Food Services Director 3

State of Iowa•Woodward - 50276 - Boone County, IA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Division of State-Operated Specialty Care, Bureau of Woodward Resource Center (WRC) is seeking a Food Services Director 3 to join our Nutrition and Supply Services team! As a Food Services Director 3, you'll play a vital role in ensuring our team is equipped with the knowledge and skills to deliver exceptional nutritional support to our campus. WRC prepares and supports individuals to live in the community of their choice. This facility is a great place to develop or continue your healthcare career if you enjoy rewarding yet challenging work, supporting individuals by working as part of their interdisciplinary team, and helping to develop person-centered Individual Support Plans to meet specific support needs, preferences, and goals. The facility provides a range of services that include being an Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability (ICF/IID), daily supported community living, consultations/training, behavioral health services, physical nutrition management, and community residential-based guidance in learning prosocial behavior and personal accountability.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited college or university with major coursework in food management, nutrition, dietetics, or a related field and experience equal to four years of full-time professional food services work, two years of which were in the capacity of directing or assisting in the direction of a large food services operation in a commercial, military, or institutional setting; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting 30 semester hours of graduate level education with major coursework in one of the above mentioned fields for each year of the required experience to a maximum substitution of two years; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting supervisory food services experience for the required education on a year-for-year basis to a maximum of four years; OR employees with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes experience equal to eighteen months of full-time work as a Food Services Director 2; OR employees with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes experience equal to thirty months of full-time work as a Food Services Assistant Director, Food Services Director 1, or Therapeutic Dietitian.
Applicants will be required to complete a background check to be considered for this position.

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, and direct the operations of the Nutrition and Supply Services Central Distribution Center for the State of Iowa, Supply Depot, and Clothing Sewing Room.
Develop and schedule menus to meet the federal school lunch program and ICF/ID facilities.
Develop long term planning for CDC, Supply Depot, and Sewing Room.
Establish and maintain department operations.
Plan, initiate, and control a system for recordkeeping for the department so that required reports will be completed and all facility, HHS, state, and federal recordkeeping requirements are met.
Direct department employees through effective supervisory practices in order to comply with performance standard expectations and applicable facility, department, state, and federal policies and regulations.
Maintain close contact with staff to define, measure, and improve quality of services, implement quality initiatives, and assess outcomes and the efficiency of quality efforts.