Job Description

Position Information
Job Title Food Services Manager - College and Administrative Services - Modesto Junior College
Personnel Requistion Form
Site Modesto Junior College
Salary Range/Other Management Salary Schedule (2025-2026) Range 28: $7,191 to $9,121 monthly or $7,442 to $9,372 monthly with earned Doctorate. New appointees will receive year-for-year credit for prior management experience to a maximum of Step C.
Benefits
The District currently pays for a health options for the employee and dependents. Employees may elect to pay a premium for a higher health option. Vision care and dental insurance premiums for the employee and dependents is District paid. Income protection and life insurance premiums for the employee are also District paid. The estimated cost of District provided benefits (health, dental, vision, and life) is $24,408 annually.
Position Summary Information
Scope of Assignment
DEFINITION
Under administrative direction plans, organizes, directs and manages the Food Service program and Coffee shop; implements operational procedures designed to ensure a cost effective and cost beneficial operation; serves as a resource to District personnel regarding Food Services and performs other related duties, as assigned.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives administrative direction from a senior manager/Vice President.
Provides direct supervision to lower level professional, technical and support staff assigned to auxiliary services operations.
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The knowledge and ability requirements are representative of essential duties. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.
Education and Experience:

• Education: Equivalent to the completion of a Baccalaureate or higher degree with emphasis management, nutrition, hospitality or a related field.
• Experience: Three years of increasingly responsible experience in institutional or commercial food services; or an equivalent combination of training and experience, with two years supervisory or management experience preferred.

Knowledge of:

• Principles, procedures, methods, techniques and strategies relative to the management of a comprehensive auxiliary service program;
• Basic principles of retailing and food service including prices, discounting, merchandising, planning, stock and inventory control, display and promotion.
• Legal mandates, policies, regulations and guidelines pertaining to a food service operations;
• Practices, methods, procedures and strategies of management, organization and supervision;
• Principles and practices of budget preparation and administration;
• Safe and sanitary working methods and procedures.

Ability to:

• Effectively and efficiently plan, organize and direct the functions and activities of a comprehensive auxiliary service program;
• Develop product and service specifications;
• Plan, organize, establish and maintain appropriate, efficient and effective data management, storage and retrieval systems;
• Communicate effectively in oral and written form;
• Understand and carry out oral and written directions with minimal supervision;
• Establish and maintain cooperative organizational and community relationships.

Desirable Qualifications
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Desirable Professional Characteristics
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Example of Duties
ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Plan, organize, coordinate and direct the Food Service program, including convenience stores and other auxiliary services units.
• Supervise full-time, temporary, and student food services staff in the operations of all Food Service and Coffee shop facilities, develop production schedules, assign and review the work of subordinates involved in the day to day operations.
• Plan, organize and direct weekly, monthly, and quarterly sales plans for each assigned unit; set and monitor sales goal; provide direction where needed.
• Develop and manage annual budgets for each assigned unit; authorize expenditures within established guidelines; supervise maintenance of accounting records of income and expenditures.
• Review inventory levels on an on-going basis and implementation and maintenance of inventory and expenditure control procedures
• Monitor and evaluate the purchase, receiving, storage and distribution of food service supplies, materials and equipment
• Plan, organize, develop, and implement policies and operational procedures that ensure adherence to District, State and Federal policies, regulations and guidelines.
• Review, monitor and evaluate the performance of Food Services personnel; actively participate in the recruitment and selection of personnel for assigned area.
• Plan, organize and conduct personnel in-service and orientation training programs, as necessary.
• Confer with and advise District personnel regarding Food Services personnel or other problems, issues and concerns, and recommend alternative problem solutions.
• Establish and maintain standards for quality and quantity control, cleanliness and sanitation.
• Prepare or assist in the preparation of specifications for Food Service supplies, materials and equipment;
• Meet with vendors to negotiate pricing and terms of contracts.
• Plan, organize, develop and maintain a data management, storage and retrieval system.
• Analyze financial reports and profit and loss statements to ensure Food Services is a cost effective operation.
• Coordinate the promotion, advertising and public relations activities for assigned units
• Perform other duties, as assigned.

