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FOOD SERVICE SPECIALIST 3 WAE

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FOOD SERVICE SPECIALIST 3 WAE

Salary

Depends on Qualifications

Location

Alexandria, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

CLSSC-5/20/25-SO-FSS-WAE

Department

LDH-Office for Citizens with Development Disabilities

Opening Date

05/20/2025

Closing Date

5/26/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

The position is located with Central Louisiana Supports and Services Center.

This is a Classified WAE appointment. A classified WAE appointment is a temporary appointment of an employee to fill a position in the classified service for a limited period of time and hours in order to address filling the position in a regular manner or to address an emergency or work overload situation. The classified WAE position cannot exceed 1245 hours during a twelve (12) month period.

Classified When Actually Employed (WAE) Appointment

Pay range: When an appointing authority makes a classified WAE appointment, he may set the pay of the employee at any rate in the range.

Shift Differential (for actual hours worked)

2nd shift evenings 2pm-10:30pm$0.90

3rd shift Nights 10pm-6:30am$0.50

All shifts Weekends/Holidays$0.50

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

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.

* Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. *

There is no guarantee that everyone who applies to this posting will be interviewed.

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Central Louisiana Supports and Services Center

Human Resources

5400 Coliseum Blvd

Alexandria, LA 71306

318-487-5484

Minimum Qualifications

One year of food service experience in a food service operation; OR

One year of training in food technology, food service management, or in a food service-related curriculum in a trade school or technical institute; OR

Twelve semester hours in food and nutrition, dietetics, food service preparation, home economics, or hotel, food service, restaurant, or institutional management.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere.

Job Duties and Other Information

COOKING DUTIES:

Serves as advanced level cook.

Performs the full range of cooking duties within a food service operation.

Estimates food needs and requisitions, receives, and distributes food supplies to subordinate cooks.

Plans and directs the preparation of foods for immediate consumption and preservation of foods for future use.

Performs work involving the use of high heat, open flames, and steam, and is exposed to harsh chemicals, gases, and cleansers.

Reports to supervisors any unsafe working conditions and defective equipment.

BAKING DUTIES:

Serves as baker in a food service section.

Oversees assistants in mixing, kneading, and preparation of bread, rolls, biscuits, cakes, and pastries.

Estimates ingredients and requisitions supplies; receives and distributes supplies to subordinates.

Inspects bakery supplies for conformance to specifications and assesses quality and adherence to quality required.

Assumes complete responsibility for preparation and production of all baked items in accordance with menus prepared by registered dietitians.

Calculates and adjusts recipes according to production requirements and accurately weighs and measures all ingredients to ensure conformity of products.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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