FOOD SERVICES PROGRAM MANAGER (LINCOLN)

Position Overview:

This position plans, develops, coordinates, and directs a large-scale food services program for the Department of Juvenile Justice at the Illinois Youth Center Lincoln (Monarch) facility and is under administrative direction from the Assistant Superintendent of Operations. This position serves as full line supervisor, plans, schedules, and publishes all menus for general and /or special diets, directs initiation and maintenance of proper and healthy sanitation and safety standards, and prepares reports (daily, weekly, monthly, annually) regarding food cost. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply.

Essential Functions:

• Plans coordinates and directs all phases of the food services program for the facility.
• Serves as full line supervisor.
• Plans, schedules, and publishes all menus for general and/or special diets.
• Coordinates food storage and menu needs
• Monitors the training of new offenders to become cooks and waiters.
• Prepares reports daily weekly monthly annually regarding food costs and food types and quantities numbers etc.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of college with courses in nutrition, dietetics or food service management.
• Requires three years of progressively responsible administrative experience.
• Requires possession of either:

            a) Certification as a Registered Dietitian with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Commission on Dietetic Registration, and in accordance with the rules set forth in the Illinois Administrative Code Title 68, Chapter 8, Subchapter b, Part 1245: Dietetic and Nutrition                           Practices Act

             or

            b) a Food Service Sanitation Certificate issued by the Illinois Department of Public Health or requires possession of a Certified Food Protection Manager (CFPM) certification from a program accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Conference for                    Food Protection (CFP).

• Requires thorough knowledge of the modern methods of the storage, preparation and service of food, and the sanitary requirements and equipment used in large scale food operations.

Preferred Qualifications (In Order of Significance):

• Prefers three (3) years of progressively responsible administrative experience.
• Prefers two (2) years of experience in modern methods of the storage, preparation and service of food, and the sanitary requirements and equipment used in large scale food operations.
• Prefers one (1) year experience estimating and budgeting for future needs and costs of personnel, space, equipment and supplies.

Conditions of Employment:

• Ability to pass a IDOC/DJJ Background check.
• Requires the ability to pass an IDOC/DJJ drug screen.
• Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate.
• Overtime is a condition of employment, and you may be requested or required/mandated to work overtime including scheduled, unscheduled, or last-minute overtime. This requires the ability to work evenings and weekends. This also requires the ability to work in a 24 hour ‘on call’ capacity.

The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties in the job description.

About the Agency:

The mission of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) is to build youth skills and strengthen families by promoting community safety and positive youth outcomes. Over 900 staff members from across various departments—security, programming, education, mental health, and more—collaborate with the understanding that youth are physically, emotionally, and cognitively different from adults. The department provides extensive services to young people through a developmental, treatment-focused model of care that builds youth resiliency, engages families, and promotes community safety at the five youth facilities it operates across the state. IDJJ serves and houses approximately 150 youth and is responsible for approximately 500 youth on Aftercare in various Illinois’ communities.