Food Service Supervisor; PCN

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is currently recruiting for a Food Service Supervisor for the Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center (YKCC) located in Bethel, Alaska.

This position is responsible for the food service operations at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Correctional Center (YKCC). Its focus is the administrative functions, planning, developing standards, policies and procedures, procurement of food, equipment and supplies, inventory control, preparation of a cyclic menu system, development and implementation of standardized recipes for quality control, record keeping and preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual reports, scheduling and timekeeping of staff and inmates, training and development.

The mission of the Alaska Department of Corrections is to promote public safety. Our Division provides secure confinement, access to reformative programs and offender management planning that promotes successful community reentry.

• Flexible work schedules.
• An opportunity to make a difference in people's lives.
• Career Development and training.
• Excellent benefits.
• Being part of a team consisting of a rewarding group of professionals.

The Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center (YKCC) is a multi-function, state operated adult correctional institution. The institution has a capacity of 220 male and female inmates and employs a staff of 51.

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Supervision:
  Plans, distributes, and monitors work assignments; sets task priorities; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected, utilized, and developed, and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner. Assignments include the authority and responsibility to recommend or independently take action to employ (i.e., appoint, transfer, promote), discipline or discharge, or adjudicate grievances of direct reports.
• Food Service:
  Knowledge of preparing and serving food for consumption.
• Food Production:
  Knowledge of planning, growing, and harvesting of food for consumption using appropriate equipment and techniques.
• Oral and Written Communication:
  Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Interpersonal
  
  Skills:
  
  Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.

A certificate from an accredited college, technical or vocational school for completion of a course of study in professional cooking, food service/dietary management, food technology, culinary arts, food science/nutrition, dietetics, chef's training or a closely related area. AND One year of lead level experience in food preparation in a custodial/residential institution. This experience is met by service as a Food Service, Lead with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.

Substitution:
One year of food service experience which includes nutrition and menu planning, staff scheduling, food safety and handling, and purchasing and inventory management in a custodial/residential institution will substitute for the certification. There is no substitute for the one year of lead level experience.

Most positions require understanding of and willingness to work with the resident population of a state correctional facility, psychiatric hospital, retirement home, senior/geriatric center or center for the developmentally…