What are the responsibilities and job description for the Food Service Lead position at SOA/Dept of Corrections?
The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for multiple Food Service Lead positions, at the Spring Creek Correctional Center (SCCC) located in Seward, Alaska.
What you will be doing :
- Lead prisoner kitchen workers in the preparation and production of meals for approximately 550 prisoners and 30 staff per meal at Spring Creek Correctional Center in the APS main kitchen.
- Maintain security and control of prisoners in the absence of Correctional Officer staff.
- Ensure meat pulls are consistent with prepared menu, oversee actual preparation and serving of food to inmates and staff.
- Ensure that all modified diets are properly prepared for each meal, which includes, but is not limited to, vegetarian, diabetic, allergy, disruptive inmate diets, religious diets, and other diets as prescribed by the Medical Department.
- Ensure the proper baking and preparation of all breads and pastry items.
Our mission, values, and culture :
The mission of Spring Creek Correctional Center is to provide a secure environment for staff and offenders that promotes public safety and provides an opportunity for staff development, and reformative offender programming to ensure safety and efficient resources management. As the State of Alaska's only maximum-security adult male facility we provide confinement for minimum, medium, and close custody sentenced felons including the state's most violent and predatory offenders.
The benefits of joining our team :
The working environment you can expect :
The institution has a capacity of over 500 male inmates and employs approximately 200 staff. This position will be located in one of the three institutional kitchens.
Who we are looking for :
We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies :
Minimum Qualifications
Competency Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions
This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.
Competency Description
The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations, as opposed to specific tasks, and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager / agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.
Vacancies in this job class are filled through Union referral, except for promotions, demotions, transfers, and emergency appointments. This job class is part of a series of competency-based class specifications created for career areas within the Labor, Trades, and Crafts Unit. The class specification identifies the levels of work and wage grades within the career area, the core and specific competencies of the career area, required work behaviors, certifications, and physical requirements.
The competency specification for this job class is available at : http : / / doa.alaska.gov / dop / fileadmin / Classification / pdf / LTC_Specs / FOODSERVICE.pdf (Download PDF reader)
