Child Nutrition Program Operations Supervisor

Job Description

Job Description

Who We Are :

Are you ready to join a team where your talent creates lasting change? At Northern Illinois Food Bank, every day is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our Neighbors, so that everyone in Northern Illinois has the food they need to thrive! Together we are a dedicated and innovative team committed to ending hunger in Northern Illinois. We embrace diverse perspectives, collaboration, and continuous learning, we celebrate successes, learn from challenges, and foster a culture of growth, optimism, and teamwork.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion :

Northern Illinois Food Bank will embrace opportunities to stand in solidarity with our community, and center the voices of those most impacted by systematic injustices. We affirm our commitment to anti-racism, to gender equity, to allyship, and to fairness as we work towards a hunger-free future and to create a better and more just world.

The Opportunity :

The Child Nutrition Program Operations Supervisor supports the effective delivery of the Child Nutrition Programs, including the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), and Backpack Program. This role advocates for the nutritional needs of children at risk of hunger and ensures that program operations align with USDA, Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), and Food Bank standards. The supervisor serves as the primary point of contact for program ordering, tracking, and invoicing, maintaining accuracy, efficiency, and compliance across all child nutrition initiatives.

This Full-Time position is based out of our West Suburban Center (Geneva) location.

Duties and Responsibilities :

• Act as a liaison between sites, vendors, and transportation as it relates to ensuring meals are delivered to each program location.
• Communicate with sites when there is missing or incomplete program information.
• Review delivered amounts and adjust deliveries based on site average site participation.
• Create and maintain program documents and databases
• Assist in logistical tasks related to site training sessions, site visit schedules, delivery of meals and providing current information to food service vendors
• Visit partner sites during food distribution and service operation to ensure their compliance with program regulations according to NIFB, USDA, ISBE, and Feeding America and complete required visit documentation
• Communicate findings of site visits to Program Manager and discuss next course of action
• Attend and participate in program training sessions provided by Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), USDA, and Feeding America
• Reconcile vendor billing against program orders.
• Engender a positive relationship with all community and agency partners to ensure maximum utilization and involvement of NIFB
• Place weekly order for food items based on the approved menus and for the number of participating children per site as directed by the Program Manager.
• Communicate to vendors changes in meals (increasing, decreasing, and cancelling) in a timely manner.
• Coordinate picking, staging and packing with Northern Illinois Food Bank warehouse team, transportation team and volunteers. Trouble-shoot packing issues.
• Maintain inventory of product for Northern Illinois Food Bank child nutrition programs. Follow food bank inventory management procedures for purchasing, receiving and invoicing of inventory as well as those specific to ISBE, USDA, or any other applicable grant requirement.
• Maintain proper documentation of all purchasing, shipments, invoicing, and delivery of food. Manage the outgoing and incoming invoices to drivers for record keeping. Trouble-shoot issues when discrepancies amongst invoices / bills arise.
• Assist transportation in determining delivery routes and work with drivers to map routes; Adjusts delivery routes as needed.
• Assist Program Manager with other program logistics as needed.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as needed.

Who You Are :

You’re driven, compassionate, and excited to bring your unique skills to a purpose-driven organization. You have a strong commitment to our mission and :

Why Join Us :

How to Apply :

Are you ready to make a difference? Apply online at https : / / solvehungertoday.org / about / join -our-team / . Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter that highlights your passion for our mission and your relevant skills.

Northern Illinois Food Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our goal is to attract, develop, retain, and promote a talented diverse workforce where all employees feel a sense of belonging and contribute to a culture that values differences, ideas, and experiences. We intentionally seek out diverse perspectives and skills on our teams, knowing that it makes us stronger as an organization and better equipped to serve our neighbors in need. We encourage individuals from historically under-represented communities and individuals with lived experience of hunger to apply.