Job Details
** Food Services Specialist (Regional 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**
Yes as determined by agency policy
** Clarification from the agency**
BOP Employees Nationwide DOJ Surplus and Displaced (CTAP) Employees in the local commuting area. Duty Location: Northeast Regional Office, Philadelphia, PA
**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**
Fully responsible for planning, coordinating, and reviewing all aspects of the Food Service programs in institutions or farm operations within the region.
Frequently assesses the operations and activities of Food Service departments within the region for program performance and ensures that the Food Service operations are cost effective and free from waste, fraud and abuse. Consults and coordinates with interdisciplinary staff for expansion, space utilization and program development. As a member of an interdisciplinary team or independently, conducts technical assistance to explore the utilization of staff, space, budgets and related areas of concern in an effort to maximize the effectiveness of the institution and Food Service programs.
Reviews deficiencies from policy and professional standards, recommends measures to correct significant concerns and monitors full implementation and correction of deficiencies.
Cost center manager for the Food Service department and collaborates in the development of a multi-million dollar budget for institutions located within the region. Advises the Regional Director on the levels of allocation for each institution based on such factors as location, sex of the inmate population, security level, satellite programs (Camp, Segregation, Holdover, Jail, WITSEC) and Special Diets (Medical and Religious).
Analyzes trends, emerging needs and problems to measure the effectiveness of existing services. Prepares comprehensive reports of observations, findings and evaluations with recommendations for procedural and/or corrective actions.
Responsible for developing policy, providing expert advice in an area of correctional specialty, or to provide guidance, direction, supervision, advice and/or evaluation for a program or programs in correctional facilities.
**Travel Required**
Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training.
** Supervisory status**
Yes
** Promotion Potential**
13
**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:****There is no substitution of education for specialized experience for this position.
********Experience:********You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled.
Such experience must have demonstrated:
+ Knowledge of food preparation and serving.
+ Knowledge of prices, dietetics, grades of food, and meal planning.
+ Ability to plan culinary activities to meet meal schedules.
+ Ability to supervise and train other personnel in preparing and serving food, as appropriate.
+ Ability to prepare pertinent records and reports. Qualifying specialized experience must have involved preparing and serving food in mass quantities for large groups of people. If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as number of hours worked per week) spent in the 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**
This position IS NOT included in the bargaining unit.
The representative rate for this position is $110,178 per annum ($52.79 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.
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.
**Current Federal Law Enforcement Employees:**
Individuals selected who are under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) or Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and who have not had three years "primary" law enforcement retirement coverage, will not be covered by law enforcement retirement while in this position. To regain coverage, individuals must return to a position with "primary" coverage.
**NOTE:** Referred candidate may be subjected to interview.
** How You Will Be Evaluated**
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qu