Job Details
Meal Specialist
Department:CHOICES
Job Status:Regular - Full Time
Reports To:Director of Support Services
Job Type:Non-exempt
Position Supervises:None
Work Schedule:Full-time position, Monday - Friday, with occasional evenings or weekend assignments
***Eligible for $1,000 Hiring Bonus after 31 days of employment***
POSITION SUMMARY
Provide support in kitchen preparing lunch meals for participants served. Sort donated food items for distribution to program locations. Provide food safety and food service training to staff and adults with disabilities.
Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS STATEMENT(S)
PRIMARY DUTIES:
- Provide training to agency employees in the areas of food safety and USDA child nutrition program guidelines and basic nutrition.
- Prepare lunch meals for the CHOICES program Monday through Friday.
- Problem solve and make recommendations related to ordering food and managing workflow for preparation of adequate, nutritious, and appealing meals.
- Role model and teach food service related skills to employees and adults with disabilities.
- Responsible for teaching and enforcing cleanliness, sanitation and food safety for the CHOICES program.
- Demonstrate professionalism in conversations and actions.
- Must meet all training requirements including ServSafe certification.
- Communicate food safety or program compliance concerns to the program directors or coordinators.
- Collaborate with Managing Director of Organizational Health on donated food items and program needs.
- Serve as a contact between Bread Break and Volunteers of America, Dakotas and manage donations and related documentation.
- Assist with getting the yearly inventory of food items collected and documented from the sites.
- Other duties as assigned.
POSITIONS QUALIFICATIONSSKILLS & ABILITIESEducation:Minimum of High School diploma.
Experience:Must have six months experience with institution meal preparations and have the ability to work well with other professionals and adults with disabilities. Must fully understand nutrition standards and regulations.
Skills:Excellent communication skills.
Certifications & Licenses: Valid driver's license and possess reliable transportation.
Other Requirements:Must be able to work flexible hours.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS- Ability to stand, walk, sit, manually manipulate, reach outward and above shoulders, speak, climb, crawl, squat, kneel, and bend on a daily basis.
- Capability to lift, carry, push or pull up to 25lbs on a daily basis.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)