Senior Food Services Officer

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Are you an experienced food services professional ready to apply your skills in a large volume cooking operation? If so, bring your culinary expertise to this position located at the Maplehurst Correctional Complex with the Ministry of the Solicitor General. Please note: This position requires working with and providing direction to inmate helpers (and may be eligible for a Custodial Responsibility Allowance).

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About the job

• Oversee the production, delivery and service of meals and restricted diets, and ensure food preparation meets proper storage, assembly and portion control standards
• Provide direction, orientation and supervision to cooks, food service helpers, and offender helpers
• Ensure the safety and security of work area, equipment and staff, and prepare occurrence and accident/injury reports
• Oversee and maintain sanitary conditions, and ensure cleanliness and hygiene standards are met
• Maintain a daily inventory of food supplies, pre-determine menus, and make changes to menus if required
• Order and purchase supplies and equipment
• Assist in the overall food services operation

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What you bring to the team

Mandatory requirements

• You have a valid Cook's Certificate (or you have equivalent knowledge and experience to be eligible to write the certificate examination)
• You are currently certified in First Aid and Heartsaver (or are able to obtain)

Food Services Knowledge and Experience

• You have extensive knowledge, skills, and experience with large volume cooking/baking principles, cook-chill/retherm, and standard cooking and food preparation/storage procedures and methods
• You have sound knowledge of the proper use of kitchen equipment and tools and can instruct cooks and helpers
• You have knowledge of portion control and food safety practices
• You have knowledge of health and safety standards and practices (i.e. Public Health Act, Health Protection and Promotion Act, Sanitation Code for Canada's Food Industry, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS))
• You can comply with and enforce institutional security practices/procedures to ensure safety and security of the kitchen facility and inmate helpers

Leadership and Supervisory Skills

• You can instruct and direct cooks, helpers, and inmate helpers in cooking methods and principles of kitchen cleanliness and appraise performance
• You have organizational and motivational skills to oversee and coordinate work of others to produce a very large number of cook-chill/retherm or standard meals in a high volume kitchen operation

Communication Skills

• You have demonstrated tact and diplomacy to instruct cooks and helpers as well as counsel inmate helpers
• You can address quantity and/or quality issues and explain equipment problems to service providers
• You have written communication skills to prepare various reports
• You have basic computer skills to input, track, and record information

Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills

• You can identify and assess workplace hazards, equipment malfunction and food services issues
• You can address issues related to food quality, sanitation, or hygiene control

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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!

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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:

• diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• accessibility
• Anti-Racism Policy

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Additional information:

Note:

• About security checks:
  A criminal or other federal offence record does not automatically disqualify you from the position. We consider each situation based on the position's responsibilities.
  If a check is needed and you've lived outside of Canada in the past 5 years for 6 or more months in a row, or if you are not a Canadian resident, you'll need to provide an out-of-country police clearance certificate from the country you lived in.
  Employment screening checks are only reviewed and evaluated by the Transition and Security Office, which also maintains them and keeps them strictly confidential.
• T-CL-244541/26

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Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.