Showcase your culinary and leadership skills while supporting Ontarians!Join a team that makes a meaningful impact every day. As a Food Services Supervisor at the Ontario Correctional Institute in Brampton, you'll play a vital role in maintaining the health and well-being of the inmates by supervising the complete food services function and preparation of nutritious meals in a secure environment.
This is a unique opportunity to contribute to public service while developing your culinary and organizational skills in a dynamic correctional setting.
Please note:
• This position requires working with and providing direction to inmate helpers (and may be eligible for a Custodial Responsibility Allowance shift premium)
About the job
As Supervisor to a small food service team, you can expect to:
• Plan and communicate the full food service program
• Administer the food services budget and manage supply requisition
• Inspect, operate, and maintain industrial kitchen equipment
• Provide supervisory oversight and guidance to kitchen staff
• Assist in the training, orientation, and mentorship of new kitchen staff
• Provide leadership in the application and adherence to food service policy and proper food preparation standards
• Maintain accurate logs, records, and inventory
• Ensure prompt response to food service and safety issues
What you bring to the team
Specialized Knowledge and Experience
You have knowledge and experience with:
• Volume cooking methods and procedures, food safety practices, menu planning, food costing, nutrition
• Proper preparation and sanitation techniques
• Various diets (i.e. lifestyle, medical, religious)
• Compliance with health and safety legislative and organizational standards and maintain the safety/security of the work area
Supervisory and Group Leadership Experience
You are able to:
• Oversee a large-scale food service administration
• Coordinate work schedules, evaluate performance, and support a team environment
• Forecast supply requirements, order supplies, maintain inventory and maintain cost controls
• Instruct, train, and provide direction to staff and inmate helpers
Other Skills
You have:
• Problem-solving skills in order to ensure compliance with standards of food preparation, storage techniques and sanitation
• Basic knowledge of computers to input and track data, record equipment problems, and order supplies and equipment
Don't meet every qualification?
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!
How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility
We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's
Human Rights Code and the
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer
accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please
contact us.Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:
What we offer
The Ontario Public Service is one of Ontario's largest employers. Employees work for a wide range of ministries, with offices in more than 70 cities across the province. We offer:
• a career that can grow across ministries and job functions
• flexible learning and developmental opportunities, including education and mentorship programs
• many employee networks offering support for and education about underrepresented groups
• tailored work arrangements, including opportunities like flex hours, self-funded leave and more
Our comprehensive compensation and benefits package includes:
• a defined-benefit lifetime pension plan (guaranteed, ongoing inflation-protected income after retirement)
• group health, dental, life and disability benefits
• a range of vacation and leave options
• an Employee and Family Assistance Program, which provides confidential counseling services