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Correctional Food Service Coordinator

State of Iowa | IA

Posted Date 6/18/2025
Description Join the Team at Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility and Make a Difference!

Are you passionate about making a positive impact? Do you possess strong leadership skills and a commitment to excellence? If so, we invite you to consider a rewarding career opportunity as a Correctional Food Service Coordinator at the State of Iowa's Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility (MPCF).

About Us:
At Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility, we're on a mission—Helping People Become Their Best.
We're on the lookout for a dedicated individual to join our team and play a crucial role in training and supervising incarcerated individuals in meal production, safe food handling, and clean-up in a secure and supportive environment.

Your Impact:
• Lead a dynamic team of 35 incarcerated individuals in the bakery, kitchen, and dining hall areas.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety codes, elevating food handling, cooking, and serving techniques.
• Serve meals with precision, following schedules, policies, and procedures.
• Manage inventory seamlessly, from ordering to issuing supplies for meal production.
• Weigh and measure ingredients daily for culinary excellence.
• Deliver food and supplies to alternate serving locations.
• Monitor and reward positive conduct, fostering a responsible and respectful environment.
• Communicate professionally with incarcerated individuals and staff.

Preferred Characteristics:
• Large-scale food production and service expertise.
• Strong grasp of sanitary food preparation practices.
• Team-oriented mindset with adaptability and motivation.
• Exercise good judgment, decisiveness, and creativity.
• Exceptional training and leadership skills.

What We Offer:
• Thrive in a collaborative, respectful team environment where your contributions matter.
• Engage in professional development and personal growth opportunities.
• Stay active in our on-site fitness room, promoting work-life balance.

As a State of Iowa Employee, enjoy:
• Robust benefits, including excellent health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous paid time off, including vacation, paid holidays, and unlimited sick leave accrual.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for medical and dependent care.
• Prepare for the future with the IPERS retirement package, as well as an optional deferred compensation plan.
• Employee Assistance Programs and Discount Programs for support.

Apply Now and start a fulfilling career journey with Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility. We can't wait to welcome you to our team!Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:
  1. Two years of full-time work experience in mass food production in a commercial, military, hospital, or institutional food services setting.
  2. A total of two years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in number one), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in dietetics, nutrition, food management or a closely related equals one year of full-time experience.
  3. Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes one year of full-time work as a Cook 1, Cook 2, or Baker.

For additional information, please click on this link to view the job description.Within a period of time after hire, as determined by the appointing authority, employees in this class may be required to obtain a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) and endorsements.
Salary49,400.00 - 72,612.80 Annual
Field
Corrections

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