School Nutrition Culinary Specialist - Bay View Middle School - Vacancy ID: 222351

Under the direction of the School Nutrition Director, supports the daily food preparation and food procurement operations and activities throughout the District.  Provides a central role and expertise in all culinary functions in the district, local and scratch cooking endeavors, and special events across the district. This position is mainly located at Bay View Middle School but floats to other buildings as needed.  Scheduled hours are 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, Monday thru Thursday and Friday's from 8:00 am to 1:45 pm. Flexibility is required for catering, events, and student/parent meetings through out the school year. Start date is as soon as possible. Wage range between $22-$24/hour with opportunity for increased compensation based on a variety of District and/or State requirements and qualifications. This is not a benefit eligible position based on ACA requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Collaborates with the School Nutrition Coordinator for menu and recipe development using regional, organic and sustainably produced food products that are tasteful and appealing to students and adhere to USDA nutritional requirements to create standardized recipes for the department.  
• Provides day-to-day support and works with staff to ensure a high-performance, customer service-oriented work environment that supports achieving District objectives and service expectations. 
• Provides support in the food production and operations of all cafeterias and contracted elementary schools; preparation and service of meals to students; preparation time is adequate for all menu components; supports serving food and cleaning kitchen facilities to ensure students practice safe food handling procedures.
• Provides innovative strategies to ensure the use of fresh seasonal and sustainably grown produce, products and ingredients from local farms; purchases, stores and tastes foods to ensure they are used in their prime; supports foods and supplies are properly stored and rotated to ensure maximum freshness and minimize waste; identifies and determines maturity and ripeness of produce; analyzes and maintains food cost control and inventory records to determine improved methods for purchasing and utilization of food. 
• Provides mentorship and training to staff including but not limited to: on safe and sanitary food handling, safe and proper operation of the kitchen, and culinary equipment; new standardized recipe training, ensures proper care and maintenance of equipment and appliances.
• Ensures kitchen and dining areas are maintained in a clean and orderly manner; inspects kitchen and dining areas to ensure compliance with sanitary standards and observance of proper procedures.
• Establishes and ensures compliance with District sustainable practices, including intensive recycling and composting programs as well as provides oversight on all Fork Farm / Vertical farming units to ensure optimal growth and harvest.
• Supports all special picnic meals across the District to ensure nutritious and kid friendly grab and go meals. 
• Represents the District at a variety of public events inside and outside the District.
• This position may grow as further changes occur with our long range plan to transform the school nutrition landscape of scratch cooking across the HSSD District. 

The Howard-Suamico School District offers highly desirable benefits as part of our total compensation package. These include:
*Leave time including 10 days (12 days for the 24-25 school year) of PTO eligible for potential monetary payout as well as eight days of paid Holidays.
*Long-term disability with an option to add short-term disability insurance, voluntary accident and critical illness insurance.
*An exceptional pension plan with employer match and lifetime retirement payment, plus an optional tax advantaged 457 retirement savings plan.
*A free and confidential employee assistance program that offers employees and their immediate family dependents a variety of tools, resources and professional consultation services to support their health and overall well-being.
*Vision Insurance.
*Group life insurance.