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Job Goal:

To assist the Children’s Nutrition Manager in coordinating healthy meals for Umatilla-Morrow County Head Start, Inc. classrooms.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Mentor cooks on meal preparation and food service
• Assist with training of cooks
• Complete Food services orders as need arises
• Provide coverage for cooks as needed
• Assist in meal time monitors at each Head Start and Early Head Start site
• Assist with menu distribution to classrooms
• Ensure all required USDA/CACFP forms are completed and maintained as required in CACFP regulations
• Mentor cooks on necessary paperwork to assist in maintaining compliance with Head Start and CACFP regulations

Education Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent

Experience and Skills Requirements:

• Two years CACFP Food Service experience (preferred)
• Previous Head Start parent or experience (preferred)
• Experience working with young children (preferred)

Physical Requirements:
The physical demands and work environment described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:

• Sit for long periods and maintain intense concentration, particularly in poor driving conditions.
• Lift and move heavy and/or bulky objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Make precise arm-hand positioning movements and maintain static arm-hand positions.
• Work with children requiring the ability to walk or run quickly, kneel or sit on floor etc.
• Frequently bend, kneel and/or crouch.
• Perform repetitive movement of hands, arms and legs, sweeping and/or moping.
• Continuously walk, stand and move about.
• Maintain the safety of the environment and children through visual, auditory and smelling
• Observe, compare, and monitor behaviors, records and data to determine compliance with prescribed standards.
• Comprehend, analyze, and make inferences and references from written material
• Produce written documentation with clearly organized thoughts using proper sentence construction, punctuation and grammar
• Instruct, lead, train and facilitate others in a group setting
• Perform physical inventory of equipment and/or supplies.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment/Conditions:

• The work environment includes working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions.
• Job tasks are performed in close physical proximity to other people.
• Requires working in a closed vehicle or equipment

Safety:

Apply safe practices in the performance of duties

• Reporting of unsafe or hazardous working conditions and/or any injury immediately
• Complying with Agency safety standards
• Participate in emergency drills
• Promote a culture of safe environments in the workplace

Agency-Wide Requirements:

• Current enrollment in the Child Care Division’s Central Background Registry
• Current physical examination, drug screen, and TB screen documentation prior to hire
• Ability to drive a private or Agency vehicle; must possess a valid driver's license and personal automobile or provide a plan that will allow fulfillment of position requirements. A DMV Record check will be conducted prior to hire.
• Desire to work with low-income children and their families
• Communicate effectively with staff, families, children, and the public using the telephone and in face-to-face, one-to-one, and in group settings
• Fluent in English both verbally and written
• To protect the health and safety of our employees and families, and pursuant to the Governor's Order, all employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. If you are unable to comply with this policy due to pregnancy, disability, or because of a sincerely held religious belief, we will ask for written verification.