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Food Service Program Manager
County of Sacramento
County Wide
Location
Sacramento, California, 95814
Salary
$51.15 - $56.40
per hour
Type
Closes
March 4, 2026
Job Description
Summary
This job involves leading a county food service program, such as managing kitchens in institutions or detention facilities, where you'll oversee daily operations, staff, budgets, and compliance with health rules.
A good fit would be someone with hands-on experience in large-scale cooking and team supervision who enjoys planning nutritious meals and ensuring smooth, efficient service.
It's ideal for organized leaders passionate about food safety and public service in a government setting.
Key Requirements
- One year as a Food Service Supervisor with Sacramento County, or four years in a commercial/institutional kitchen with at least one year supervising food service staff
- Knowledge of federal, state, and local laws on food service in institutions
- Experience in menu planning, special diets, nutrition, and large-quantity food purchasing, storage, and preparation
- Proficiency in managing budgets, financial documents, and commercial kitchen equipment
- Strong supervision skills, including staff selection, training, evaluation, and discipline
- Ability to communicate effectively, work independently, meet deadlines, and build cooperative relationships
- Education or training in food service can substitute up to one year of non-supervisory experience
Full Job Description
This is a continuous filing exam. Next filing cut-offs are at 5:00 pm on:
2/17/26, 3/3/26 (final)
Under general direction, the Food Service Program Manager directs, plans, manages, supervises, and coordinates the activities and operations of a County food service program and/or kitchen facility; and coordinates assigned activities with other divisions, departments, outside agencies, and the general public.
Requirements
Knowledge of
• Principles and practices of management and organizational theory, including planning,
organizational design, business finance, business development, project management, and
organizational effectiveness
• Principles and practices of supervision, discipline, leadership, mentoring, and training
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations regarding food
service operations in detention and/or commercial institutions
• English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation
• Menu planning, menu modifications for special diets, and nutrition
• Principles of purchasing, storing, and preparing food in large quantities
• Equipment and supplies used to cook and bake in commercial-size kitchens
Ability to
• Select, supervise, train, and evaluate staff
• Plan, coordinate, assign, and review the work of subordinate staff
• Investigate and resolve disciplinary issues
• Work independently, prioritize work, coordinate activities and meet critical deadlines
• Develop, monitor and interpret food service budgets and other financial documents
• Plan, manage, and complete complex work assignments
• Use standard office equipment including computers and software applications essential to food
service operations
• Develop and maintain cooperative, effective working relationships with others
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing
• Interpret and apply applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations
• Apply customer service skills, including the identification of customer needs and follow up to
ensure customer commitments have been met
• Exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality of information
• Principles and practices of management and organizational theory, including planning,
organizational design, business finance, business development, project management, and
organizational effectiveness
• Principles and practices of supervision, discipline, leadership, mentoring, and training
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations regarding food
service operations in detention and/or commercial institutions
• English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation
• Menu planning, menu modifications for special diets, and nutrition
• Principles of purchasing, storing, and preparing food in large quantities
• Equipment and supplies used to cook and bake in commercial-size kitchens
Ability to
• Select, supervise, train, and evaluate staff
• Plan, coordinate, assign, and review the work of subordinate staff
• Investigate and resolve disciplinary issues
• Work independently, prioritize work, coordinate activities and meet critical deadlines
• Develop, monitor and interpret food service budgets and other financial documents
• Plan, manage, and complete complex work assignments
• Use standard office equipment including computers and software applications essential to food
service operations
• Develop and maintain cooperative, effective working relationships with others
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing
• Interpret and apply applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations
• Apply customer service skills, including the identification of customer needs and follow up to
ensure customer commitments have been met
• Exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality of information
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
Either: 1. One year of full-time paid experience employed by the County of Sacramento
in the class of Food Service Supervisor.
Or: 2. Four years of full-time paid experience in a commercial or institutional
kitchen which includes experience in cooking, menu planning, food and supply ordering, including
at least one year of experience supervising employees engaged in serving food.
Note: Education or training from an accredited college, training school, business school or occupational training program that is directly related to the cooking and/or food service program management knowledge and abilities above may be substituted for up to one (1) year of the required non-supervisory experience in Pattern 2. The basis for determining equivalency is: 30 semester units (45 quarter units) equal one year of experience. Completion of training courses which do not have semester unit values are equated to semester units on the basis of: 15 clock hours of class equal one (1) semester unit.
