Job Description

Level: Experienced
Job Location: Youth Services - Asheville, NC 28804
Position Type: Full Time Hourly

Education
Level: Associates Degree
Salary Range: $21.27
Job Shift: Normal Business Hours
Job Category: Child CareABOUT US
The nonprofit YMCA of Western North Carolina strengthens local communities through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. Founded in 1889, we engage more than 100,000 people – regardless of age, income, or background – to nurture the potential of children and teens, improve the region’s health and well-being, and provide opportunities to give back and support the community. We do this through seven YMCAs, dozens of program sites, and YMCA Camp Watia. As the state’s largest provider of licensed school-age childcare, we give more than 1,000 children a day the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive. We are made up of people of all ages, from all backgrounds, working side by side to ensure that everyone can reach their full potential with dignity. Our core values are caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility, and they guide everything we do. We are committed to being an organization that exposes and addresses social constraints that limit and/or negatively affect all humans from all walks of life. We recruit staff who are passionate about giving back to the community, helping people, and upholding our core values. For more information, please visit ymcawnc.org.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As the Child Nutrition Compliance Coordinator, you will support the YMCA’s Federal Child Nutrition Programs, including the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). The role focuses on site-level implementation, monitoring, training, and corrective support to ensure federal meal program requirements are carried out accurately and consistently across participating sites. Responsibilities include hands-on training and technical assistance, site monitoring during meal service, operational recordkeeping, and food procurement and delivery logistics related to these programs. This position is contingent upon continued grant support.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Supports service line/department in actively working toward association-level objectives, as measured by identified goals/KPIs
- Participates in the budgeting process within their service line/department and serves as a good steward of association resources
- Works in collaboration with the Senior Director of Operations (Grants) to implement and monitor CACFP and USDA Food Programs requirements across participating sites, including site visits, sanitation and meal service procedures, logistics coordination, and accurate site-level recordkeeping.
- Prepares and reviews CACFP and SFSP claims for accuracy and completeness prior to submission to state agencies, escalating discrepancies or compliance concerns to senior leadership as needed.
- Coordinates food procurement and delivery logistics with approved vendors and operates a box truck as needed to deliver food and supplies to sites to support compliant meal service operations.
- Maintains working relationships with food service vendors to support consistent service delivery and adherence to operational requirements.
- Provides hands-on training and technical assistance to site staff related to procedures, documentation, and meal service practices to support accurate daily implementation.
- Identifies recurring implementation issues at sites and works directly with staff to correct gaps in procedures, escalating unresolved or systemic concerns to leadership.
- Maintains organized site-level operational records in accordance with state and federal requirements.
- Coordinates monthly parent engagement and nutrition education activities with community health partners, consistent with program goals.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
ABOUT YOU

Qualifications
- Must be at least 21 years of age with an Associate’s Degree or equivalent.
- Bachelors or Masters degree preferred.
- 2 years of relevant professional experience required.
- Must be able to pass the NCDHHS background check.
- Meet strength and lifting requirements regularly lifting and/or moving up to 30 pounds. Experience with Federal Child Nutrition Programs is preferred but not required.
- ServSafe or other food safety certification is preferred but not required.
- Must be willing to drive a box truck and completion of YMCA of Western North Carolina Driver Training upon hire is required.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Excellent personal computer skills and experience with standard business software.
- Requires strong organizational skills, prioritization of workloads in order to meet deadlines, as well as detail orientation and conscientiousness.
- Must have excellent interpersonal, public relations, and communications skills.
- Ability to work independently across multiple sites and exercise sound judgment in identifying and addressing compliance issues.
PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE JOB
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Must be able to stand and/or be active for extended periods of time.
- Must be able to lift 30 pounds.
- Must be able to clearly see, hear, and speak.
- Must be able to solve, reason, make decisions, and use sound judgment when distracted by noise and activity.
FULL-TIME BENEFITS
Full-time employees receive medical, dental and vision insurance, group life insurance and long-term disability paid by the Y; short-term disability, term life insurance and dependent life insurance is available for purchase; generous paid time off, retirement plan with employer contribution of 12% of salary (subject to eligibility requirements), free YMCA membership, free afterschool childcare and summer day camp and program discounts.
The YMCA of Western North Carolina is committed to equal opportunity in terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, faith, gender, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, gender expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law, except where a bona fide occupational qualification applies.