Summer Food Administrator in Albany, New York at Albany Housing Authority
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Job Description
Summer is a time for connection, exploration, and fun! Summer nutrition programs make sure children and young people have the nutrition they need to do just that. During the school year, meals are available to kids through school breakfast and lunch. But kids lose critical access to meals during the summer when schools are out. To fill this gap, many local schools and community organizations nationwide operate summer meal programs to provide meals to kids at no cost.
The intent of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is to serve nutritious meals to youth ages 18 and under at no charge during the summer months when school is not in session. The program is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and administered at state level by relevant agencies.
Albany Housing Authority is one of those relevant agencies and we are currently seeking enthusiastic, responsible, and friendly people to help us bring this program to the community we serve.
SUMMER FOOD Administrator @ $19.00 per hour / 25 hours per week
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Seasonal Part-time
EMPLOYMENT DATES: July 1, 2026 through August 15, 2026
HOURS PER DAY: 5 SHIFT: 8:30AM - 1:30PM-MONDAY-FRIDAY
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS: This is a seasonal position. This position assists in the coordination and monitoring of the Summer Food Program sites for program accountability and compliance. In addition, the incumbent assists in collecting daily meal counts, reviews weekly meal counts, and maintains tally sheets and invoices for each site, daily correspondence with NYS Education Department. Work is performed under direct supervision with leniency allowed for the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out assignments. A Summer Food Administrator also does related work as required.
TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES: (Illustrative Only)
- Maintaining daily correspondence with Albany Housing Authority, Albany City School District, partner sites, program staff, families, and other entries and individuals involved in the program;
- Submit data on the NYS Department of Education’s Child Nutrition website and any other database or reporting system as required by the program
- Ensure that all sites comply with USDA/NYS Child Nutrition regulations, and ensure the 1st and 4th week monitor visits are done in compliance with the New York Department of Education and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations;
- Is the liaison between the food vendor and each feeding site;
- Trouble-shoot and resolve and issues with the food vendor and feeding site that may arise
- Assist Food Services Worker in the annual training;
- Submit/provide weekly reporting and metrics to Albany Housing Authority;
- Maintain, create, and update files for each Summer Food site, insure all required paperwork is received from both the vendor and each feeding site;
- Identify food vendor, summer feeding sites, activity vendors and staff and complete all paperwork and clearances in accordance with the program;
- Completes related work to ensure program is in accordance with all regulations as required.
- Fills in as driver/food service worker as needed.
FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
- Good knowledge of office practices and procedures; ability to learn the regulation for the Summer Food Program set forth by USDA/NYS Child Nutrition Program;
- Ability to maintain cordial and effective working relationships with a wide variety of agencies and individuals;
- Ability to plan and follow through; must be tactful and courteous;
- Good verbal, written communication, and presentation skills;
- Ability to take initiative and to perform with little supervision;
- Must have intermediate or advanced computer skills with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) programs.
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