Food Services Officer

Organization: Ministry of the Solicitor General

City: Napanee

Job term: 3 Temporary Irregular/OnCall, 0-40 hours/week (with possible extension)

Job code: C50214 – Cook 2 (COR)

Salary: $25.62 – $27.70 Per hour*

*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.

Apply by: Thursday, March 20, 2025 11:59 pm EDT

The Ontario Public Service (OPS) is one of the largest employers in the province, with a wide range of exciting career opportunities. We believe in the core values of trust, fairness, diversity, excellence, creativity, collaboration, efficiency and responsiveness. We are committed to being an employer of first choice, creating a positive and inclusive work environment.

Are you an experienced cook ready to apply your skills in a large-volume cooking operation? If so, bring your culinary expertise to this position at the Quinte Detention Centre with the Ministry of the Solicitor General.

Please note:

• This position requires working with and providing direction to inmate helpers.

About the job:

1. Ensure the efficient, economical production of meals on an assigned shift.
2. Ensure meals are prepared to accepted standards, on time, and cleanliness, safety and security are maintained in the kitchen.
3. Prepare a wide variety of foods including complete meals, restricted diets, salads, snacks, and beverages through standard volume cooking and baking methods, portion control, presentation and service.
4. Assist in maintaining a daily food item inventory of supplies for pre-determined menus and making alterations or substitutions as required.
5. Orient and provide instruction and direction to kitchen inmate helpers.

What you bring to the team:

Mandatory requirements:

• You have a Cook’s certificate issued by appropriate Ministry or demonstrated equivalent acceptable experience in volume cooking.

Food Services Knowledge and Skills:

• You have knowledge of volume cooking/baking methods and safety principles.

• You can prepare and assemble a high volume of meals.

• You have knowledge and experience with various diets (i.e. lifestyle, medical, religious).

• You have knowledge of food safety practices.

• You have knowledge of health and safety practices and standards.

• You have demonstrated ability to understand and follow organizational policies/protocols in order to acquire knowledge of institutional policies and maintain safety and security of kitchen.

Communication and Team Leadership Skills:

• You can work with staff, inmate helpers, and service providers to address issues.

• You have team leadership skills to provide instruction and direction to kitchen helpers and inmate helpers in cooking methods and kitchen cleanliness and appraise performance.

• You have written communication skills to prepare various reports.

Other Essential Skills:

• You have analytical and problem-solving skills to identify, assess, and resolve equipment/appliance malfunctions, supply shortage, sanitation and hygiene control, and food service issues.

• You have basic computer skills to input, track and record data.

Don’t meet every qualification?

If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!

How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility:

We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario’s Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

Additional information:

3 English Temporary – Irregular On-Call, duration up to 6 months, 89 Richmond Blvd, Napanee, East Region, Vulnerable Sector Check, Credit History Check, Local Police Databases Search, PIP/NICHE/RMS.

Work hours: Schedule 4-7.

Category: Corrections and Enforcement.

Note:

About security checks:

A criminal or other federal offence record does not automatically disqualify you from the position. We consider each situation based on the position’s responsibilities.

If a check is needed and you’ve lived outside of Canada in the past 5 years for 6 or more months in a row, or if you are not a Canadian resident, you’ll need to provide an out-of-country police clearance certificate from the country you lived in.

Employment screening checks are only reviewed and evaluated by the Transition and Security Office, which also maintains them and keeps them strictly confidential.