Food Service Supervisor (20-6415)

State of Alaska; Kenai (AK); On-site; USD 2,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of Alaska is seeking a Food Service Supervisor for the Wildwood Correctional Center in Kenai. This role involves overseeing food production, ensuring safety standards, and managing a kitchen team. Ideal candidates will have experience in food service and supervision, contributing to a secure environment for staff and inmates.

Benefits

Career development and training

Excellent benefits

Qualifications

• One year of lead level experience in food preparation.
• Knowledge of food safety and handling.

Responsibilities

• Oversee kitchen team and budgetary planning.
• Ensure safety and sanitation in food preparation.
• Monitor food inventory for 471 inmates.

Skills

Supervision

Food Service

Food Production

Flexibility

Listening

Education

Certificate in Culinary Arts

Job description

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The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for a Food Service Supervisor position at the Wildwood Correctional Center (WCC) located in Kenai, Alaska.

• Play a vital role in budgetary planning, safe food production, and the training development and supervision of your kitchen team.
• Ensure policies and procedures are adhered to in relation to sanitation, safety, food handling, and security precautions in all food preparation and service areas.
• Be responsible for the monitoring, ordering, and warehouse inventory of all food to accommodate the daily meal need for 471 inmates as well as facility staff.

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:

The mission of Wildwood Correctional Complex is to provide a secure environment for staff and offenders that promotes public safety and provides an opportunity for staff development, and reformative offender programming to ensure safety and efficient resources management. At Wildwood we strive to provide a positive environment for all staff and offenders, leading to a cohesive and productive place to work.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

• An opportunity to make a difference in people's lives
• Career development and training
• Being part of a team consisting of a rewarding group of professionals

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

Wildwood Correctional Complex is a state adult correctional institution housing inmate of all custody levels and consists of a Pretrial Facility housing 115 male and female inmates, a Sentenced Facility housing 264 male inmates, and a Transitional Program housing 92 inmates. This position works in the Administration offices of Building 10 and will have limited exposure to the offender population, with an individual office overseeing the main kitchen.

Who We Are Looking For:

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Supervision: Plans, distributes, and monitors work assignments; sets task priorities; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected, utilized, and developed, and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner. Assignments include the authority and responsibility to recommend or independently take action to employ (i.e., appoint, transfer, promote), discipline or discharge, or adjudicate grievances of direct reports.
• Food Service: Knowledge of preparing and serving food for consumption.
• Food Production: Knowledge of planning, growing, and harvesting of food for consumption using appropriate equipment and techniques.
• Flexibility: Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with uncertainty
• Listening: Receives, attends to, interprets, and responds to verbal messages and other cues such as body language in ways that are appropriate to listeners and situations.

Minimum Qualifications

A certificate from an accredited college, technical or vocational school for completion of a course of study in professional cooking, food service/dietary management, food technology, culinary arts, food science/nutrition, dietetics, chef's training or a closely related area.
AND
One year of lead level experience in food preparation in a custodial/residential institution. This experience is met by service as a Food Service, Lead with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.

Substitution:
One year of food service experience which includes nutrition and menu planning, staff scheduling, food safety and handling, and purchasing and inventory management in a custodial/residential institution will substitute for the certification.

There is no substitute for the one year of lead level experience.

Special Note: Most positions require understanding of and willingness to work with the resident population of a state correctional facility, psychiatric hospital, retirement home, senior/geriatric center or center for the developmentally disabled. Incumbents are required to adhere to the statutes, rules, regulations, policies and procedures of the institution which govern such activities as interaction with inmates/residents, employee conduct, security and property protection. Performance of duties may include sole responsibility for the supervision and security of inmates/residents.

Additional Required Information

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

If selected for an interview, the applicant must provide the following:

• Copies of any certifications related to this field of work

SPECIAL NOTICES

• Requires daily contact with WCC, WPT and WTP employees and inmates.
• Requires an ability to always remain aware of surroundings in a prison environment.

RECRUITMENT DIFFICULTIES

Starting salary may be approved up to Step D - $2,709.60, if criteria are met.

Job Description

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for a Food Service Supervisor position at the Wildwood Correctional Center (WCC) located in Kenai, Alaska. Watch Alaska DOC's video here: DOC Extended Cut.mp4 (vimeo.com)

What You Will Be Doing:

• Play a vital role in budgetary planning, safe food production, and the training development and supervision of your kitchen team.
• Ensure policies and procedures are adhered to in relation to sanitation, safety, food handling, and security precautions in all food preparation and service areas.
• Be responsible for the monitoring, ordering, and warehouse inventory of all food to accommodate the daily meal need for 471 inmates as well as facility staff.

