Food Service Specialist 5 Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4796516) Apply  Food Service Specialist 5 Salary $2,432.00 - $4,375.00 Monthly Location Jackson, LA Job Type Classified Job Number LVH204760FSS5 Department DVA-LA Veterans Home Opening Date 01/17/2025 Closing Date 1/22/2025 11:59 PM Central + Description + Benefits + Questions Supplemental Information No Civil Service test score or assessment is required to be considered for this vacancy. To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page. *Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. * For further information about this vacancy contact: Alexis Scott Louisiana Veterans Home/Human Resources alexis.scott4@la.gov 225-634-4350 Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Three years of food service experience in a food service operation; OR Three years of training in food technology, food service management, or in a food service-related curriculum in a trade school or technical institute; OR Thirty-six semester hours in food and nutrition, dietetics, food service preparation, home economics, or hotel, food service, restaurant, or institutional management. Job Concepts Function of Work: To serve as shift supervisor over a group of lower level Food Service Specialists and those engaged in activities in a food service operation. Level of Work: Supervisor. Supervision Received: General from higher-level Food Service Specialists. Supervision Exercised: Direct over lower level Food Service Specialists. Location of Work: All state agencies. Job Distinctions: Differs from Food Service Specialist 3, 4-A, and 4-B by the presence of direct-line supervision. Differs from Food Service Specialist 6 by the absence of managing all aspects of a food service operation on an assigned shift. Examples of Work Serves as shift supervisor of a food service operation and ensures that all duty stations are manned on an assigned shift. Checks menus for assigned meals and ensures all items needed are in stock. Obtains supplies from storage rooms; ensures that items are prepared, cooked, and served in accordance with standards of quality and quantity. Serves on interview panels when applicants apply for lower-level Food Service Specialist jobs. Monitors the cleanliness of the food service operation and ensures that it meets all sanitary codes. Evaluates performance of lower-level Food Service Specialists and approves their leave. Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program: Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/ Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year: + New Year's Day + Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, + Mardi Gras, + Good Friday, + Memorial Day, + Independence Day, + Labor Day, + Veteran's Day, + Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. ***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase. Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to): + Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system + Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org), + Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others 01 Have you completed thirty-six (36) semester hours in food and nutrition, dietetics, food service preparation, home economics, or hotel, food service, restaurant, or institutional management + Yes + No 02 If you answered "yes" to the previous question, please type each course name, semester hours earned, and the accredited university. If you answered "no", type N/A. Example: Acct 2001 - Introductory Financial Accounting - 3 hrs - LSU Required Question Agency State of Louisiana Address For agency contact information, please refer to the supplemental information above. 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