Food Program Manager

*Interviews will begin after November 13, 2023*

Position Title

Food Program Manager - Miniwanca

Reports To

Director of Miniwanca

FLSA Status

Exempt

Supervises

Seasonal Food Program Staff

Date Prepared

July 18, 2023

Mission

The American Youth Foundation inspires people to discover and develop their personal best, to seek balance in mental, physical, social and spiritual living and to make a positive difference in their communities and in the wider world.

Position Purpose

The Food Program Manager is a year-round position, responsible for providing meal service for all Miniwanca programs.  The Food Program goal is to serve healthy, balanced, timely, and educational meals that successfully address dietary and allergen-restriction needs.

Essential Functions

• Prepare all menus including appropriate dietary and allergen free options or participants and staff. Create high quality, healthy, and nutritious meals in line with the values of the AYF.
  • Miniwanca serves participants and staff with dietary needs that require a gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan, and dairy-free menus as well as multiple participants and staff with severe food allergies.
• Manage the hiring, training, development and direct supervision of all Food Program staff while serving as a shift manager, assuring quality and quantity.
• Develop and manage the Food Program budget while maintaining accurate record keeping for accounting purposes
• Execute purchasing according to menus and inventory.
• Create and implement balance employee schedules.
• Create and implement cleaning standards and schedules.
• Open and close kitchens per seasonal requirements according to current procedures; consolidate freezer and cooler use to conserve energy costs.
• Strictly enforce ACA, ServSafe, and state sanitation standards/regulations in kitchens, dining halls and dish rooms.

Reasonable accommodations may be made in order to enable a range of abilities to perform the essential functions.

Secondary Functions

• Attend staff meetings and facilitate kitchen staff meetings.
• Review profit and loss statements with Finance Manager & Director of Miniwanca.
• Keep inventory of all kitchen, dining, and dish room supplies.
• Assist wilderness trip food purchasing and trail menu planning.

Analytical / Interpersonal Skills

• Energized and fueled by working in a youth-oriented environment.
• Self-motivated, energetic, service-oriented team player.
• Willing to expand knowledge and responsibilities.
• Good organizational skills, attention to detail and management of deadlines.
• Able to interact cooperatively with staff and participants.
• Able to support seasonal staff needs.

Vision for all AYF Employees

• Show commitment to the AYF Core Values of safety, respect, responsibility, and inclusion.
• Support the organization’s mission, vision, and ethics by displaying the following behaviors:
  • Integrity, openness and honesty, listening and understanding, giving and receiving constructive feedback, seeking a balance between personal and professional lives, dependability, and accountability.
• Follow guidelines as described in the AYF employee handbook.

Preferred Minimum Education, Experience and / or Certification

• Three to five years meal planning and food service facility support experience.
• Experience managing complex environments with overlapping meal service preferred.
• Experience supervising five or more employees.
• Computer literacy required.
• ServSafe Manager certification preferred.
• Knowledge of sanitation and cleaning systems, use of kitchen tools and equipment required.

Physical Demands

• Able to lift and / or move up to 50 pounds.
• Able to walk and stand for significant periods of time.

Work Environment

• Primarily indoor and seasonal outdoor environments.
• Weekend work required seasonally.
• Travel as needed for meetings and site visits.
• Business casual, appropriate attire for setting.
• Hours as required to meet job demands, generally Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm outside of peak program season.
• Evening and overnight duty during the peak program season – ability to live on site and work six-day weeks in peak season.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package are available, including:
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Retirement package
  • Family accommodations during on site required living periods
  • Tuition discounts for dependents

Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

The American Youth Foundation enthusiastically welcomes staff and participants with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and identities. AYF seeks to continually assess our practices through a broad lens of cultural competency and is committed to taking action and changing for the better of all. We are firmly committed to maintaining a work atmosphere in which people of diverse backgrounds and lifestyles may grown personally and professionally, and all are highly encouraged to apply.

Non-Discrimination

Recognizing the full value of all, the American Youth Foundation affords equal opportunity for employment and program participation to all individuals on the basis of merit and / or eligibility without regard to race, color, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, familiar status, religion, national origin, citizenship, disability, age, military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.