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Food Services Director 3

State of Iowa | IA

Posted Date 6/15/2025
Description Direct and manage the Dietary Department of the Iowa State Penitentiary in meal preparation, so that the nutritional needs of the incarcerated Individuals at ISP are met, in compliance with the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals - Health Care Division, American Corrections Association, Department of Health and other state and federal standards.

Recruit, hire, supervise and evaluate Correctional Food Service Coordinators and incarcerated individuals assigned to the Dietary Department.
Provide management and leadership to all aspects of the ISP Dietary Department.
This includes but not limited to: developing menus in compliance with the DOC Master Menu, monitoring quality of meals, monitoring the safety and sanitation of the kitchen, monitoring food inventories and order as needed, monitoring dietary supply inventories and order as needed, providing the required reporting to the DOC.

Provide management and leadership to all aspects of the ISP Supply Warehouse.
This includes but not limited to: monitoring the safety and sanitation of the warehouse, monitoring inventory levels, and review and approval of supply inventory purchase requests.
Graduation from an accredited college or university with major coursework in food management, nutrition, dietetics, or a related field and experience equal to four years of full-time professional food services work, two years of which were in the capacity of directing or assisting in the direction of a large food services operation in a commercial, military, or institutional setting;

OR

an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting 30 semester hours of graduate level education with major coursework in one of the above mentioned fields for each year of the required experience to a maximum substitution of two years;

OR

an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting supervisory food services experience for the required education on a year-for-year basis to a maximum of four years;

OR

employees with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes experience equal to eighteen months of full-time work as a Food Services Director 2;

OR

employees with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes experience equal to thirty months of full-time work as a Food Services Assistant Director, Food Services Director 1, or Therapeutic Dietitian.

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Salary67,350.40 - 104,187.20 Annual
Field
Corrections

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