Supervisory Food Services Specialist (Food Service Administrator)

Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System • Memphis, TN

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About The Position

The Supervisory Food Services Specialist serves as Administrator of the Food Service Department in a correctional institution. The role plans, controls, and evaluates food-service functions, including managing budget resources, establishing sanitation, safety, and security standards, and assessing inmate acceptance of food quantity and quality. The incumbent administers food programs that include satellite feeding, medical diets, and religious diets; implements and monitors the food-safety program; and supervises food preparation to ensure nutritional needs are met and services are effective.

The position supervises the operation of food-service equipment and supplies, including a large subsistence storeroom and meat and vegetable coolers. The incumbent requisitions supplies and equipment, maintains accurate accountable records, develops budget estimates and requests, and approves department expenditures. As with other correctional institution employees, the incumbent has recurring responsibility for maintaining institutional security, which takes precedence over other duties.

Requirements

• At least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level.
• Specialized experience must be related to the position and demonstrate qualifications to perform its duties, such as supervising food preparation and evaluating service quality, supervising employees, overseeing equipment and supplies, preparing budgets and approving expenditures, or supervising menu production and service.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Successful completion of the three-week Introduction to Correctional Techniques course at Glynco, Georgia, is required.
• Appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of a urinalysis, physical, and background investigation; applicants are also subject to NCIC and credit checks.
• Initial appointment to a supervisory or managerial position requires a one-year probationary period.
• The incumbent is subject to geographic relocation to meet agency needs.

Responsibilities

• Plan, control, and evaluate food-service functions and manage budget resources.
• Establish standards for sanitation, safety, and security, and evaluate inmate acceptance of food quantity and quality.
• Administer food programs, including satellite feeding, medical diets, and religious diets.
• Implement and monitor the food-safety program.
• Supervise food preparation to ensure nutritional needs are met and evaluate service quality and effectiveness.
• Supervise operation of food-service equipment and supplies, including storerooms and meat and vegetable coolers.
• Requisition food supplies and equipment and maintain accurate accountable records.
• Develop detailed budget estimates and initial funding requests, and approve department expenditures.
• Supervise production and serving of the National Menu and certified religious diet menu, and work with a registered dietitian to provide medical diets when needed.
• Evaluate subordinate employees' performance and initiate disciplinary action when necessary.
• Maintain institutional security as a regular and recurring responsibility, with security duties taking precedence over other position duties.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed