Corrections Food Service Instructor - SCI Waymart

About the role

Are you a highly energetic, enthusiastic, self-motivated individual with a passion for the food service industry? Are you interested in leading inmate workers in food service operations? The Department of Corrections (DOC), State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Waymart is seeking a Corrections Food Service Instructor to join our dynamic team of instructors. If you have the required experience and have a desire to help inmates in becoming skilled in a trade, the DOC wants you to apply today!

The Corrections Food Service Instructor leads inmate workers in food service operations while supporting safe, efficient meal production at SCI Waymart. This position provides vocational instruction, monitors food service activities, and maintains accountability within assigned work areas. As a Corrections Food Service Instructor, you will perform the following duties:

• Vocational Training: Teach inmates food preparation, production, service, baking, and proper workplace practices through hands-on instruction
• Meal Preparation: Guide meal preparation according to recipes and ensure food is prepared and served on schedule
• Safety Oversight: Inspect food service areas, equipment, and food to ensure compliance with established safety and sanitation standards
• Inventory Control: Review menus and population counts, adjust recipes, receive supplies, and follow first-in, first-out storage procedures
• Work Assignment Management: Plan inmate work assignments, evaluate performance, and maintain required inmate worker records
• Inmate Supervision: Maintain care, custody, and control of inmates during food service work activities

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information

• Full-time employment
• Work hours to be determined, 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM or 4:00 AM to 12:00 pm with rotating days off.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements

• Two years of experience in food preparation, production, or service of a variety of complete meal menus in an institutional food service operation, food catering service, restaurant, or in a similar large-scale food production operation; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

Additional Requirements

• Successful completion of basic training in Elizabethtown, PA is required.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Legal Requirements

• You must pass a background investigation and meet Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance requirements.

How to Apply

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

Veterans

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS)

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

Additional information

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.