Food Service Officer (On Call/Irregularly Scheduled)

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

Please note this position is 0-40.00 hours per week with no guaranteed minimum amount of hours.

*Job advertisement has been extended to close on August 30, 2018.*

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About the job

You will:

• prepare, cook, and serve three meals per day for inmates and staff
• train, instruct and supervise inmate cooks and helpers in the preparation of meals on an assigned shift

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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 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.
• This position supervises offender helpers. Salary note for Custodial Responsibility Allowance (K-1) applies.

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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.