Food Services Supervisor

Queensland Corrective Services; Spring Creek; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Corrective Services is hiring a Food Services Supervisor at Southern Queensland Correctional Centre, Spring Creek. The role is responsible for coordinating the centre's food services, ensuring safe, cost-effective, high-standard meals for inmates, and leading a team across kitchens and related training activities.

The position entails managing procurement, stock, and menu planning, while liaising with programs staff to provide work training opportunities and ensuring compliance with

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the operations of the centre's food services and ensure cost-effective service delivery.
• Implement and review managerial and technical procedures.
• Lead quality assurance programs and maintain high food quality standards.
• Oversee kitchen maintenance and equipment to maximise operation.
• Advise centre management on food services matters.
• Supervise catering staff and trade instructors as applicable.
• Ensure hygiene and quality standards are met in food services.
• Liaise with programs staff on inmate work training opportunities.
• Supervise inmates assigned to food services.
• Manage procurement, receipt, custody, and stock of all food supplies.
• Monitor storage practices and minimise wastage.
• Negotiate with external suppliers for cost-effective purchases.
• Formulate budget submissions for food services; monitor expenditure.
• Develop menus, including special diets.

Job description

Queensland Corrective Services – Spring Creek QLD

Southern Queensland Correctional Centre (SQCC) is located in Spring Creek, approximately 17 kms from the township of Gatton in the Lockyer Valley. The centre provides high security secure placement accommodation for sentenced and remand women that are classified as high or low security. Women who enter the criminal justice system often come from lives characterised by sexual, emotional and physical abuse, domestic and family violence, substance addiction and mental health problems. QCS provides a gender-responsive, trauma-informed approach to managing women with the goal of offering an opportunity to truly rehabilitate and escape the cycle that led to crime. It is important to recognise that to change a woman is to change a generation.

About the Role

In this role you will be responsible for coordinating the operations of the correctional centre's food services function and for ensuring an efficient and cost-effective service delivery.

The primary accountabilities of the Food Services Supervisor include:

• Ensure the implementation and ongoing review of managerial and technical procedures.
• Facilitate the efficient and coordinated operations of the centre's food services.
• Initiate and undertake quality assurance programs.
• Ensure the highest standards of food quality are maintained.
• Oversee the maintenance of all kitchens and where applicable, other industry equipment, to ensure that it is maintained in maximum operating order.
• Provide advice to the centre's management on all matters pertaining to the food services function.
• Supervise the operations of catering staff and other relevant trade instructor where applicable.
• Ensure the food services function is performed in accordance with appropriate hygiene and quality standards.
• Liaise with programs staff regarding the work training opportunities available to inmates.
• Oversee the supervision of inmates assigned to the food services function.
• Be responsible for the procurement, receipt, issue, custody and maintenance of all food supplies.
• Ensure that efficient storage practices are being utilised.
• Maintain accurate stock control system and minimise wastage.
• Liaise with external suppliers and negotiate contracts in order to achieve the most cost-effective purchase of food supplies.
• Ensure that all goods are obtained in accordance with relevant purchasing guidelines.
• Formulate budget submissions for the food services function.
• Monitor and control expenditure to ensure that the cost centre remains within its allocated budget.
• Develop and plan menus, including special needs diets.

The role description provides the minimum requirements for the role. The incumbent may be required to undertake other duties as required outside of these primary accountabilities.