Licenses and Certificates
Licenses and Certificates:

• Possession of a valid California Motor Vehicle Operator's License.

Physical and Mental Standards
Physical and Mental Standards:

• Mobility: ability to sit for long periods, move about an office, stand occasionally, reach above and below desk level.
• Dexterity: fine manipulation sufficient to operate a keyboard, handle individual papers, write and take notes.
• Lifting: occasional lifting of papers, files, equipment and material weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Visual Requirements: close vision sufficient to read files, documents, and computer screens and do close-up work; ability to adjust focus frequently.
• Hearing/Talking: ability to hear normal speech, speak and hear on the telephone, and speak in person.
• Emotional/Psychological Factors: ability to make decisions and concentrate; frequent contact with others including some public contact; frequent deadlines and time-limited assignments.

*Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.
TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS

• Work is generally performed in a standard office environment.
• Work requires occasional evening and weekend hours.

Additional Applicant Information
Applications are accepted online only at:
https://www.yosemite.edu/recruitment/employmentopportunities/
Select Job Openings, Select Search Jobs, Select Job Title, Create an account and Apply to this job.
Classified:
This is a classified bargaining unit position.
Applications will be reviewed by a screening committee which will select candidates to be interviewed.
Those applicants selected for personal interview will be notified by email or phone. In accordance with Board policy official offers of employment will be made only by the Chancellor or Vice Chancellor/Human Resources, YCCD. Final appointment is subject to confirmation by the Board of Trustees.
Federal law requires the District employ only US citizens and aliens authorized to work in the United States. Written verification of employment eligibility is required.
BACKGROUND CHECK: A background investigation of new employees is required, including reference checks and a state criminal history report. Employment will not begin until the history check has been cleared by Human Resources. The cost for the criminal history report will be the responsibility of the successful candidate.
The District may hire more than one applicant from this applicant pool.
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.
The Yosemite Community College District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
It is the policy of Yosemite Community College District (Modesto Junior College and Columbia College) not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or disability in its educational programs and its employment practices. YCCD BP 3410 Nondiscrimination can be found at: https://www.yosemite.edu/trustees/board_policy/3410%20Nondiscrimination.pdf
Title IX Sexual Harassment regulations define Title IX Sexual Harassment to include four terms "as defined in" the Clery Act and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA): Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, and Stalking.
In accordance with 34 C.F.R. 100.6(d), 104.8, and 106.9; and 28 C.F.R. 35.106, the following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding Title IX, Section 504/Title II policies:
District Title IX/Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator
Yosemite Community College District
2201 Blue Gum Ave., Modesto, CA 95358
Posting Detail Information
Open Date 09/03/2025
Close Date 10/01/2025
Open Until Filled No
Posting Specific Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*). * * Are you a U.S. Citizen?

• Yes
• No
• * If you are not a U.S. citizen, are you legally authorized to work in the U.S.?

• Yes
• No
• I am a U.S. citizen question does not apply
• * I am available to work at the Modesto Junior College location.

• Yes
• No
• * Do you possess a Bachelor's degree or the equivalent as listed in the minimum qualifications for this position?

• Yes
• No
• * To avoid conflict of interest, Yosemite Community College District (YCCD) permits employment of near relatives only under certain conditions. Are any of your near relatives (son, daughter, spouse, mother, father, guardian, sister, brother, grandchild, foster child, foster parent, grandparent, father-in law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, step-parent, step-sibling, step-child, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew or any person living in the employee's household) currently employed by YCCD? Response of YES or NO is required in the area provided. NOTE: If yes, it is required that you provide the person or persons name/s, their position title and the department they are employed.

Skills Required