Food Service Specialist 7 (Dietary Manager)

<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><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0">The Louisiana Veterans Homes is seeking a detail-oriented and organized <strong style="font-weight: 700">Food Service Specialist 7</strong><strong style="font-weight: 700">&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0">to oversee and manage the operation of our Dietary department. This role is vital to ensuring the provision of&nbsp;<span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-indent: 0">nutritional care in health and disease, and in a general clinical and/or production area.</span></span></em></em><em style="color: inherit; text-indent: 0"><em><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;The ideal candidate will have strong inventory management skills, supervisory experience, and the ability to maintain accurate records in a fast-paced environment. Join our dedicated team in serving those who served.</span></em></em></div><br><div><span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0">Four 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">Four 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">Forty-eight 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=169560" target="_blank"><u>here</u>.</a><div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><p style="margin: 0 0 8pt"><u>Job Duties:</u></p><p style="margin: 0 0 8pt"><span style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">-Independently directs the work of the food service operation on all shifts in the proper preparation and service of food within established budgetary guidelines.</span><br style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><br 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)">-Directs all personnel activities (hiring, interviewing, training, scheduling, promotions, performance evaluation) for employees within the food service operation.</span><br style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><br 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)">-Oversees expenditures in food and labor to meet profit objectives.</span><br style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><br 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)">-Evaluates and recommends changes within food service operations in order to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the operation.</span><br style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><br 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)">-Directs the ordering of foods and supplies as needed.</span><br style="font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><br 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)">-Determines and issues the food to be prepared.</span></p><br><p style="margin: 0 0 8pt"><u>Position-Specific Details:</u></p><p style="margin: 0 0 8pt"><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(223, 53, 12, 1)"><strong style="font-weight: 700">*Dietary Manager Certification may be required prior to appointment*</strong></span><br><br><p style="margin: 0 0 8pt"><u>How To Apply:</u></p><p style="margin: 0 0 8pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><strong style="font-weight: 700; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-indent: 0">No Civil Service test&nbsp;</strong><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-indent: 0">score or assessment is required to be considered for this vacancy.</span></p><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><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 <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><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></div>