Food Services Manager

Le Jardin Academy is looking for a Food Services Manager (Full-time). This position is responsible for the daily operation and management of Le Jardin Academy’s food service program. This position oversees food preparation and service, staffing, scheduling, purchasing, inventory, food safety and sanitation, budgeting, and compliance with applicable health and safety requirements. High School Diploma and/or relevant experience, plus minimum 3 years of experience in food service, culinary operations, or catering, with demonstrated hands-on cooking and food preparation experience required. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. No phone calls, please. Please submit a resume and cover letter. Starting salary range: $70,000.

Position

Employer

Le Jardin Academy, located in Kailua, HI is Hawai‘i’s only International Baccalaureate World School offering students a world-class IB education from pre-kindergarten to grade 12. Founded in 1961, Le Jardin Academy unites over 900 students and nearly 200 faculty and staff and their families around its mission to cultivate a community of learners who embrace hana pono to positively impact the world. Its graduates attend the best universities across the world and are equipped to serve in whatever community they reside. As a community, we value individual pathways, excellence, innovation, peace, and relationships.  

Job Scope

The Food Services Manager is responsible for the daily operation and management of Le Jardin Academy’s food service program. This position oversees food preparation and service, staffing, scheduling, purchasing, inventory, food safety and sanitation, budgeting, and compliance with applicable health and safety requirements.

The Food Services Manager also coordinates food service and occasional catering for school events and activities, ensuring that food and beverage needs are planned, prepared, delivered, and served in a timely and professional manner.

The position requires strong organizational, communication, customer service, and leadership skills, as well as the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced school environment. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages, directs and oversees all aspects of the daily food service operations to provide nutritional meals and safeguard the health of students, faculty, staff and visitors

• Oversees and participates in the preparation and cooking of daily breakfast, lunch, and special event menus, ensuring food is prepared safely, efficiently, and to established quality standards.

• Demonstrates the ability to step in and perform hands-on food preparation and cooking duties as needed to support daily operations and staffing needs.

• Maintain safe working conditions and sanitary work areas

• Training and supervision of all food service employees

• Maintains accurate inventory counts and cost controls

• Prepares annual food services budget and manages expenses to remain within budget on a monthly basis

• Submits weekly orders for food, drinks and supplies and schedules deliveries

• Manages school lunch ordering system (Lunch Tab) including but not limited to posting menus, prices, and ordering procedures

• Maintains proper cash handling procedures

• Oversees daily counts to ensure proper quantity and quality of food

• Upholding quality standards for all menu items

• Oversees all preparation of daily breakfast and lunch service

• Communicates with Alakai Vending to ensure all vending machines are filled when needed with appropriate snacks and drinks

• Assist when necessary with cleaning all food service areas including dish washing

• Oversee multiple food service areas 

• Able to create custom menus and execute food service for special events

• Maintains all kitchen and related food service equipment

• Complies with all company safety and risk management policies and procedures

• Keeps up to date with Department of Health regulations

• Additional duties as needed

Performance Expectations

• Responds promptly, positively, and appropriately to requests for assistance or service by supervisor, parents or others with professionalism and calm demeanor

• Is a team member, willing to work effectively, cooperatively and collaboratively with others and to share own expertise for the benefit of the school

• Performs work with a high degree of quality and competency

• Projects a positive, helpful and professional demeanor in working with others

• Possesses good interpersonal and communication skills with students as well as adults

•  Acts as a role model when interacting with students

•  Uses tact and diplomacy at all times

• Maintains a consistent record of job completion and follow through

• Ability to work in a fast paced environment

• Ability to work in an environment that has many interruptions and multiple demands

• Absenteeism and tardiness disrupt workflow and service and can cause undue hardship on fellow employees. Regular and timely attendance each workday is an essential condition of employment

• Observes and abides by Le Jardin Academy’s employment policies, acceptable conduct guidelines and established procedures, operational work protocols, and safety procedures

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience

• High School Diploma and/or relevant experience

• Minimum 3 years of experience in food service, culinary operations, or catering, with demonstrated hands-on cooking and food preparation experience

• Strong knowledge of food preparation techniques, kitchen operations, portion control, and food safety practices

• Valid driver’s license

• Minimum 3  years Supervisory Experience preferred

• Working in a School Environment preferred

• Excellent recordkeeping and math skills

• First Aid/CPR Certification preferred

• Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills

Physical requirements

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is:

●   Frequently required to lift, push, pull and/or carry items and objects with a minimum of 25 pounds lifted and carried - if more weight is required, training will be provided. 

●   Able to drive a golf cart.

Details

• Department:  Food Services

• Status: Full-Time

• FLSA Status:  Non-exempt

• Work year: Twelve month

• Work hours: Regularly Mondays to Fridays; flexibility to work evenings and weekends for school events and caterings