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Reentry Division
Food Service Manager 1
Helen B. Ratcliff Reentry Center | Seattle, WA
King County Premium:The salary listed above does not include the additional 5% premium granted to all King County employees.
This position contributes to the agency's mission to improve public safety by positively changing lives by budgeting, planning, ordering, preparing and providing residents at a Reentry Center facility with nutritionally appropriate quality meals that meet the recommended daily allowance as specified in the Department's certified meal plan. Manages the FOOD SERVICE for the Reentry Center facility including supervising others engaged in planning menus, ordering, storing, and maintaining inventories of foods and supplies, preparing and serving meals, and planning and preparing modified diets and menus which conform with medical care programs. The FSM position supports the reentry purpose of providing individuals with tools and resources to successfully transition back into the community by ensuring residents have nutritious, balanced meals that supports their dietary needs.
A complete application packet will include the following attachments:
- Cover letter regarding your interest in this position
- Detailed chronological resume
- Three (3) professional references
For information about the Reentry Division, please visit our webpage.
Our mission at the Department of Corrections is to 'improve public safety by positively changing lives'. With more than 8,000 employees, we recognize that staff are our greatest asset, and the efforts of our dedicated workforce have garnered national recognition! Whether the work is inside a prison, out in the field, or an administrative office, DOC staff experience a high degree of personal reward knowing their efforts are creating an environment in which incarcerated individuals can learn to make choices that contribute to safer communities.
DOC OFFERS:
- Flexible schedules
- Comprehensive compensation packages
- Training and development opportunities
- The fulfillment of public service
Duties
Duties of a Food Service Manager 1 include, but are not limited to:
Manage and provide supervisory direction relating to operational effectiveness of the facility and kitchen
- Inspects kitchen, dining, and food preparation areas to ensure proper food handling, sanitation, elimination of safety hazards, and proper use and care of equipment.
- Maintain the kitchen budget, to include ordering of supplies. This includes, but is not limited to food, kitchen items chemicals, janitorial, cleaning supplies, gloves, toiletries, kitchen uniforms, and equipment.
- Comply with DOH WAC’s by ensuring required temperatures are taken and logged on food and refrigerator and freezer systems.
- Prepare meal plans, to include purchasing all needed food products for monthly, daily, weekly, special, and other menus; converts standard menus to fit needs.
- Provide 3 meals each day.
Manage and provide supervisory direction relating to kitchen staff
- Responsible for hiring for the positions under FSM supervision.
- Conduct timely performance evaluations, ensuring proper coaching and training is provided. This includes monthly 1:1 meetings to provide timely reviews of performance and to provide support to employees.
- Plan, assign and review staff schedules, including leave, overtime/compensatory time according to departmental guidelines and applicable Collective Bargaining Agreements.
Participate in the preparation and service of all food on a shift
- Check food product during and after preparation, ensuring appropriate quality standards are met and adequate quantity has been prepared.
- Follow basic safety practices to avoid hazards and accidents. Immediately report hazards or injuries to the Reentry Center Manager or designee. Comply with DOH WACs.
- Monitor, maintain, and track the knife and tool inventory.
- Maintain meal count registers and tool logs.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Two (2) years of supervisory or lead work experience in large-scale food operations involving work in planning, organization and production of meals, food procurement, storage, preparation, or closely related work.
- Current food handler's permit.
OR
- A Bachelor's degree with major work in restaurant/hotel management, or a closely related field.
- Current food handler's permit.
OR
- One (1) year experience as a COOK 3 or Dietician or equivalent.
- Current food handler's permit.
- Knowledge of management of large-scale food preparation and services, preparation of reports, organization, scheduling, and work assignment, inventory methods and food stores maintenance.
- Ability to supervise train others in methods of cooking and FOOD SERVICEs, plan variety of nutritious menus to fit needs and limitations on food preparation, establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others, follow written and oral instructions.
Supplemental Information
'The mission of DOC is Improving public safety by positively changing lives'
For additional information about the agency, please visit doc.wa.gov.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- Please include a minimum of three (3) professional references with your application. A professional reference is defined as an individual who has been paid to supervise your work and can attest to your work performance, technical skills, and job competencies. If you do not have any or sufficient professional references, please include non-related professionals, such as educators or other professional associates.
- Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history will be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant’s suitability and competence to perform in the position.
- Employees may work directly with or in close proximity to incarcerated individuals in a potentially hazardous setting. Please consider this when deciding whether to apply.
- We are committed to maintaining a drug and alcohol free work environment, and our employees are expected to comply with all state and federal laws. A pre-employment drug test may be administered as part of the selection process, and applicants who test positive for any controlled substances, will be disqualified from consideration.
- Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) is an aerosol pepper spray made available as a means of self-defense and/or de-escalation. Applicants with sensitivities or allergies are encouraged to ask about the level of exposure they could expect in this position.
- Animal care projects are a common component of most Washington State prisons, including dog and cat programs. Applicants with animal sensitivities or allergies are encouraged to ask about the level of exposure they could expect in this position.
- Tuberculosis (TB) is a priority health issue for DOC employees. The successful candidate may be required to provide valid proof of a baseline TB skin test within 60 days from the date of hire. When positive tests result, further information, testing and treatment may also be required. Employment is not contingent upon test results.
- This position may be represented by a Union Shop.
We are committed to hiring individuals who possess core diversity competencies:
- Foster a positive attitude and openness toward the ever changing social and cultural makeup of the workplace.
- Work effectively with people of different perspectives, abilities, disabilities, races, religions, ages, genders, sexual orientations, and social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
- Respectfully acknowledge people’s differences and recognize these differences as important and valuable.
- Promote inclusiveness.
- Be culturally sensitive and appropriate.
- Respect and value diverse backgrounds and traditions.
What we offer:
As an employee of the Department of Corrections, your work-life integration is a priority. Washington State employees are offered one of the most inclusive and competitive benefits packages in the nation. Besides comprehensive family insurance for medical, dental, and vision, these perks also may include:
- Remote/telework/flexible schedules (dependent on position)
- Up to 25 paid vacations days a year
- 8 hours of paid sick leave per month
- 11 paid holidays a year
- Generous retirement plan
- Flex Spending Accounts
- Dependent Care Assistance
- Deferred Compensation and so much more!
DOC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, honorably discharged veteran, veteran status, genetic information, or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability.
For questions about this recruitment, or to request reasonable accommodation in the application process, please email raven.richman@doc1.wa.gov or call us at (360) 515-2470. For TTY service, please call the Washington Relay Service at 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6388.
