Food Service Manager 2

Join our team at the Southwest Developmental Center!

Who Are We?

The Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD) is a trauma informed care agency focused on implementing our core values and providing support to people with developmental disabilities. We oversee a statewide system of supportive services that focus on ensuring the health and safety, supporting access to community participation, and increasing opportunities for meaningful employment

DODD Core Values:

To help Ohioans with developmental disabilities, DODD has embodied the following core values that focus on the experience of our customers, the people we serve, and their families:

• Kindness and Empathy – All interactions are based on genuine care and concern for all involved. We listen to those we serve, our partners, and each other.
• Collaboration – We engage with each other and our partners with openness and trust.
• Transparency – We are accessible and visible in our business practices.
• Quality Innovation – The services we deliver are value-added and promote excellence.
• Inclusiveness – Cultivate an environment that embraces diversity and ideas at every level of interaction. Our systems and processes are designed to ensure that every person is treated equally, and every voice is heard fairly.
• Accountability – We conduct ourselves professionally and will manage taxpayer dollars responsibly.

Job Duties:

Works under the general direction of the Program Administrator 2 and requires thorough knowledge of food service preparation. Manages entire facility food service operation. Supervises dietary staff (such as completes performance evaluations, recommend/not recommend request for leave, approves overtime, reviews and approves timekeeping for assigned staff in Kronos). Ensures sanitary conditions in all food areas, orders food and supplies, maintains inventor, over sees the coordination, preparation and service of meals.  Responsible for accuracy of quantity of meals provide and individual diets are followed by monitoring meals in the residential cottages. Ensures health department safety and ICF/DD standards.

Provides input into policies and procedures for the dietary department. Prepares reports and keeps accurate records. Trains dietary staff in sanitation, infection control and reading menus. Trains direct care staff as needed I dietary knowledge (such as food temperatures, serving sizes, sanitation/hygiene). Interviews applicant for dietary staff positions.  Attends in-service meeting and workshops.

Performs other related duties (such as prepares, serves food in the absence of dietary staff, assists with special projects).

At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees*. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website! Our benefits package includes:

• Medical Coverage
• Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
• Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
• Public Retirement Systems (such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS) & Optional Deferred Compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)

*Benefits eligibility is dependent on a number of factors. The Agency Contact listed above will be able to provide specific benefits information for this position.

Completion of 2 year training program in food service preparation or hospitality management technology or 2 years experience in food service preparation; 12 months training or 12 months experience in supervisory principles/techniques. 

-Or equivalent of the Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above. 

Job Skills: Food Services, Equipment Operations, Attention to Detail, Establishing Relationships

UNUSUAL WORKING CONDITIONS:

May be exposed to dangerous or hostile consumers, residents or youths; may work flexible work hours, rotating days &/or weekends.

The final candidate selected for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. Rule 5123:2-2-02, “Background Investigations for Employment,” outlines disqualifying offenses that will preclude an applicant from being employed by the Department of Developmental Disabilities. The State of Ohio is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of applicants or employees as defined in applicable federal law, state law, and any effective executive order. To request a reasonable accommodation due to disability, please contact the ADA Coordinator by email at [email protected]. 

The final applicant selected for this position will be required to submit to a urinalysis drug screen for illegal drug use prior to the appointment. An applicant with a positive test result will not be offered employment and will be barred from employment with the State of Ohio for 1 year.

Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a model employer of individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.

The State of Ohio is a drug-free workplace which prohibits the use of marijuana (recreational marijuana/non-medical cannabis). Please note, this position may be subject to additional restrictions pursuant to the State of Ohio Drug-Free Workplace Policy (HR-39), and as outlined in the posting.