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Dietary and Food Program Manager

Sevita, Las Vegas, NV, United States


SUMMARY
Responsible for managing all facets of a food and nutrition program: Children and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), ensures program compliance within federal regulations. Maintains new and existing application and renewal process. All scope considered to be for the CACFP program unless stated otherwise.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential function listed below:

Program Administration

Responsible for the operation of the program & the maintenance of the records that support the monthly claim for reimbursement & compliance with any requirement for that process

Completes and submits new or amends existing acquisition applications & pre-approval forms

Facilitates annual application in the renewal process

Coordinates all procurement & bidding processes for vendors and caterers

Communicates with individual State Regulators responsible for the program updates, initiatives, inspections, or general information

Engages and communicates with workforce to facilitate tasks, achieve compliance, obtain necessary information, problem solve and implement action plans

Compliance

Organizes Centersand ensures completion of annual Meal Benefit Application for each participant enrolled in the program

Coordinates and validates compliance with the new hire and annual training for all programs

Coordinates and validates compliance with Centers’ maintenance of program costs, documentation, including receipts, invoices, catering tickets & proof of program labor

Reviews and validates accuracy and compliance with the program enrollment rosters to determine participant eligibility category.

Remains current in regard to and communicates all updates and amendments to applicable policies and procedures in individual states and the Food Nutrition Program

Data Integrity

Determines the correct eligibility of reimbursement category for each person served

Maintains the tracking system & validates compliance within the monthly requirement and minimum standards and eligibility as a percentage of the total enrollment or licensed capacity whichever is the lesser for all centers

Conducts data collection of the ethnic and racial data for the site visits and documents during the monitoring visits for programs

Conduct edit checks to ensure calculations in the enrollment roster attendance meal count are accurate prior to claim submission for all centers

Collaborates with Registered Dieticians on meal substitutions & meal reimbursements

Reporting

Collects, reports, and monitors data for the grievance process

Correlates metrics and reports to ADH Senior Leaderships on program outcomes and updates

Collaborates & communicates with Finance on Claims Submission reconciliation & revenue

Training

Develops training schedule for all programs and conducts training for administrative and operational leadership

Attends state required trainings for CACFP or Food Nutrition Program

Performs other related duties and activities as required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
None required

Minimum Knowledge and Skills required by the Job
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required to perform the job:

Education and Experience:

Associate’s degree required, Bachelor’s degree preferred

2 – 4 years’ experience in a related administrative or program management role

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations:

N/A

Other Skills and Abilities:

N/A

Other Requirements:

Travel as needed

Physical Requirements:

Normal Office Work, Data Entry: Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT STATEMENT
External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents, who become disabled, must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined on a case by case basis via the interactive process.

As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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