Food Service Coordinator

at Ada County Sheriff's Office in Boise, Idaho, United States

Job Description

Are you ready to take the lead in a fast-paced kitchen environment? Join us as a Food Service Coordinator, where you’ll play a key role in managing the preparation and delivery of over 3,700 meals every day! This is a unique opportunity to bring your culinary expertise and leadership skills to the table, while growing professionally in a vibrant, dynamic setting.

As a Food Service Coordinator, you’ll receive comprehensive training to help you lead a large kitchen team, all while sharpening and expanding your culinary knowledge. Success in this role is built on strong teamwork and collaboration. We’re looking for a passionate individual who thrives in a cooperative environment—someone who enjoys sharing ideas, taking on new responsibilities, and communicating effectively.

If you're eager to make a real impact and guide a talented team in delivering exceptional meals, we want to hear from you! Join us and take your career to the next level!

Food Service Operations: Lead and supervise the inmate kitchen staff to ensure smooth, efficient, and safe kitchen operations. Play a vital role in the success of our culinary services by overseeing the preparation of bulk meals for both inmates and jail staff, while maintaining the highest quality standards. Manage food inventory, ensuring proper tracking of stock and availability of supplies when needed.

Instruction and Training: Assign tasks and provide clear guidance to inmate kitchen workers, outlining work expectations, methods, and procedures. Continuously mentor inmates on food service and sanitation practices, offering constructive feedback to the Food Service Supervisor on performance and making recommendations for retention decisions.

Quality Control: Ensure the quality of work performed by inmate staff, upholding strict standards across all tasks. Oversee the proper preparation and timely delivery of meals to housing units while ensuring that all sanitation practices comply with or exceed City-County Health Department standards.

Menu Optimization & Special Diet Management: Adjust and optimize meal menus, taking into account factors such as quantities, recipes, preparation times, serving instructions, and nutritional needs, as well as making the best use of leftovers. Ensure special dietary meals are prepared in accordance with established guidelines, clearly labeled, and delivered accurately to the appropriate housing units.

Flexibility and Security: Be available to work all shifts, including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. Maintain strict control over kitchen tools, ensuring that kitchen supplies/equipment is securely stored when not in use.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Supervisory experience leading inmate kitchen work crews
• Knowledge of large-scale food preparation
• Familiarity with health and sanitation regulations
• Ability to work effectively with diverse populations

Essential Qualifications:

• Must be at least 18 years old and possess a high school diploma or equivalent
• Strong communication skills, conflict resolution abilities, and a proactive mindset are essential for success in this role

If you have a passion for leadership, food service, and making an impact, we encourage you to apply!

Other Requirements

• Must conform to all health and sanitation regulations and be food safety certified.
• Must appear before an oral board and complete a polygraph and background check.
• This position has been designated safety sensitive and therefore the incumbent is subject to random drug testing.

• Must have sufficient physical ability to: stock food, prepare, cook, and serve proper meals, and clean the kitchen and kitchen equipment.
• Must be able to stand for extended periods of time and be able to bend, squat down to the floor, and reach overhead to stock the storeroom and put freight deliveries away;