Food Service Specialist 5

<div style="text-align: center"><img src="https://secure.neogov.com/images/AgencyImages/jobposting/1546/jobpostings/image/20260219140503_LDVA Logo 2025.png" alt="20260219140503_LDVA Logo 2025.png" style="width: 300px" class="fr-fic fr-dii"></div><br><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: center"><em style="color: inherit; text-indent: 0"><em style="color: inherit; text-indent: 0">The mission of the Louisiana Veterans Homes is to primarily serve the veteran population of Louisiana by providing medical, restorative, and rehabilitative services in an atmosphere of respect and compassion. The primary objective of the home is to provide quality nursing care to eligible veterans, with the ultimate goal of returning them to the highest possible levels of physical and mental capacity.</em></em></div><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: center"><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"></div><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: center"><em style="color: inherit; text-indent: 0"><em style="color: inherit; text-indent: 0"><em style="color: inherit; text-indent: 0"><em><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0">The Louisiana Veterans Homes is seeking a detail-oriented and organized <strong>Food Service Specialist 5</strong> </span><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0">to assist with the management and operation of our Dietary department. This role is vital to ensuring their role in ensuring supervision<em style="color: inherit; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0">over basic<span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-indent: 0">-level food service preparation duties within the food service operation.&nbsp;</span></span></em><em style="color: inherit; text-align: center; text-indent: 0"><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0">The ideal candidate is a team player, willing to learn, maintain leadership skills, and be able to maintain job requirements in a fast-paced environment. Join our dedicated team in serving those who served.</span></em></span></em></em></em></em></div><div><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0">Three years of food service experience in a food service operation; OR</span><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0"><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0"><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0">Three years of training in food technology, food service management, or in a food service-related curriculum in a trade school or technical institute; OR</span><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0"><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0"><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0">Thirty-six semester hours in food and nutrition, dietetics, food service preparation, home economics, or hotel, food service, restaurant, or institutional management.</span></div>The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found <a href="https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=169540" target="_blank"><u>here</u>.</a><p style="margin: 0 0 8pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><u>Job Duties:</u></p><ul style="padding-left: 2rem; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><li><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-indent: 0">Serves as shift supervisor of a food service operation and ensures that all duty stations are manned on an assigned shift.</span></li><li><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><span style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Checks menus for assigned meals and ensures all items needed are in stock.</span><br style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"></span></li><li><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><span style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Obtains supplies from storage rooms; ensures that items are prepared, cooked, and served in accordance with standards of quality and quantity.</span><br style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"></span></li><li><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><span style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Serves on interview panels when applicants apply for lower-level Food Service Specialist jobs.</span><br style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"></span></li><li><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><span style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Monitors the cleanliness of the food service operation and ensures that it meets all sanitary codes.</span><br style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"></span></li><li><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><span style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Evaluates the performance of lower-level Food Service Specialists and approves their leave.</span></span></li><li><br></li></ul><p style="margin: 0 0 8pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><u>Position-Specific Details:</u></p><p style="margin: 0 0 8pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><strong style="font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Appointment Type:&nbsp;</strong><span style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Probational</span></p><span style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><strong style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0">Compensation:&nbsp;</strong><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0">The minimum hire rate for the Food Service Specialist 5 is $14.03/ hourly. There is also a $2/hour premium pay.</span></span><br><br><p style="margin: 0 0 8pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><u>How To Apply:</u></p><span style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><strong style="font-weight: 700">No Civil Service test&nbsp;</strong>score or assessment is required to be considered for this vacancy.</span><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><p style="margin: 0; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.</span></p><br><p style="margin: 0; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><strong style="font-weight: 700">*</strong>Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).<strong style="font-weight: 700">&nbsp;</strong>Resumes&nbsp;<u>will not&nbsp;</u>be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.</span></p><br><p style="margin: 5pt 0 10pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><u>Contact Information:</u></p><p style="margin: 0; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><strong style="font-weight: 700">For further information about this vacancy, contact:</strong></p><span style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Sycondria Wilson Brumfield,&nbsp;<span style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Human Resources Supervisor</span></span><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><span style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Louisiana Veterans Home</span><br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><div style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">4739 Highway 10</div><div style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Jackson, LA 70748</div><div style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">225-634-4350 (o)</div><div style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">225-634-4057 (f)</div><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><a style="color: inherit !important; text-decoration: underline !important">[email protected]</a>&nbsp;</div><br><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: center"><span style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><span style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><strong style="font-weight: 700">Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.</strong></span></span></span></div>