Food Service Specialist 5

Food Service Specialist 5

Salary: $2,432.00 - $4,375.00 Monthly

Location: Jackson, LA

Job Type: Classified

Job Number: LVH213135FSS5

Department: DVA-LA Veterans Home

Opening Date: 09/22/2025

Closing Date: 9/27/2025 11:59 PM Central

About This Job

The mission of the Louisiana Veterans Homes is to primarily serve the veteran population of Louisiana by providing medical, restorative, and rehabilitative services in an atmosphere of respect and compassion. The primary objective of the home is to provide quality nursing care to eligible veterans, with the ultimate goal of returning them to the highest possible levels of physical and mental capacity. The Louisiana Veterans Homes is seeking a detail-oriented and organized Food Service Specialist 5 to assist with the management and operation of our Dietary department. This role is vital to ensuring supervision over basic-level food service preparation duties within the food service operation. The ideal candidate is a team player, willing to learn, maintain leadership skills and be able to maintain job requirements in a fast-paced environment. Join our dedicated team in serving those who served.

Minimum Qualifications

Three years of food service experience in a food service operation; OR Three years of training in food technology, food service management, or in a food service-related curriculum in a trade school or technical institute; OR Thirty-six semester hours in food and nutrition, dietetics, food service preparation, home economics, or hotel, food service, restaurant, or institutional management.

Job Duties

The Food Service Specialist 1/2/3 requires dietary work for the Louisiana Veterans' Home and will perform specific functions such as:

• Serves as shift supervisor of a food service operation and ensures that all duty stations are manned on an assigned shift.
• Checks menus for assigned meals and ensures all items needed are in stock.
• Obtains supplies from storage rooms; ensures that items are prepared, cooked, and served in accordance with standards of quality and quantity.
• Serves on interview panels when applicants apply for lower-level Food Service Specialist jobs.
• Monitors the cleanliness of the food service operation and ensures that it meets all sanitary codes.
• Evaluates performance of lower-level Food Service Specialists and approves their leave.

Position-Specific Details

Appointment Type: Probational

How To Apply

No Civil Service test score or assessment is required 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. *Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information

For further information about this vacancy, contact: Alexis Scott Louisiana Veterans Home/Human Resources Analyst alexis.scott4@la.gov 225-634-4350

Benefits

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 at https://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), Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org), Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others.

Required Question Employer State of Louisiana Address For agency contact information, please refer to the supplemental information above.