Note: If the word “experience” is referenced in the minimum qualifications, it means full-time paid experience unless the minimum qualification states that volunteer experience is acceptable. Part-time paid experience may be accumulated and pro-rated to meet the total experience requirements.
General Qualifications
Criminal History and Background Checks: The County may access criminal history information on candidates who have accepted a conditional offer of appointment for the above class consistent with the provisions of Board of Supervisors Resolution No. 82-602, Personnel Policies and Procedure B-5 and applicable federal and state law. The County shall not consider for employment any candidate who has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor that relates to or impacts the candidate's ability to perform the job duties of this class unless it is determined that mitigating circumstances exist. For purposes of accessing criminal history information, the candidate will be fingerprinted. A subsequent arrest notification may be obtained.
The County may also conduct a background check on the candidate prior to appointment to a position within this class. The background check may include personal and professional reference checks, credit history checks where authorized by Labor Code section 1024.5, Social Security Number verification, professional license/registration verification, military service information and driving history. Information obtained in the course of this background check will be considered by the appointing authority in the selection process. In obtaining such information, the County will comply with applicable consent and disclosure practices in the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the California Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act.
License Requirement: A valid California Driver License, Class C or higher, may be required at the time of appointment. Failure to obtain or maintain the appropriate California Driver License may constitute cause for personnel action in accordance with Civil Service Rules or applicable bargaining agreement. Individuals who do not meet this requirement due to disability will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
ServSafe Certificate: All positions in this class are required to have a ServSafe Food Protection Manager certificate prior to appointment. Failure to maintain the appropriate certificates may constitute cause for personnel action in accordance with Civil Service Rules and/or applicable bargaining agreement.
Other Requirements: All positions in this class require tuberculin clearance.
Probationary Period
The probationary period for this classification is six (6) months.
Additional Information
APPLICATION
Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. All applicants must complete and submit an online County of Sacramento employment application by 5:00 PM on the posted cut-off date. Click here to apply.
County of Sacramento
Department of Personnel Services
Employment Services Division
700 H Street, Room 4667
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 874-5593; 7-1-1 California Relay Service
Email EmployOffice@Saccounty.net
Inter-Office Mail Code: 09-4667
- Employment applications and all documentation requested in this announcement must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the cut-off date.
- Employment Services is not responsible for any issues or delays caused by an applicant's computer or web browser. Applicants will be automatically logged out if they have not submitted their applications and all documentation prior to 5:00 p.m. on the cut-off date.
- Your application should highlight all relevant education, training, and experience, and clearly indicate how you meet the minimum qualifications for the position as of the cut-off date.
- Application information must be current, concise and related to the requirements in this job announcement. You may only apply for this recruitment once. Duplicate and incomplete applications will be disqualified.
- A resume may be included with your application, however it will not substitute for the information requested on the application.
SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE
Applicants are required to provide a full and complete response to each supplemental question. The Supplemental Questionnaire is located in the tab marked "Supplemental Questions". Please be descriptive in your response.
Note: Responses of "See Resume" or "See Application", or copy and paste of work experience are not qualifying responses and will not be considered.
Supplemental Questionnaires must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the cut-off date. Employment Services is not responsible for any issues or delays caused by an applicant's computer or web browser.
Applicants will be automatically logged out if they have not submitted their applications and all documentation prior to 5:00 p.m. on the cut-off date.
For many individuals, it is more efficient to develop responses to the supplemental questions in a word processing document and then paste them into the final document to be submitted.
Changes or corrections to your Supplemental Questionnaire cannot be made once your application packet has been submitted.
If the Supplemental Questionnaire is used in the Formula Rate exam, failure to complete all of the questions or incomplete responses will result in a lower score.
While scoring the Supplemental Questionnaire, the candidate's application and/or attachments will not be reviewed, therefore, a candidate's responses to the questions should be accurate, thorough, detailed, and complete.
FORMULA RATE EXAMINATION (Weighted 100%)
All candidates meeting the minimum qualifications by the cut-off date will have their Supplemental Questionnaire scored in the Formula Rate Examination.
This examination will evaluate the relevance, level, recency, progression and quality of candidate's education, training and experience.
The candidate's application or other materials will not be included in this examination.
Therefore, the candidate's responses to the supplemental questionnaire should be thorough, detailed and complete.
The score from the Formula Rate Examination will determine the ranking on the eligible/employment list for this job.
All candidates competing in the testing process will receive written notice of their examination results by email. Notices can also be accessed in their governmentjobs.com inbox.
Applicants achieving a passing score will be placed on the eligible list in rank order. The rank is determined by the test score attained from the examination.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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