning, preparation and serving of large quantities of food. (Formal training in food services may substitute for experience.)
• Extensive knowledge associated with handling, preparation and cooking of food items in quantities necessary for 100-150 meals.
• Basic knowledge of nutritional requirements for seniors.
• Demonstrates knowledge and ability to follow sanitation requirements, standards and procedures.
• Ability to read and follow approved recipes and menus.
• Minimum of three years’ experience working with older adults, adults with physical disabilities, and adults experiencing mental health issues.
• Possess a Safe Serv Certification or ability to obtain within 60 days of position entry.
• Possess a valid unrestricted driver license and be insurable by AllThrive 365.
• Clear fingerprint background screening through the Department of Public Safety and comprehensive. background clearance to include a physical, drug screen and other.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.

Preferred:

• Bilingual English/Spanish.
• Kitchen management experience.
• Encouraged to obtain CPR/First Aid certification within 60 days of position entry.

Skills:

• Displays excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport and garner trust with others.
• Demonstrates strong organizational, planning and time management skills.
• Proficient in the use of the Internet; and in the use of Microsoft Windows Office Applications such as Outlook, Word and Excel

Abilities:

• Able to comprehend, retain, and follow regulations and policies set out by Area of Agency on Aging Contract
• Willingness and ability to embody AllThrive 365’s core values:
• COMPASSION
• GROWTH
• RESILIENCE
• OPENNESS

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

• Works in well-lit, ventilated kitchen. Kitchen environment is warm and humid from cooking and sanitation equipment.
• Works with or near machinery, sharp tools and refrigeration equipment.
• Requires reaching, stooping and moderate lifting of up to 25 lbs.
• Requires standing for prolonged periods.
• Must not have any restrictions for physical work for which reasonable accommodation cannot be made.