FOOD SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - SES - 67012732

Requisition No: 805113 

Agency: Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Working Title: FOOD SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - SES - 67012732

Position Number: 67012732 

Salary:  $1,320.00 - $3,006.55 bi-weekly. 

Posting Closing Date: 12/30/2023 

Agency for Persons with Disabilities – Tacachale

Food Service Administrator - SES

This advertisement is for multiple vacancies in Food Service Department

Shift Schedule

1st - 4:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.

                                                                                                                                        2nd - 9:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.

                                                                                                                                        3rd - 11:00 A.M. - 8:00 P.M.

Shifts and Days Off Rotate

                                                                                 ALL EMPLOYMENT GAPS MUST BE EXPLAINED AND INCLUDED WITH WORK HISTORY WHEN APPLYING.

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including: 

Join TACACHALE and be part of the team that MAKES A DIFFERENCE – NOT JUST A LIVING, impacting the lives of developmentally disabled adults!

For additional benefit information available to State of Florida employees, go to http://www.mybenefits.myflorida.com

Responsibilities:

This is supervisory work planning, organizing and directing the daily food preparation serving and meal delivery operation. This position spends a major portion of the time planning and directing daily workloads and managing deadlines, as well as communicating, motivating, training and evaluating employees to ensure quality control in the Food Service Department.

Plans and organizes daily activities. Motivates employees to improve the quality and quantity of work performed by directing workloads to ensure the best use of time and resources.

Directs and supervises Food Support Workers in the preparation and serving of food(s) while ensuring sanitary conditions are being met in the food preparation and serving areas. Instructs employees in sanitary precautions and personal hygiene. Supervises the maintenance and proper care of heavy-duty equipment. Directs and supervises Motor Vehicle Operators in meal delivery schedules and time utilization.

Communicates with employees on an individual basis and at staff meetings on a regular basis. Evaluates employees through established evaluation criteria and responsibilities.

Monitors all food after preparation to prevent waste and ensure standards are maintained. Enforces sanitary and safety standards in the kitchen, on the tray line and the cafeteria. Orders and checks food supplies, cleaning materials and kitchen supplies.

Determines training needs for employees. Provides in-service training designed to improve employee performance as needed.

Performs related work as requested by Food Service Director II and OMC 1 (Operations & Management Consultant I).

Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

Ability to lift 50 pounds.

This position may be required to perform essential services before, during, and after an emergency per APD OP 2-0035.

This position is critical to the safety and supervision of residents and may require the incumbent to work beyond their normal work schedule to maintain minimum coverage levels in the facility.

Qualifying Questions:  Your responses to qualifying questions for this position must be verifiable by documentation provided through the electronic application process.

Direct Deposit Program: As a condition of employment, a person appointed to a position in State government is required to participate in the Direct Deposit Program.

Background Screening Requirement:  It is the policy of the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities that candidates being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, Florida Statutes, and if applicable Chapter 408, F.S.

Background screening shall include, but not be limited to: Fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal and juvenile records through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal records check through local law enforcement agencies.  Also, employees are subject to background re-screening at least every five (5) years.

Special Requirements:  You may be required to provide your Social Security Number to conduct required verifications. Male candidates born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion in the Career Service, or appointment in the Selected Exempt Service (SES) or Senior Management Service (SMS) unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS.

EEO Statement:  THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTIVE EMPLOYER AND DOES NOT TOLERATE DISCRIMINATION OR VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE.

Reasonable Accommodation:  CANDIDATES REQUIRING A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION, AS DEFINED BY THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, MUST NOTIFY THE AGENCY HIRING AUTHORITY AND/OR PEOPLE FIRST SERVICE CENTER (1-877-562-7287).  NOTIFICATION TO THE HIRING AUTHORITY MUST BE MADE IN ADVANCE TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME TO PROVIDE THE ACCOMMODATION.

Drug Free Workplace:  THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS A DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE.  ALL EMPLOYEES ARE SUBJECT TO REASONABLE SUSPICION DRUG TESTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 112.0455, F.S., DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE ACT.

E-Verify:  WE HIRE ONLY U.S. CITIZENS AND THOSE LAWFULLY AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN THE U.S.  WE PARTICIPATE IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION PROGRAM (E-VERIFY).  E-VERIFY IS A PROGRAM THAT ELECTRONICALLY CONFIRMS AN EMPLOYEE’S ELIGIBILITY TO WORK IN THE U.S. AFTER COMPLETION OF THE EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION FORM (I-9).

ALL CANDIDATES SHOULD COMPLETE THE ON-LINE PROFILE PROCESS.  IF ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, PLEASE CALL THE PEOPLE FIRST SERVICE CENTER AT 1-877-562-7287. 

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.