Company Description
About KIPP Texas Public Schools
KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 57 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 34,000 students across Austin, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose - college, career, and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.
Founded in Houston in 1994, and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in our classrooms, in our offices, and in the communities we serve is unwavering. We are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join our Team and Family and champion equity, chase excellence, persist with purpose, bring joy, and help us rise together.
KIPP Public Schoolsis a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 280 schools, nearly 15,000 educators, and 175,000 students and alumni.
You can see all our job opportunities at https://kipptexas.org/join-our-team/.
Job Description
The Opportunity
The Field Supervisor for Child Nutrition is responsible for supporting the Campus Operations Managers in the areas of food service, policy/procedures, and management of the Child Nutrition Programs and grants. This role is also responsible for the coordination, with other KIPP personnel, of district-wide initiatives as identified by the Regional Child Nutrition Manager and the Director of Child Nutrition.
The Field Supervisor for Child Nutrition position furthers the mission of KIPP Texas by providing healthy meals and nutrition education resources and activities for students and faculty.
Key Responsibilities
Communicates with parents, school/program staff, vendors, and the general public. Competent in Microsoft Word, Excel, Works, etc.
- Provide software system support and updates to our point of sale systems.
- Provide first-line technical support for kitchen and cafeteria staff
- Assists with Meal Application processing (Registration)
- Assist with Program (NSLP, NSBP, Snack, Grant initiatives) implementation and compliance oversight
- Complete on-site inspections to verify adherence to federal, state, local and district standards regarding food production, health code requirements, food safety, service and quality.
- Acts as a liaison between the Child Nutrition Department, our Food Service Management Company and our KIPP schools.
- Maintain and review written department procedures for all food service operations. Assists in the adherence of safety standards for individual schools
- Evaluate the use of HACCP procedures, organizational management, and all other aspects of daily kitchen performance.
- Assist in evaluation of capital equipment needs as well as supervise the use and care of major equipment.
Coordinate maintenance work requests; log and track work orders by date and locations. Develops a wide variety of written materials for the purpose of documenting activities and/or conveying information. Compile, maintain, and file all physical and computerized reports, records, and other documents required.
- Establish positive working relationships with district administrative leadership, head of school, school staff and all other KIPP Houston Public Schools departments.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree preferred in Food and Nutrition, Business Management, Hospitality Management or equivalent work related experience.
- Above Average communication skills.
- Ability to adapt to change.
- Maintain emotional control under stress.
- Proficient use of computers, different communication equipment, and other common office equipment.
- Work with frequent interruptions.
- Reliable mode of transportation
Additional Information
Compensation and Benefits
Salary is based on years of experience, degree of education, and level of expertise.
As a full-time KIPP Texas employee you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Texas’ benefit plans. KIPP Texas offers a robust variety of benefits choices with competitive rates, including medical, dental, and vision options, life insurance, and disability plans.
KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.