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:

The mission of Wildwood Correctional Complex is to provide a secure environment for staff and offenders that promotes public safety and provides an opportunity for staff development, and reformative offender programming to ensure safety and efficient resources management. At Wildwood we strive to provide a positive environment for all staff and offenders, leading to a cohesive and productive place to work.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

• An opportunity to make a difference in people's lives
• Career development and training
• Excellent benefits
• Being part of a team consisting of a rewarding group of professionals

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

Wildwood Correctional Complex is a state adult correctional institution housing inmate of all custody levels and consists of a Pretrial Facility housing 115 male and female inmates, a Sentenced Facility housing 264 male inmates, and a Transitional Program housing 92 inmates. This position works in the Administration offices of Building 10 and will have limited exposure to the offender population, with an individual office overseeing the main kitchen.

Who We Are Looking For:

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Supervision: Plans, distributes, and monitors work assignments; sets task priorities; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected, utilized, and developed, and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner. Assignments include the authority and responsibility to recommend or independently take action to employ (i.e., appoint, transfer, promote), discipline or discharge, or adjudicate grievances of direct reports.
• Food Service: Knowledge of preparing and serving food for consumption.
• Food Production: Knowledge of planning, growing, and harvesting of food for consumption using appropriate equipment and techniques.
• Flexibility: Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with uncertainty
• Listening: Receives, attends to, interprets, and responds to verbal messages and other cues such as body language in ways that are appropriate to listeners and situations.

Minimum Qualifications

A certificate from an accredited college, technical or vocational school for completion of a course of study in professional cooking, food service/dietary management, food technology, culinary arts, food science/nutrition, dietetics, chef's training or a closely related area.
AND
One year of lead level experience in food preparation in a custodial/residential institution. This experience is met by service as a Food Service, Lead with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.

Substitution:
One year of food service experience which includes nutrition and menu planning, staff scheduling, food safety and handling, and purchasing and inventory management in a custodial/residential institution will substitute for the certification.

There is no substitute for the one year of lead level experience.

Special Note: Most positions require understanding of and willingness to work with the resident population of a state correctional facility, psychiatric hospital, retirement home, senior/geriatric center or center for the developmentally disabled. Incumbents are required to adhere to the statutes, rules, regulations, policies and procedures of the institution which govern such activities as interaction with inmates/residents, employee conduct, security and property protection. Performance of duties may include sole responsibility for the supervision and security of inmates/residents.

Additional Required Information

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

If selected for an interview, the applicant must provide the following:

• Copies of any certifications related to this field of work
• Two recent evaluations

SPECIAL NOTICES

• Requires daily contact with WCC, WPT and WTP employees and inmates.
• Requires an ability to always remain aware of surroundings in a prison environment.

RECRUITMENT DIFFICULTIES

Starting salary may be approved up to Step D - $2,709.60, if criteria are met.

LEGAL EMPLOYMENT

The State’s online recruitment system, Workplace Alaska, requires applicants to certify that they have a legal right to accept employment in the United States. It is the responsibility of the employee to maintain the appropriate documentation to accept or continue legal employment. The State of Alaska does not function in the role as an employer sponsor.

EDUCATION

If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position. Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview, at the discretion of the hiring manager.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the minimum qualifications listed above. If utilizing this education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the post-secondary institution. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

WORK EXPERIENCE

If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer’s name, job title, employment dates, and whether full or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and if minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the recruitment interview and selection phase.

Note: Attaching a resume is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety. Noting, "see resume" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination that your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.

PREA NOTIFICATION

The Department of Corrections follows and maintains federal and state requirements standards including, but not limited to, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards which apply to all public and private institutions that house adult or juvenile offenders. PREA standards preclude the department from hiring or promoting anyone who has engaged in, or been convicted of any conduct which would violate PREA standards related to sexual assault including:

• Sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility, juvenile facility, or other institutions.
• Convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force, or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse; or
• Has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in the activity described above.

CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS/APSIN/ACOMS

Please be aware – this position requires the use of the Alaska Public Safety Information Network (APSIN)/Alaska Corrections Offender Management System (ACOMS). A security clearance issued by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) is necessary to use APSIN/ACOMS. DPS will deny security clearance for any applicant who has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor in this state or another jurisdiction, or who may be a fugitive from justice. Additionally, security clearance will be withdrawn if DPS discovers that material information was falsified or omitted at the time of the initial application for security clearance.

FINGERPRINT NOTICE

All Department of Corrections employees are required to be fingerprinted. The successful candidate must pass a criminal history check.

DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENT

Applicants must possess a valid driver's license. Proof of licensure will be required prior to reporting to duty.

EEO STATEMENT

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or 465-4095 in Juneau or [phone] (TTY) or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P. O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal-opportunity employer.

WORKPLACE ALASKA APPLICATION QUESTIONS & ASSISTANCE

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Contact Information

Kelly Hanke
Administrative Officer 2
907-260-7203
[e-mail]

Employer State of Alaska Phone [phone] (Statewide toll-free number)
[phone] (Juneau and out-of-state callers) Website http://workplace.alaska.gov/