Skip to content
 
SF Careers Logo with City Seal
 
 

Career Opportunity

9910 Public Service Trainee Nutrition Program Monitor – Summer 2024

Recruitment: REF37282S

Published: February 22, 2024

Accepting applications until: February 26, 2024

Contact:

Kristen Erbst - Kristen.Erbst@sfgov.org
Victor Vallejo - victor.h.vallejo@sfdph.org

Apply using SmartRecruiters, the City and County of San Francisco's application portal.

Share

Department: Children, Youth & Families
Job class: 9910-Public Service Trainee
Role type: Temporary Exempt What does this mean?
Hours: Full-time
 

About:

Who We Are.  Join our team and help the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families (DCYF) make San Francisco a great place to grow up!

DCYF is a strong voice at the heart of the City’s commitment to children, youth, transitional adult youth, and their families. We have administered San Francisco’s Children and Youth Fund since 1991, bringing together government agencies, schools, and community‐based organizations (CBOs) to help our city’s youth and their families lead lives full of opportunity and happiness. DCYF and our partners have a proud history of funding high quality, culturally relevant and empowering services with a deep commitment to advancing equity and healing trauma.

DCYF provides grants and technical assistance to CBOs and supports partnerships with public agencies to provide services in all San Francisco’s neighborhoods. Our funding areas include Early Care and Education; Educational Supports; Emotional Well-Being; Enrichment, Leadership & Skill Building; Family Empowerment; Justice Services; Mentorship; Outreach & Access; Out of School Time; and Youth Workforce Development.

Through our funding, partnerships, and community engagement efforts we seek to support a continuum of services that provides children, youth, Transitional Adult Youth (TAY), and their families with opportunities to be healthy, succeed in school, prepare for the future, engage in positive activities and live in safe and supported communities.

With funding from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), DCYF sponsors the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). SFSP and CACFP are designed to offer nutritious, free meals to youth when school is not in session and after school hours during school-year months, respectively. DCYF works in partnership with local meal vendors to administer the program throughout the City of San Francisco. SFSP and CACFP are regulated by USDA and overseed by the State of California Department of Education (CDE) and California Department of Social Services (CDSS), respectively.

Role description

The Nutrition Program Monitors will work at the Department of Children, Youth & Their Families under the supervision and guidance of the Health and Nutrition Services Coordinator. The Monitors will be responsible for monitoring 8-12 nutrition sites (breakfast, lunch/supper, and/or snack) for compliance with established USDA and State regulations.  These positions will provide administrative support for the Summer Food Service Program and other nutrition programs. The Monitors are expected to travel and work off site to complete certain tasks but will have opportunities to complete administrative work in the office (three times per week), and work remotely other days if not conducting site visits.

Example of Duties:

Duties include, but are not limited to,

  • Serves as liaison between DCYF and Meal Sites.
  • Ensures food site personnel maintain records and required documents.
  • Completes 1st and 4th week site visit reports for all assigned sites by the required deadlines, in addition to visiting assigned sites on a weekly basis to monitor compliance and review any necessary paperwork.
  • Suggests corrective actions for problems that arise at sites, ensures that sites take corrective actions to troubleshoot problems, and report issues to project-lead personnel.
  • Conducts training of site personnel as needed to ensure compliance.
  • Ensures each site maintains supplies at each site.
  • Helps review meal count spreadsheets and enter data in computer using DCYF’s Electronic Tally System (ETS) and edit based on rules and regulations.
  • Performs outreach activities in area surrounding meal sites.
  • Meets weekly with other Nutrition Program Monitors and supervisors.
  • Keeps track of necessary travel logs, photos, and submit necessary documents in a timely manner.
  • Performs other duties as assigned relevant to Nutrition operations, including attending appropriate site and staff trainings.

Compensation: $27 per hour

Position Hours:

Up to 25-30 hours per week, Monday through Friday.

Must be available to work during typical meal hours for breakfast, lunch/supper, and PM snack hours (8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.)

This is a temporary job, part-time (April 15, 2024 to August 23, 2024).

 

How to qualify

Education and Experience:

1.    High School Diploma or GED equivalent, AND
2.    Six (6) months of full-time or twelve (12) months part-time experience working in an office providing administrative support or working for a community-based organization.

Desirable Qualifications:

  • Sensitivity to work with diverse ethnic and cultural-based organizations and individuals.
  • Excellent organizational, record-keeping, time management and communication skills.
  • Bi-lingual. Ability to speak fluently and/or write in a language other than English. 
  • Effectively complete assigned tasks within deadlines with little supervision.
  • Willingness to visit all Meal sites in all areas of San Francisco on public transportation or may provide own vehicle (with good driving record).

What else should I know?

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

All work experience, education, training, and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications. Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

Questions: Please e-mail Victor Vallejo, Human Resources Consultant at Victor.H.Vallejo@sfgov.org if you have questions about the application process. 

Selection Procedures:

Applicants must complete an application and include their education and work experience.

Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire (Weight: Qualifying) - Candidates will be e-mailed a link to complete a Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire (MQSQ). The MQSQ has multiple choice questions and 2 essay questions. 

This MQSQ is designed to obtain specific information regarding an applicant’s experience in relation to the Minimum Qualifications for this position. It is essential that applicants provide complete information in identifying their education, experience, and training. These responses should be consistent with the information on your application and are subject to verification.  Verification of education and/or work experience will be required at the time of hire.

The information in the questionnaire will not be scored and is collected for informational purposes only.  

Candidates who send in a completed questionnaire by the deadline stated on the e-mail will be considered for the position.  Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed to advance through all steps in the selection process.

Applications will be screened for education and relevant experience. Only applicants most qualified for this position will be offered interviews. 

Position Hours: Up to 25-30 hours per week, Monday through Friday

Must be available to work during typical meal hours for breakfast, lunch/supper, and PM snack hours (8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.)

This is a temporary job, part-time (April 15, 2024 to August 23, 2024).

Compensation:  $27.00 per hour.

Specific information regarding this recruitment:
•    Application Opening – Monday, January 29, 2024
•    Application Deadline EXTENDED – Monday, February 26, 2024 (11:59 p.m.)

Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

 

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.