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Food Service Specialist 2-3

Salary

$1,855.00 - $3,338.00 Monthly

Location

Monroe, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

NELVH-200020FSS-091624

Department

DVA-NE LA Veterans Home

Opening Date

09/16/2024

Closing Date

9/21/2024 11:59 PM Central

• Description

• Benefits

Supplemental Information

The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs is an Equal Opportunity Employer and State as a Model Employer (SAME) to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

The mission of the Louisiana Veterans Homes is to primarily serve the Veterans' population of Louisiana through the provision of medical, restorative, and rehabilitative services in an atmosphere of respect and compassion. The primary objective of home is to provide quality nursing care to eligible veterans with the ultimate goal of returning the veterans to the highest possible levels of physical and mental capacity.

This position is located in the Dietary Department of the Northeast LA Veterans Home in Monroe, Louisiana.

This position includes a premium pay of $1.00 per hour for each hour physically worked.

**Note regarding the advertised pay range: The advertised maximum amount listed is the maximum salary a person can make while in this title/level over their career and not the maximum amount we are allowed to pay a new hire.

This position participates in a Career Progression Group (CPG) and may be filled as a Food Service Specialist 2-3. The level at which the vacancy is filled will be determined by the qualifications of the candidate selected. This position provides the opportunity to advance within this job series.

Summary of Position

Plans and directs the preparation of foods prepares and serves food as assigned on the daily production schedule. Estimates food needs, calculates and adjusts recipes according to production requirements.

The position will be filled by a probation appointment or promotion of a permanent state employee.

A Resume will not be accepted in lieu of work experience. You must describe your duties as you will not be qualified on job title alone. An application may be considered incomplete if the work experience and education sections are not completed.

There is no guarantee that all applicants will be interviewed. The hiring manager has 90 days from the closing date of the announcement to make a hiring decision. Should you be selected for an interview, you will be notified by the contact information listed on your application.

No Civil Service test score is required in order 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.

• Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. *

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Jamaile Burton

Human Resources Analyst

Jamaile.Burton@la.gov

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Six months of food services experience in a commercial, industrial, military or institutional food service operation which involved the actual preparation of food.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

Training in food technology, food service management or in a food service related curriculum in a trade school or technical institute will substitute for the required experience on a month for month basis.

College credit in food and nutrition; dietetics; food service preparation; home economics; or hotel, food service, restaurant or institutional management will substitute for the required experience on the basis of one semester hour for one month of experience.

NOTE:

Preparation of food includes tasks such as cooking; baking; chopping vegetables or fruits; meat cutting/butcher duties; making salads, sandwiches, toast, or desserts; and short-order or fast food cooking such as frying or deep frying. It will not be necessary for classified employees to provide an official job description (SF-3), or to provide percentages of time spent preparing food. Describing food preparation tasks on the application will be sufficient. Experience which involved no food service preparation, such as fast food cashiering and serving; or food service experience consisting only of serving, tray preparation, cleaning, washing dishes, and/or bussing tables will not qualify.

NOTE:

Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Job Concepts

Function of Work:

To perform the full range of food service preparation duties within a food service operation.

Level of Work:

Experienced.

Supervision Received:

General from a Food Service Specialist 5 or above.

Supervision Exercised:

None.

Location of Work:

All state agencies.

Job Distinctions:

Differs from Food Service Specialist 1 by the presence of independent action and the type of supervision received.

Differs from Food Service Specialist 3 by absence of advanced level cooking tasks.

Examples of Work

COOKING DUTIES:

Reads recipes and gathers ingredients needed to cook a dish.

Weighs, blends, mixes, and purees ingredients as required by recipes.

Cooks meats, vegetables, soups, and cereals at correct temperatures.

Prepares and arranges salads.

Operates commercial grade peelers, choppers, blenders, mixers, slicers, and other equipment used to prepare foods.

Sets up steam lines and places pans of prepared foods on serving lines.

BAKING DUTIES:

Reads recipe to determine correct ingredients for goods to be baked.

Mixes, weighs, and blends ingredients for dough.

Kneads and molds dough.

Determines time that bread, rolls, cakes, and pastries should remain in oven; sets oven temperature and tests for rise and texture.

Receives bakery supplies and distributes baked products.

Opens packages and containers and places food items in proper sized pans, bowls, trays, pots, or other containers according to instructions from supervisors.

MEAT CUTTER DUTIES:

Cuts meats such as poultry, fowl, beef, and pork, and assures distribution of them to kitchens or units for preparation.

Maintains tools, machines, meat cases, walk-in coolers, and storage areas used in storage and preparation of meats.

Defrosts, cleans, and sanitizes all meat cases, refrigerators, and walk-in coolers.

Reviews menus for meat items needed for meals and pulls items from storage.

Cleans tools and machines such as meat grinders, electric saws, and meat blocks; sharpens knives.

Receives, stores, issues, and takes inventory of meats, frozen foods, and produce.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

• Mardi Gras,

• Good Friday,

• Memorial Day,

• Independence Day,

• Labor Day,

• Veteran's Day,

• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

Agency

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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