Job Description

Apply By: Monday, August 4, 2025 11:59 pm EDT

Food Services Manager

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Job ID:

231972

Posting status:

Open

Organization:

Ministry of the Solicitor General

Division:

Correctional Services / Institutions

City:

Maidstone

Position(s) language:

English

Job term:

1 Permanent

Job code:

R07156 - Management Correctional 7

Salary:

$75,143.00 - $105,055.00 Per year


Are you passionate about food services and looking for a leadership role in a dynamic environment? The Food Services Manager position at the Government of Ontario offers an exciting opportunity to oversee and evaluate the food services operation within a secure custody facility. You will be responsible for planning and administering daily meal preparation and distribution, ensuring dietary needs are met, and maintaining high standards of hygiene and safety. This role involves supervising and training staff, managing inventory, and liaising with various departments to ensure smooth operations. If you have a knack for organization, a commitment to quality, and a desire to make a difference, this position is perfect for you.



As a Food Services Manager, you will play a crucial role in maintaining the efficiency and effectiveness of the kitchen operations. You will develop and implement methods for proper food preparation, portion control, and waste management, ensuring compliance with public health standards. Your responsibilities will also include managing budgets, preparing reports, and contributing to strategic planning. This role offers the chance to work closely with senior management, health care, and chaplain services to meet the diverse dietary needs of the facility. If you are ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role, to join our team and help us deliver high-quality food services.

About the Division:

The Correctional Services Division of the Ministry of the Solicitor General is responsible for maintaining and operating provincial correctional institutions for adult offenders, 18 years and over, who are serving a sentence of up to two years less a day or who are awaiting criminal proceedings. This ministry is also responsible for the community supervision of persons on probation, conditional sentences, and provincial parole.

About the job

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Leadership in the Ontario Public Service



A leadership career in the Ontario Public Service offers meaningful opportunities to lead impactful projects, collaborate with diverse teams, and shape policies, programs and services that positively influence the lives of millions of Ontarians, all within a supportive and inclusive work environment. Our leaders enjoy comprehensive benefit plans, a robust pension program, and challenging and rewarding work that will keep you motivated and fulfilled.



What can I expect to do in this role?



Create the Work Environment

In the Ontario Public Service, we hold our leaders to the highest standards, expecting them to embody authenticity, accountability, and courage in every action and decision. It will be your responsibility to create a work environment and team culture that ignites innovation, nurtures collaboration and champions inclusivity by creating a diverse, anti-racist and accessible workplace that is free from discrimination and harassment. By aligning your choices with these values, you will create a vibrant work environment where every individual can thrive.



Deliver on Business Goals and Priorities

Your leadership will be crucial in guiding the team towards the achievement of their business goals. It will be your responsibility to inspire and motivate your team to deliver their best performance and align the team's daily actions with the strategic vision of the ministry. As the Food Services Manager, you will:

Plan, supervise and coordinate food preparation, production, and delivery for the institution. Oversee ordering requirements, maintain inventories of food supplies, and authorize payment of monthly billings. Plan and post weekly menus using a computerized food services software. Establish and implement effective and efficient food preparation and production methods. Inspect kitchen, dishwashing, and distribution areas to ensure cleanliness and a pest-free environment. Conduct inspections of equipment to ensure proper and safe operation, storage, waste management, and compliance with Public Health standards. Prepare and assume responsibility for the food services operating budget. Provide supervision, direction and training to staff and inmate helpers. Maintain data and records of meals served, including number and types of special diets/meals ordered and provided, and daily usage and losses.

What you bring to the team

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Management and Leadership Skills

You have demonstrated the leadership behaviors, attributes, and mindsets to lead the OPS into the future. You can manage and coordinate the overall kitchen and food services operations, and provide technical, administrative and operational direction to staff. You can provide effective financial, material, and human resources management. You support a values-based, inclusive, and engaged team environment. You assign and coordinate work, evaluate performance, identify staff training needs and resolve or escalates employee relations matters.
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Knowledge and Experience

You have knowledge of food services management, including cooking and preparation methods and procedures, cost control, menu planning principles, restricted diet and basic nutrition, meat preparation, and equipment operation and care. You have experience working in a large food production facility. You can interpret and apply legislation, policies and procedures related to food services, nutrition and waste management.
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Analytical Thinking, Planning and Coordination Skills

You can identify and resolve a range of food services operational issues. You can coordinate a wide range of activities in the kitchen, analyze food inventory and food service needs, and develop processes to enhance service delivery. You can produce detailed and complex records and reports.
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Communication and Interpersonal Skills

You can communicate effectively with senior management, institutional staff, suppliers, and stakeholders to exchange information, solve problems, and provide effective service. You can provide technical expertise and guidance to staff and inmate helpers.

Don't meet every qualification?

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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

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The Ontario Public Service (OPS) is an innovative, responsive and accountable public service that works hard to be diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable. Diversifying leadership is a top priority for the OPS. Our goal is to achieve parity with the Ontario labour force by 2025 for the most under-represented groups (Indigenous, racialized and persons with disabilities) on our leadership teams.



The OPS invites all interested individuals to apply. As an organization that promotes equity and diversity, the OPS encourages applications from Indigenous, Black, racialized individuals, and persons with disabilities.



The OPS is an accessible employer and we offer accommodation in all aspects of employment, including the recruitment process.



Visit the OPS Anti-Racism Policy, the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint, and the Multi-Year Accessibility Plan to learn more about the OPS commitment to advancing racial equity, accessibility, diversity and inclusion in the public service.

Additional information:

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Apply by:

Monday, August 4, 2025 11:59 pm EDT

Position details:

1 English Permanent, 4819 8th Concession Rd, RR3, Maidstone, West Region, Vulnerable Sector Check, Credit History Check, Local Police Databases Search, PIP/NICHE/RMS

Compensation group:

Management Compensation Plan

Work hours:

Schedule 6

Category:

Management and General

Posted on:

Monday, July 21, 2025

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.
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How to apply:

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You must apply online.

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Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.

Read the job description to make sure you understand this job.

OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.

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Language requirements and assessment:

All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matiere de langue et evaluation:

Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichees en francais et en anglais. Consultez la section Langue du ou des postes en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaitre les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont evalues en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/francais), vous devrez egalement passer un test de competences linguistiques en francais.

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