Food Services Specialist

** Food Services Specialist (Assistant Food Service Administrator)**

**Department of Justice**

**Location**

1 vacancy in the following location:

** Relocation expenses reimbursed**

Yes Reimbursement is authorized for travel and transportation for this position.

** Telework eligible**

No

** Clarification from the agency**

BOP Employees nationwide DOJ Surplus and Displaced (CTAP) Employees in the local commuting area Duty Location: FCC Oakdale, LA

**Duties**

** Summary**

You can have a meaningful career with an agency that truly values a diverse workforce. You will find a diverse workforce employed from entry level jobs to senior management positions. We protect public safety by ensuring federal offenders serve their sentences of imprisonment in facilities that are safe, humane, and provide reentry programming. Employees at correctional facilities perform correctional work regardless of their specific occupation.

**Responsibilities**

Position is located at a Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) which consists of multiple institutions composed of various security levels.

Responsible for supervision of civilian staff and for assisting in managing, developing, organizing, implementing, and maintaining a diversified food service program for the inmate population.

Serves as an Assistant Food Service Administrator and is in complete charge of the institutions 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 staffs correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

**Travel Required**

Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training and/or work related issues.

** Supervisory status**

Yes

** Promotion Potential**

12

**Requirements**

** Conditions of Employment**

+ U.S. Citizenship is Required.

+ See Special Conditions of Employment Section. **The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)** provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP eligibility, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) you are found well qualified for this vacancy. 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 a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at:

** 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.

**OR**

**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.

Some examples of this qualifying experience are:

**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.li> **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. **OR**

**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, .

*Foreign Education:* For information regarding foreign education requirements, please see Foreign Diploma and Credit Recognition at the U.S. Department of Education website: .

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**

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