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Food Services Specialist (Assistant Food Service Administrator)

Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System

Department of Justice

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Salary

$91,205 - $118,569

per year

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March 26, 2026More DOJ jobs →

Job Description

Summary

This job involves managing food services in a federal prison, including planning meals, overseeing preparation and serving for large groups of inmates, and ensuring everything meets safety and security standards.

The role supports the overall food operations at a correctional complex, handling special diets and remote deliveries while prioritizing institution security.

It's a good fit for someone with hands-on experience in large-scale food service and leadership in a structured environment like hospitality or institutional settings.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience in preparing and serving food in mass quantities for large groups
  • Experience planning, controlling, and evaluating food service operations, including budget management
  • Knowledge of establishing standards for sanitation, safety, and security in food services
  • Skills in developing menus and evaluating food quality and inmate acceptance
  • Experience supervising inmate training and activities in food preparation
  • Ability to coordinate food preparation and serving across various facility areas, including special housing units
  • Commitment to maintaining institution security as a primary responsibility

Full Job Description

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements: Education: There is no substitution of education for specialized experience for this grade level.

Specialized Experience: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level.

To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to successfully perform the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled.

Qualifying specialized experience must have involved preparing and serving food in mass quantities for large groups of people.

Some examples of this qualifying experience are: Experience with planning, controlling, and evaluating department operations such as managing budget resources for anticipated and atypical expenses for the Food Service Department; establishing standards of sanitation, safety and security; developing menus and evaluating inmate acceptance of food quantity and quality.

Experience in supervising and inspecting the inmate training activities carried out by subordinates; making suggestions on technique improvements and evaluating the adequacy of instructions.

Experience with the coordination of all phases of food preparation to assure meals are properly prepared and served to include such remote areas as Health Services, Receiving and Discharge, and the Special Housing Units.

Experience in a wide variety of duties which include several specialized programs and functions including medical and religious diets, ethnic food preparation, satellite operations, and warehousing operations; each of which requires some difference in approach, procedures, and techniques.

If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.

**Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.** Major Duties:

Position is located at a Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) which consists of multiple institutions composed of various security levels.

Serves as an Assistant Food Service Administrator and is in complete charge of the institution's food service operations in the facility they are assigned, under the guidance of the overall complex Food Service Administrator.

Assists in planning, controlling, and evaluating department operations such as managing budget resources for anticipated and atypical expenses for the Food Service Department; establishing standards of sanitation, safety and security; developing menus and evaluating inmate acceptance of food quantity and quality.

Responsible for the coordination of all phases of food preparation to assure the meals are properly prepared and served to include such remote areas as Health Services, Receiving and Discharge, and the Special Housing Units.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution.

The staffs correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/5/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/6/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: WRO-2026-0086