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Posted: March 23, 2026 (4 days ago)

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Supervisory Food Services Administrator (Food Service Administrator)

Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System

Department of Justice

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Salary

$106,437 - $138,370

per year

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April 13, 2026More DOJ jobs →

Job Description

Summary

This job involves overseeing the daily preparation and serving of meals for inmates in a federal prison, including special diets for medical or religious needs, while managing budgets, equipment, and staff to ensure smooth operations.

It also requires maintaining security and understanding prison rules to keep the environment safe.

A good fit would be someone with experience in large-scale food service management, like in hospitals or institutions, who is organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable in a high-security setting.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience in food service planning, layout design, and equipment determination
  • Experience providing specialized programs such as satellite feeding, medical/religious diets, and vocational training
  • Supervisory experience operating large subsistence storerooms, coolers, and monitoring product quality upon delivery
  • Skills in developing budget estimates, requesting funds, and monitoring expenditures for a food service department
  • Knowledge of custody, discipline methods, and Bureau of Prisons policies, rules, and procedures
  • Responsibility for maintaining institutional security as a primary duty, performed regularly

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 position.

OR 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 knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled.

Such experience must have demonstrated: Experience in planning the layout and design of the department and determining equipment requirements.

Experience in providing specialized programs and functions such as satellite feeding, medical/religious diets, and vocational training.

Experience in supervising the operation of a large subsistence storeroom plus large meat and vegetable coolers and monitoring the quality and condition of the products upon delivery.

Experience in developing detailed estimates and initial requests for funds required to operate the department and monitoring the expenditure of all funds.

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:

Serves under the supervision of the Associate Warden. Responsible for the preparation and serving of all inmate meals (to include medical, religious and regular diets) on a daily basis.

Helps develop, maintain, and monitor goals and objectives established to accomplish the Food Service mission of the Bureau of Prisons.

Must know and understand the methods and objectives of custody and discipline as it applies to inmates and must also be familiar with Bureau and institutional policies, rules, procedures and practices.

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

The staff 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: 3/23/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/24/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: NCR-2026-0227