CORRECTIONAL DIETARY MANAGER General

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A Correctional Dietary Manager General is the managerial level of work directing the food service program at a correctional institution which involves the security custody and supervision of adult inmates who prepare and serve meals. This position, under the direction of the Correctional Dietary Regional Manager, provides direct overall supervision for the institutional dietary department. This includes menu adjustment in coordination with the Registered Dietitians from Headquarter, and the DPSCS Registered Dietitian; purchasing, storage, production, service of food, and supplies for the dietary department, supervision of special meals, and the need to assure compliance with DPSCS, COMAR, ACA, and Health Department regulations and sanitation requirements.

Education:   A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in food service management, nutrition, dietetics, home economics, business administration, public administration or a closely related field.

Experience: Three years of supervisory experience in a large-scale food service operation in an institutional, commercial, industrial or similar organization.

Notes:

1. Candidates may substitute additional experience on a year-for-year basis for the required education.

2. Candidates may substitute a Master's degree from an accredited college or university in food service management, dietetics, nutrition, home economics, business administration, public administration or a closely related field for two years of the required experience.

3. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience in correctional institutional specialty codes in the criminal justice field of work at a rate of two years of military experience for the required experience.

NOT APPLICABLE. 

1. Employees who have not already done so must meet the required selection standards and successfully complete the training prescribed by the Maryland Correctional Training Commission for a Correctional Officer during their probationary period, (Correctional Services Article, Section 8-209). Selection standards for correctional officer training are listed in detail in the Code of Maryland Regulations Title 12, Subtitle 10, Chapter 01 and include the following:

U.S. Citizenship or Resident Alien status
Must be at least 21 years of age
A completed background investigation
Oral interview
Physical examination.

2. Employees in this classification are subject to call-in 24 hours a day and, therefore, must provide the employing agency with a telephone number where they can be reached.

3. Employees in this classification are subject to substance abuse testing in accordance with Code of Maryland Regulations 17.04.09, Testing for Illegal Use of Drugs.