Job Details

Position Type:
Nutrition Services/Elementary Kitchen Manager

Date Posted:
10/6/2025

Location:
Horace Mann-Roosevelt Elementary School

Closing Date:
Until Filled

District:
Fargo Public Schools Job Type: 31.25 Hours per week
Salary: Group 5 from $20.50 - $25.50 per hour
Schedule: 9-month Monday through Friday.
Benefits Eligibility: Benefits Eligible

Position Purpose: Oversee the staff and daily production of high-quality food under sanitary conditions. Ensure customer satisfaction through exemplary service and appealing food.
This position is at Horace Mann Elementary School.

Responsibilities:

• Communicates, collaborates, and cooperates with colleagues, supervisors, and students.
• Supervise entire kitchen staff, answers questions, schedules staff, and delegates tasks.
• Oversees all food production and ensures smooth workflow daily for both lunch and breakfast.
• Maintain high standards of sanitation and safety for kitchen staff and in food preparation. This would include accurate food temperature recording and serving, and proper temperatures for food storage units including freezers, cooler, and hot boxes.
• Determine quantities of food to be prepared each day.
• Make sure all book work, money counts, and deposits are completed daily utilizing various computer programs.
• Prepare and places food orders.
• Train and cross trains staff.
• Ability to understand and ensure compliance with USDA Child Nutrition guidelines.
• Check and approves all time cards for elementary staff.
• Receive and stocks all food and supplies and rotate on a FIFO basis.
• Work as effectively and efficiently as possible.
• Confer with the Director of Nutrition Services on problems in food preparation, personnel, equipment breakdown, ordering, etc.
• Work with the Director of Nutrition Services in development of new methods of preparation and service, time and motion economics, and future equipment needs.
• Participate in annual employee workshops.
• Complete additional duties as assigned.
• Participate in all mandatory training or training appropriate to the position as required by the district.

Minimum Qualifications:
High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
Minimum 1 year previous experience with large quantity food preparation.
Minimum 1 year previous supervisory experience.
Complete State, Department of Education, School Food Service Statewide Training
Program or equivalent specified courses on a scheduled basis.
Must be able to problem solve under stressful situations.
Good organization and math skills, ability to prepare food according to standardized recipes, ability to remember and compute standard food measurements.

Preferred Qualifications:
Two or more years previous experience with large quantity food preparation.

Application Procedures
All applications for open Fargo Public Schools positions must be made via www.applitrack.com/fargo/onlineapp. Paper submissions will not be accepted. Application materials must clearly explain how experience and education are related to the minimum qualifications and job duties.

For more information or questions please call 701-###-#### or email ...@fargo.k12.nd.us.

The Fargo Public School District is committed to maintaining a learning and working environment free from discrimination and harassment in all employment and educational programs, activities, and facilities. The District prohibits discrimination and harassment based on an individual's race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, or other status protected by law.