Before & After School Coordinator

Orinda Union School District; Orinda (CA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office is seeking a Lead Cook to prepare meals for large groups of inmates at the Martinez Detention Facility in Martinez, California. You will lead kitchen operations, plan menus, supervise staff and inmates, and ensure sanitation and safety standards are met.

Applicants must have 3+ years of institutional food service experience, a valid California driver’s license, and be prepared for background checks and polygraph testing.

Qualifications

• Three years of full-time food service experience cooking for 100+ people.
• Valid California Motor Vehicle Operators License.
• Background check, polygraph and fingerprinting required.
• Certificate in Food Production may substitute for one year of experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct meal planning and cooking for large groups in a detention facility.
• Provide work direction to food service staff and detained inmates.
• Estimate and requisition groceries, inspect deliveries, and manage kitchen compliance.
• Deliver meals using county vehicle when assigned; supervise kitchen sanitation.

Skills

Inmate supervision

Large-scale cooking

Education

Certificate in Food Production

Job description

The Position

The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office is recruiting to fill a future vacancy in the Martinez Detention Facility in Martinez, California. Persons with institutional food service experience are encouraged to apply.

Lead Cooks direct and participate in planning and cooking meals for large numbers of inmates and provide work direction to food service personnel including detained inmates. These positions work various shifts and weekends. The Lead Cook also estimates and requisitions groceries, meats, produce and other food stuffs needed to prepare planned menus; assists in receiving, checking and inspecting all kitchen deliveries and provides work direction to inmates in the proper methods of washing dishes, pots, pans, utensils and kitchen equipment as well as cleaning the walls and floors of the kitchen area. As assigned, delivers food supplies and prepared meals using a county vehicle. Lead Cooks may also be assigned to the Marsh Creek Detention Facility in Clayton.

The eligible list will also be utilized to fill future vacancies at the County Health Services, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Probation Departments. The eligible list from this examination will remain active for a period of six months.

Minimum Qualifications

License Required: Possession of a valid California Motor Vehicle Operators License

Experience: Three (3) years of full-time (or the equivalent of full-time) food service experience as journey level cook in a full-service restaurant, hotel, college, detention center, hospital, military installation or similar institution which involved the daily preparation of meals for 100 or more people.

Notice: All applicants must provide on the application specific information relative to their work history verifying that they have cooked for groups of 100 or more people.

Substitution for Experience: Possession of a Certificate in Food Production from an accredited vocational institution, including courses in quantity food preparation, equipment, sanitation and safety, may be substituted for one (1) year of the required experience.

Notice: Applicants substituting a Certificate in Food Production must include a copy of the certificate, and a description of the courses completed, with their application.

Other Requirements: Prior to being employed, candidates will be screened by the Sheriff's Office with a background investigation, including a polygraph test, and will be fingerprinted. Prior felony convictions and/or history of substance abuse are disqualifying.