FOOD SERVICES OFFICER

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Are you an experienced food service professional? If so, consider bringing your culinary expertise to the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre where you will prepare, cook and assemble standard and special diet meals in a conventional institutional kitchen.

Please note these positions are 0-40.00 hours per week with no guaranteed minimum amount of hours.

The correct salary range for this position is $21.66 to 23.41 per hour in compliance with current OPSEU collective agreement provisions.

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About the job

In this role you will:
• Provide team leadership within the cooking operation for the correctional institution
• Provide direction and support to inmate helpers
• Prepare and assemble meals
• Maintain an inventory of supplies
• Ensure the safety and security of helpers, staff and equipment
• Maintain proper sanitary conditions in the kitchen area

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What you bring to the team

Mandatory Requirements:

You must have:

• possession of Journeyman Chef's Certificate as issued by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities OR sufficient acceptable experience in volume cooking
• valid First Aid and Heartsaver Certificate or the ability to obtain
• ability to work shift work, weekends, and holidays

Technical Knowledge and Skills:

• You have knowledge of general volume cooking methods and procedures
• You are experienced in food preparation and storage procedures/methods
• You have knowledge of portion control standards to prepare a variety of foods, volume meals and restricted diets
• You have knowledge of the proper use of kitchen equipment

Other Essential Skills:

Your skills and abilities will include:

• Team leadership skills to provide instruction to subordinate inmate helpers
• Oral communication skills and tact and diplomacy to work with ministry staff, inmate helpers and service providers to address quantity/quality issues
• Written communication skills to prepare various reports
• Analytical and problem solving skills to identify and assess workplace hazards, equipment malfunctions and food service issues
• Ability to acquire and apply knowledge of relevant legislation (i.e. Public Health Act, Sanitation Code for Canada's Food Industry, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System)
• Basic computer skills to input, track and record data

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Additional information:

Note:

• The successful candidate will be required to undergo a satisfactory criminal reference check prior to the commencement of employment.
• In accordance with the Ontario Public Service Employment Screening Checks Policy, the top candidate(s) may be required to undergo a security screening check. Please refer to the Additional Information / Address section above to determine the screening checks that are required for this position.
  
  You will be responsible for obtaining the criminal record check at your own expense and provide it, along with your written consent, to the Transition and Security Office (TSO), HR Service Delivery Division to evaluate the results. If applicable, the TSO, with your written consent, will request and obtain any additional screening checks as indicated in the Additional Information / Address section above that were not obtained directly by you. (Note: If a Vulnerable Sector Screening/Check is required, it must also be obtained in person at your local police service.)
  
  A record under the Criminal Code and/or other federal offence record(s) does not automatically mean you will be ineligible for the position. The screening check(s) will only be reviewed and evaluated by the TSO for the purpose of making a security clearance decision. The details of an individual's screening check(s) will be considered in specific relation to the duties and responsibilities of the position being filled. Screening check records will be maintained by the TSO and kept strictly confidential.
• N-CL-98166/16

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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.