Food Services Specialist (Assistant Food Service Administrator) - LOUISIANA STAFFING : Job Details

Summary: Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities. Responsibilities include serving as an assistant food service administrator and being in complete charge of the institution's food service operations in the facility they are assigned, under the guidance of the overall complex food service administrator. Assists in planning, controlling, and evaluating department operations such as managing budget resources for anticipated and atypical expenses for the food service department; establishing standards of sanitation, safety and security; developing menus and evaluating inmate acceptance of food quantity and quality. Responsible for the coordination of all phases of food preparation to assure the meals are properly prepared and served to include such remote areas as health services, receiving and discharge, and the special housing units. Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff's correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

Requirements: Conditions of employment U.S. citizenship is required. See special conditions of employment section. Interagency career transition assistance plan (ICTAP) and career transition assistance plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and score 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility with your application of ICTAP or CTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form.

Qualifications: To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements:

• Education: GS-11: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. Graduate education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.
• GS-12: There is no substitution of education for specialized experience for this grade level.
• Specialized Experience: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level in federal service. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to successfully perform the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled. Qualifying specialized experience must have involved preparing and serving food in mass quantities for large groups of people.
• GS-11: Experience in supervising food preparation, securing compliance with the best cooking and baking principles, ensuring that food is palatable, presentable, of proper consistency and temperature, and that quantities are sufficient to feed all inmates within budgetary guidelines. Experience in supervising dining room operations and monitoring proper timing and preparation of foods so that operations proceed in an orderly manner. Experience in establishing the highest possible safety and sanitary procedures during the entire food preparation process.
• GS-12: Experience with planning, controlling, and evaluating department operations such as managing budget resources for anticipated and atypical expenses for the food service department; establishing standards of sanitation, safety and security; developing menus and evaluating inmate acceptance of food quantity and quality. Experience in supervising and inspecting the inmate training activities carried out by subordinates; making suggestions on technique improvements and evaluating the adequacy of instructions. Experience with the coordination of all phases of food preparation to assure meals are properly prepared and served to include such remote areas as health services, receiving and discharge, and the special housing units. Experience in a wide variety of duties which include several specialized programs and functions including medical and religious diets, ethnic food preparation, satellite operations, and warehousing operations; each of which requires some difference in approach, procedures, and techniques.
• Combination of education and experience: GS-11 only: A combination of education and experience. This experience must have equipped you with the qualifications to perform the major duties of this position as described above. If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.

Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application. Education See qualifications section for education requirements, if applicable. ONLY if education is a requirement/substitution for specialized experience, applicant MUST upload legible transcripts as verification of educational requirement. Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS at the time you apply and MUST include identifying information to include school name, student name, degree and date awarded (if applicable). All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, click here.

Foreign education: For information regarding foreign education requirements, please see foreign diploma and credit recognition at the U.S. Department of Education website: Recognition of Foreign Qualifications. If you are selected for this position and qualified based on education (i.e. basic education requirement and/or substitution of education), you will be required to provide an official transcript prior to your first day on duty. Additional information: This position IS NOT included in the bargaining unit. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3307, a maximum entry age of 36 has been established for initial appointment to a position in a Bureau of Prisons institution. The representative rate for this position is $97,485 per annum ($46.71 per hour). Special conditions of employment section: Initial appointment to a supervisory/managerial position requires a one-year probationary period. The incumbent is subject to geographic relocation to meet the needs of the agency. Appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of a urinalysis, physical, and background investigation. All applicants are subject to National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and credit checks. All applicants not currently working in an institution will be required to complete a qualification inquiry regarding convictions of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence in order to be authorized to carry a firearm. The Core Value Assessment (CVA) is an in-person assessment that must be facilitated at a Bureau of Prisons Human Resource Servicing office. On the day of the scheduled interview, a CVA will be administered. The applicant assessment must be completed within a 70 minute time period and a passing score of 68 must be obtained. Further employment consideration will not be extended if the applicant fails to complete the examination or fails to achieve a passing score. Note: The Core Value Assessment will not be administered to current BOP employees. Successful completion of the Introduction to Correctional Techniques, three-week training course at Glynco, Georgia is required. The addresses listed on the USAJOBS account/resume must be the primary residence at the time of application. You may be required to provide proof of residence. Additional selections may be made if vacancies occur within the life of the certificate. Although competitive and non-competitive applications are being accepted, the selecting official may elect to have only one group reviewed.