What are the responsibilities and job description for the Food Service Specialist 5 position at State of Louisiana?
Preferred Competencies:
Managing Conflict: The ability to recognize, address, and resolve disagreements constructively while preserving relationships and promoting mutual understanding.
- Successful Behaviors: Identifies issues, uses respectful communication, and applies fair strategies to resolve conflict.
Training Others: The ability to design and deliver training experiences that build knowledge, develop skills, and improve performance.
- Successful Behaviors: Designs structured, relevant training; engages learners, adapts methods, and checks understanding with clear feedback.
Working Safely: The ability to maintain a safe work environment by following established safety rules, procedures, and practices.
- Successful Behaviors: Follows safety protocols, uses PPE correctly, reports hazards and incidents, and takes timely action.
Three years of training in food technology, food service management, or in a food service-related curriculum in a trade school or technical institute; OR
Thirty-six semester hours in food and nutrition, dietetics, food service preparation, home economics, or hotel, food service, restaurant, or institutional management.
Job Duties:
- Serves as shift supervisor of a food service operation and ensures that all duty stations are manned on an assigned shift.
- Checks menus for assigned meals and ensures all items needed are in stock.
- Obtains supplies from storage rooms; ensures that items are prepared, cooked, and served in accordance with standards of quality and quantity.
- Serves on interview panels when applicants apply for lower-level Food Service Specialist jobs.
- Monitors the cleanliness of the food service operation and ensures that it meets all sanitary codes.
- Evaluates the performance of lower-level Food Service Specialists and approves their leave.
Position-Specific Details:
Appointment Type: Probational
How To Apply:
No Civil Service test score or assessment is required to be considered for this vacancy.To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
*Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
Contact Information:
For further information about this vacancy, contact:
Alexis ScottLouisiana Veterans Home/Human Resources Analyst
alexis.scott4@la.gov
225-634-4350
Salary : $2,432 - $4,375