Food Service Worker Leader

** Food Service Worker Leader**

**Department of Veterans Affairs**

** Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center**

This position is with the Nutrition and Food Service at Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas. This position is responsible for leading and directing Wage Grade personnel working in the food service and food production units.

**DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY:** This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (COVID-19 - VA 002) in-accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3304(a)(3) and 5 CFR 337.205(b)(1)-(4).

**Location**

1 vacancy in the following location:

+ **Duties**

As a Food Service Worker Leader, you will:

* Responsible for training Food Service employees in the Food Service and Production Section.

* Trains lower grade employees and provides on-the-job training of new Food Service and Production employees as requested by the immediate supervisor.

* Trains lower grade employees in safe food handling practices, utilizing programs training programs approved by the FDA Food Code, i.e. ServSafe.

* Trains new employees in departmental standard operating procedures.

* Works with employees in planning and organizing duties to accomplish work objectives and foster a team effort.

* Checks work while in progress and when finished to see whether the instructions on work sequence, procedures, methods and deadlines have been met by lower-grade employees.

* Ensures a safe clean area to work and working climate where employees function efficiently and effectively.

* Perform duties of lower grade food service workers if staffing requires.

* Follows up on sanitation inspection action items.

* Assures proper food handling techniques are used and good personal hygiene is used according to established policies and procedures.

* Ensures that all equipment and/or tools are operated in a safe manner.

**Work Schedule:** Rotating shifts, Monday - Sunday, including holidays. 5:00am - 8:00pm (Subject to change based on the needs of the organization).

**Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker Leader/**PD99918S

**Physical Requirements:** Required to perform heavy work, such as scouring and scrubbing large size cooking utensils and pushing heavy carts and trucks in unloading, storing, and delivering supplies. Subject to continuous standing and walking and frequent stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling and bending. May be required to work on ladders and powered cleaning equipment. Frequently life or move objects waiting weighing 18 kilograms (40 pounds) and occasionally life or move objects weighing more than 60 pounds. **Requirements**

** Conditions of Employment**

* You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job

* Subject to a background/suitability investigation

* May serve a probationary period

* Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959

* A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc.

* Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

** Qualifications**

**To qualify for this position,** applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

**EXPERIENCE:** A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the .

**SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT:** Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements:

* Dexterity and Safety

* Interpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading)

* Lead or Supervise

* Materials

* Technical Practices

* Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment

* Work Practices

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

**Note:** A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. **Education**

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

**Additional information**

**COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement-** As required by , Federal employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 regardless of the employee's duty location or work arrangement (e.g., telework, remote work, etc.), subject to such exceptions as required by law. If selected, you will be required to be against COVID-19 and submit documentation of proof of vaccination before your start date. The agency will provide additional information regarding what information or documentation will be needed and how you can request a legally required exception from this requirement using the reasonable accommodation process.

The **Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)** and **Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)** provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website which can be found at .

**Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave:** Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.

**This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.**

If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an .

* A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

**IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.** Applicants will be referred in the order in which they were rece