Assistant Manager of Food Services Department

Assistant Manager of Food Services Department

Full time • San José Unified School District  

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Job Details

Start Date

July 2026

Salary

$140,584.00 - $140,584.00 per year

Grades

Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Subjects

Assistant Manager Classified

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Description

The impact you will have: The Student Nutrition Assistant Manager plays a key leadership role in overseeing the planning, coordination, and supervision of meal production at the Culinary Center. This position ensures the efficient preparation and packaging of high-quality, nutritious meals for students, in full compliance with USDA and California Department of Education (CDE) regulations.

This role supports daily operations in a high-volume production kitchen producing approximately 12,000 meals per day, in addition to vended contract meals. Responsibilities include maintaining strict food safety and sanitation standards, guiding and supporting staff, and fostering a positive, collaborative team culture centered on student success.

This position supervises Culinary Center production staff, warehouse personnel, and elementary school kitchen staff, ensuring consistency, quality, and efficiency across all sites.

As an Assistant Manager – Classified in San José Unified, you will play a key role in developing and implementing strategies, processes, and programs that ensure effective staffing and operational support across the district. You will collaborate with site leaders and departments to deploy resources efficiently, support hiring and retention efforts, and ensure compliance with policies and regulations. Through data analysis, problem-solving, and strong leadership, you will help improve systems, support team development, and enhance service delivery—ultimately contributing to efficient operations that directly support student success and district goals. A more detailed job description is available at: https://sjusd.box.com/v/AssistantManager.

Who you are: You are a strategic and collaborative leader who thrives in building systems that support people and performance. You bring strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a high level of accuracy and professionalism. You are a clear communicator, a supportive coach, and a dependable partner to schools and departments, committed to delivering efficient, compliant, and people-centered HR operations that support student success.

What you need for this position:

• Resume and letter of introduction outlining your desire and qualifications for this position.
• Two (2) letters of reference from prior supervisors.
• A valid food safety certification from an approved and accredited provider is required.
• A culinary background is required.

SB 848 Child Safety & Employment Disclosure Requirement

Effective January 1, 2026, in accordance with California Senate Bill 848 (School Employee Misconduct/Child Abuse Prevention Act), applicants for employment with San José Unified are subject to enhanced child safety, training, and employment disclosure requirements.

Under SB 848, schools are required to strengthen background vetting procedures and obtain employment history information related to allegations of egregious misconduct involving students. Former employers may be contacted to release records regarding substantiated findings of misconduct as permitted by law. Failure to provide complete and accurate information regarding prior educational employment or relevant misconduct findings may result in disqualification from the hiring process or withdrawal of an offer of employment.

SB 848 also expands mandated reporter requirements and requires annual child abuse prevention training for employees and certain volunteers by July 1, 2026. All employees must comply with district-adopted child safety policies, including procedures for supervising and protecting students.

San José Unified is committed to maintaining a safe and supportive learning environment for all students and will review all disclosures and employment records in accordance with state law.

When will you hear back from us: Within seven days of applying, we will inform you if you will be moving forward in our hiring process and share next steps. If there is a delayed response, feel free to reach out to us at wfunes@sjusd.org.

Note to internal applicants:

• To be eligible to interview, you will need to be in good evaluation standing.

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Benefits

What we offer: San José Unified offers a fantastic team and system of supports. We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package which includes free medical and dental coverage for our employees who work at least a 0.75 FTE (30 hours per week), as well as 21-vacation days, and 11-paid holidays for 10-month employees! For 11-month employees, you earn 21-vacation days and 12-paid holidays. For 12-month employees, you earn 27-vacation days and 13-paid holidays.

Who we are: San José Unified is an innovative urban school district that prepares today’s students to be the thinkers, leaders, and creators of tomorrow. We are reinventing the education system by bringing together teachers and staff with parents and students, inspiring each to discover their own greatness. Serving over 25,000 students from transitional kindergarten through post-secondary in 41 schools from Downtown San José to the Almaden Valley, San José Unified is Silicon Valley’s largest and most diverse school system. We welcome instructional and support staff who are interested in making a difference in the lives of San José children.

SJUSD prohibits discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment), or bullying based on a person's real or perceived ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, immigration status, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. This applies to all acts related to school activity or school attendance occurring within a school under the jurisdiction of the LEA, and all acts of the governing board or body of the LEA, the superintendent of the school district, and the county superintendent of schools in enacting policies and procedures that govern the LEA.

For questions or complaints, contact Equity Compliance and Title IX Coordinator Michelle Reghitto, Director of Student Services at complaint@sjusd.org, and Section 504 Coordinator Chris Metcalfe, Director of Special Education at 504@sjusd.org, 855 Lenzen Avenue or (408) 535-6000.

SJUSD prohíbe la discriminación, la intimidación, el acoso (incluido el acoso sexual) o el acoso escolar basados en el origen étnico real o percibido, el color, una discapacidad, el género, la identidad de género, la expresión de género, el estatus migratorio, la nacionalidad, la raza o el origen étnico, la religión, el sexo, la orientación sexual o la asociación con una persona o un grupo con una o más de estas características reales o percibidas. Esto se aplica a todos los actos relacionados con la actividad escolar o con la asistencia a la escuela que se produzcan dentro de una escuela de acuerdo con la jurisdicción de la dependencia educativa local (LEA, por sus siglas en inglés) y a todos los actos de la Mesa Directiva o del cuerpo rector de la LEA, la Superintendente del distrito escolar y el Superintendente de escuelas del condado en la promulgación de políticas y procedimientos que gobiernan la LEA.

Si tiene alguna pregunta o queja, comuníquese por favor con la coordinadora de cumplimiento de la equidad y del Título IX, Michelle Reghitto, directora de Servicios Estudiantiles a complaint@sjusd.org, y con el coordinador del Artículo 504, Chris Metcalfe, director de Educación Especial a 504@sjusd.org, 855 Lenzen Avenue, o (408) 535-6000.

Students, parents, employees, or others who wish further information about these regulations, or who wish to file a complaint, should contact the following persons:

For Title IX, discrimination or equity complaints involving students:

Director of Student Services/Student Title IX Coordinator, Michelle Reghitto, 408-535-6080 at uniformcomplaint@sjusd.org, 855 Lenzen Avenue, San José, CA 95126

For Title IX, discrimination or equity complaints involving staff:

Assistant Superintendent, Administrative Services, J. Dominic Bejarano, 408-535-6139 at jbejarano@sjusd.org, 855 Lenzen Avenue, San José, CA 95126

For Section 504 Compliance complaints involving students:

SJUSD 504 Coordinator at 504@sjusd.org, 855 Lenzen Avenue, San José, CA 95126

For facilities or other ADA complaints:

Director of Maintenance, Grounds, and Operations, Denny Pini, 408-535-6000 at dpini@sjusd.org, 855 Lenzen Avenue, San José, CA 95126