Food Service Coordinator (Cook 1)

Prepare food items for meals within jail facilities and oversees inmates assigned to assist with preparation. Demonstrates proper cooking and measuring methods to inmates. Monitors use of cooking tools and their proper return by inmates. Assures cleanliness of work area.

Oversees inmates and assists in washing dishes and pots and pans. Assures that kitchen is kept tidy and in operating order for oncoming cooks. Records each meal count in logbook.

Other duties as assigned.

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs.

• Add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers.
• Ability to pass a pre-assignment medical examination and annual re-examinations per Ohio Administrative Code 5120:1-8-10(G).

Knowledge of safety practices. Skill in operation of kitchen equipment. Ability to understand system of procedures. Ability to lift up to 50 pounds multiple times per shift.

Ability to walk, stand, or sit for extended or intermittent periods of time.

Sheriff’s Office Core Competencies

1. Commitment to Organizational Culture: Works with intention to support and promote organizational culture, transforms operational philosophy into action. Emphasizes service, collaboration, and integrity.
2. Emotional Intelligence: Self-awareness, expressiveness, empathy, authenticity, sympathy, emotional connection with others to create trust.
3. Integrity and Credibility: Walks the talk, knows what's right and does it. Effectively applies values and principles in specific situations. Encourages others to behave with integrity.
4. Teamwork and Cooperation: Crossing boundaries, coordinating groups, makes effective use of all available talent, focused on serving the public together.

Corrections Specific Core Competencies

1. Analytic Thinking / Problem Solving: Problem solving, on-the-spot decision making, investigations, evaluating reports and statistics, assessing threats, crime pattern analysis, information seeking, and assessing people’s abilities.
2. Attention to Quality & Order: Maintains or increases order in the environment, values accuracy, and quality, and seek clarity in roles and functions.
3. Conflict Management: Respectful, facilitates rather than driving or manipulating, focuses on solutions, focuses on people, and seeks long lasting outcomes.
4. Impact and Influence: Communication that gains others’ support, constant interpretation to others, educating others, persuading others who have fixed ways.
5. Initiative and Time Management: Self-directed, perseverance, persistence, and sets own goals. Sees the job through.
6. Interpersonal Skills / Active Listening: Communicates effectively with others, crosses boundaries, initiates relationships, is focused on serving the public together.