FOOD Services Specialist

Food Service Contract Manager

The primary purpose of this position is to manage food operations office and serve as the Contract Officers' Representative (COR) for a full food service contract, exercising technical oversight and providing surveillance over all appropriated fund contracted food service activities of Goodfellow Air Force Base.

Responsibilities include:

• Planning, directing, and accomplishing the operation and management of the Food Service Branch.
• Researching, interpreting, and applying Air Force instructions, pamphlets and manuals, directives, operating instructions, technical and trade publications and accepted food management practices.
• Providing technical oversight and overseeing surveillance over full food service contract.
• Serving as the COR over $4.7M annual food service contract.
• Monitoring customer feedback and using customer feedback and no-notice inspections to assess program effectiveness.
• Preparing, coordinating and serving on the Base Menu Review Board and representing the base food services at other boards and meetings.
• Developing, recommending, justifying and submitting current and long-range plans for facilities and equipment.
• Monitoring facility usage.

Requirements include:

• Meeting the requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Administrative and Management Positions.
• Specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-07 or equivalent in other pay systems.
• Knowledge of agency food service contract management procedures and general business practices related to the management of Air Force food service contracts.
• Knowledge and skill in directing the application and quality assurance of a $16.2M Food Service Contract.
• Knowledge of Contract audit requirement and in overseeing and conducting regular evaluating the results, determining the feasibility of necessary improvement and scheduling and coordinating the corrective actions.
• Knowledge of agency funding policies and procedures and skill in control of food service expenditures.
• Knowledge, skill, and ability to assure methods of food storage, stock control, food handling, food preparation, food sanitation, identify customer preferences, and food service production.
• Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related.
• Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities include:

• Knowledge of food service operations to include standards and AFI's.
• Managing multi-food service facilities to include menu planning, scheduling of personnel, contract surveillance, ground safety, food security, accounting, nutrition, and serving of food.
• Ability to work harmoniously with military and civilian personnel from diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to interpret and apply public law, policy, and DOD/MAJCOM directives.
• Knowledge of appropriated funding budget and food service systems.
• Knowledge of computer hardware and software; Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office Suite.