Food Service Director - St. PJ's Children's Home at St. PJ's Children's Home – San Antonio, Texas

REQUIREMENTS:

-Bachelor's degree in Culinary Art is preferred or other degree

-Minimum of 5 years experience in Food Service Management with at least 2 years of experience in group facilities and /or school

nutrition experience

-ServSafe Manager Certification preferred

Mission: The Mission of St. PJ's Children's Home is to be a safe and loving refuge for children in crisis and to accompany them on their journey to healing and wholeness, breaking the cycle of abuse and neglect one child at a time.

Summary:

The Food Services Director is responsible for planning/preparation of meals, maintenance of kitchen facilities, supervision of kitchen staff, equipment maintenance and repair and for ensuring compliance with all USDA, Texas Health and Human Services and city health department requirements. In addition, the Food Services Director is directly responsible for ordering and inventory control to ensure meal counting is accurate and accountable.

Position Responsibilities:

• *Responsible for the supervision and training of the Food Service Department staff.
• *The Food Services Supervisor is responsible for planning and preparing meals for the children, and staff according to the USDA and other regulatory guidelines
• *Responsible for ensuring the maintenance and cleaning of all kitchen facilities, equipment and tools.
• *Responsible for ensuring all health department and USDA and other regulatory requirements are followed.
• *Responsible for maintaining safe working conditions and procedures for all food service staff.
• *Responsible for ordering all the food and supplies for the kitchen.
• *Supervises the planning of special events involving meals and residents.
• Maintain all required databases for accurate meal count, nutritional information and clients served
• Provide food service statistics and reports
• Responsible for maintaining the kitchen budget, including competitive buying.
• Responsible for inventory of meal stuffs and dry goods and maintaining an accurate meal count.
• Responsible for maintaining 12 hours of continuing education each year in one or more of the following categories: Nutrition, Operation, Administration or Communication/marketing.
• Responsible for ensuring all food service staff receive at least 6 hours of documented annual continuing education
• Must be sensitive to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics
• Adhering to safety training and protocols on a daily basis, and taking precautionary measure to ensure the safety and well-being of self, others.
• Responsible for protecting the confidentiality of any information or material obtained in the service with the organization to include but not limited to client names and information, services rendered to clients, donors names and gifts, internal and external investigations or results of any investigations, and financial information.
• Adherence to the Code of Conduct and the Faith and Moral is mandatory.
• Every employee is required to take a solution-oriented approach in their interactions and undertakings, as well as being a team member that promotes collaboration and commitment to the Mission and Vision of the organization.
• Attendance and successful completion of a 10- day New Employee Orientation is mandated for the position. The inability to meet this requirement will conclude employment with the Agency.
• Other duties as assigned by Vice President of Programs

Competencies -

Competency Description

Critical Thinking Ability to actively and skillfully process and generate information and belief using a set of core skills

– analysis, evaluation, inference, deductive reasoning, and inductive reasoning.

Customer Service Ability to be attentive to the needs of internal and external customers and being able to find

resolution within the parameters of set standards and messaging in a positive manner.

Managing Change Ability to be flexible during changing conditions while maintaining commitment to excellence in an

effort to meet team objectives.

Leadership Ability to exhibit behavior and skills that contribute to superior performance by motivating others

to become engaged and take action.

Solution Oriented Ability to identify various challenges, think outside the box, be innovative, and formulate possible

solutions.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education
  • Bachelor’s degree in Culinary Art is preferred or other degree.
• Experience
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Food Service Management with at least 2 years of experience in group facilities and/or school nutrition Experience.
• License and Credentials
  • Reliable transportation
  • Valid driver license
  • Valid vehicle insurance
  • ServSafe Manager Certification preferred

Minimum Knowledge and Skills:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in food service including management, and budgeting;
• Extensive working knowledge of food handling, and menu management;
• Experience with computer software and databases (i.e. Office suite software preferred);
• A solid grasp of sanitation and USDA guidelines;
• Must be detail oriented, organized, self-motivated, work well independently and on a team;
• Must have good written and verbal skills;
• Must have good critical thinking and problem solving skills.

Travel Requirements:

Travel requirements for the position includes 95% local and 5% overnight.

Physical Requirements:

The position requires the following physical demands in the frequency noted.

C = Constantly (2/3 or more of the time) O = Occasionally (Up to 1/3 of the time)

F = Frequently (From 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) R = Rarely (less than on hour per week)

Physical Demands Frequency

Lifting up to 50 pounds O

Reach above shoulder height O

Sitting O

Reach below shoulder height O

Walking F

Driving R

Running R

Stooping O

Standing O

Pushing O

Bending waist (forward or sideways) O

Pulling O

Balancing O

Talking C

Squatting O

Hearing C

Climbing R

Crawling R

Repetitive motions F

Other:

Disclaimer:

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job description or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, etc.) ** This is a Grant funded position and salary is dependent on funding availability. Position can be eliminated at any time because of lack of funding to support this position.**

St. PJ’s Children’s Home is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To view this and other employment opportunities please visit The Archdiocese of San Antonio website at www.stpjhome.org. You must apply through the website and complete the application and upload your resume. No phone calls please. If you are chosen for an interview, you will be contacted.