Job Description

Posting number: 54686

Department: Corrections

Division: Institutions

Job classification: Food Service, Lead

Posting type: Open & Promotional

Categories: Corrections, Food Services

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What You Will Be Doing:

• Train inmates in culinary arts, including food preparation, sanitation, hygiene, safety, and proper use and cleaning of industrial kitchen equipment.
• Ensure food serving methods meet the State of Alaska’s Department of Environmental Conservation standards.
• Adjust work schedules based on inmate availability.
• Document prepared diets and food items served.
• Ensure hot/cold food carts are accurately loaded and temperature-checked before leaving the kitchen.

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:

The Alaska Department of Corrections ensures public safety through secure confinement, reformative programs, and supervised community reintegration. Committed to professionalism and respect, the department upholds the rights of crime victims and treats offenders humanely while promoting daily reform efforts.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

Work alongside a diverse and dynamic team of experienced DOC professionals, leveraging their expertise to foster a collaborative and high-performing environment. Take an active role in developing subordinates by providing tailored training, hands-on coaching, and meaningful mentorship, empowering them to enhance their skills, grow professionally, and achieve their full potential.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

Dynamic, fast-paced environment that fosters continuous professional growth. Opportunities to collaborate with diverse disciplines across the institution. Supportive and positive workplace culture.

Who We Are Looking For:

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Food Production: Knowledge of planning, growing, and harvesting of food for consumption using appropriate equipment and techniques
• Food Service: Knowledge of preparing and serving food for consumption
• Flexibility: Is open to change and new information; rapidly adapts to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles
• Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

Examples of duties

This job class is part of a series of competency based class specifications created for career areas within the Labor, Trades, and Crafts Unit. The class specification identifies the levels of work and wage grades within the career area, the core and specific competencies of the career area, required work behaviors, certifications, and physical requirements. The competency specification for this job class is available at http://doa.alaska.gov/dop/fileadmin/Classification/pdf/LTC_Specs/FOODSERVICE.pdf

Vacancies in this job class are filled through Union referral, except for promotions, demotions, transfers, and emergency appointments.

Qualifications

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

• Resume
• ServSafe Food Worker Certificate
• List of 3 professional references
• Three most recent performance evaluations

RECRUITMENT DIFFICULTIES

Starting salary may be approved up to Step D-$27.31, if criteria are met.

LEGAL EMPLOYMENT

The State’s online recruitment system, Workplace Alaska, requires applicants to certify that they have a legal right to accept employment in the United States. It is the responsibility of the employee to maintain the appropriate documentation to accept or continue legal employment. The State of Alaska does not function in the role as an employer sponsor.

EDUCATION

If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position. Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the minimum qualifications listed above. If utilizing this education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the post-secondary institution. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

WORK EXPERIENCE

If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.

PREA NOTIFICATION

The Department of Corrections follows and maintains federal and state requirements standards including, but not limited to, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards which apply to all public and private institutions that house adult or juvenile offenders. PREA standards preclude the department from hiring or promoting anyone who has engaged in, or been convicted of any conduct which would violate PREA standards related to sexual assault including:

• Sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility, juvenile facility, or other institutions.
• Convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force, or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse; or
• Has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in the activity described above.

CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS/APSIN/ACOMS

Please be aware – this position requires the use of the Alaska Public Safety Information Network (APSIN). A security clearance issued by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) is necessary to use APSIN. DPS will deny security clearance for any applicant who has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor in this state or another jurisdiction, or who may be a fugitive from justice. Additionally, security clearance will be withdrawn if DPS discovers that material information was falsified or omitted at the time of the initial application for security clearance.

FINGERPRINT NOTICE

All Department of Corrections employees are required to be fingerprinted. The successful candidate must pass a criminal history check.

EEO STATEMENT

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or 465-4095 in Juneau or (907) 465-3412 (TTY) or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal-opportunity employer.

WORKPLACE ALASKA APPLICATION QUESTIONS & ASSISTANCE

Questions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 1-800-587-0430 (toll-free) or (907) 465-4095 if you are in the Juneau area. Requests for information may also be emailed to recruitment.services@alaska.gov.

For applicant password assistance, please visit: https://www.governmentjobs.com/OnlineApplication/User/ResetPassword

Supplemental information

Oscar Zapata
Administrative Officer 2
907-269-4204
oscar.zapata@alaska.gov