Correctional Food Service Manager lll - Granville Correctional

Agency

Adult Correction

Division

COO - OPS - Institutions Operations

Job Classification Title

Correctional Food Service Manager III (S)

Position Number

60063513

Grade

NC11

About Us

The NC Department of Adult Correction is one of the largest state agencies with more than 14,000 employees. It is responsible for safeguarding and preserving lives and property through prevention, protection, and preparation as well as the care, custody, and supervision of all adults sentenced for violating North Carolina laws. This department includes state prisons with custody, healthcare, and facility operations staff as well as probation/parole officers who supervised sentenced people in the community. Other divisions include Administration, Health Services, Rehabilitation & Reentry, Special Operations and the Post-Release Supervision & Parole Commission. We have a mission that matters!

Description of Work

Employees in this class manage a large-scale food operation, which serves between 2,000 and over 4,000 meals per day. Employees direct the preparation and serving of food to inmates at the largest, most complex correctional facilities. Work involves the supervision of staff and inmates and the performance of responsibilities in all phases of food management. The prison facilities where these employees work typically have: more than fifty inmate workers assigned to the kitchen, restrictive housing, medical acuity inmates, large numbers of therapeutic and religious diets, and produce and feed kosher meals. These facilities may have: a processing unit, death row, a school lunch program, and off site feeding, such as to a lower custody level, jail, or to other off site locations. This role is differentiated from other Correctional Food Service Managers due to the large variety of diets prepared, and the number of meals served. Employees in this class are responsible for significant planning as related to food ordering, menu planning, service production schedules, and making staffing assignments and schedules. Employees have oversight over food production work rules, methods, and procedures.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities/Management Preferences

This position’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Providing supervision for Correctional Food Service Supervisors.
2. Providing oversight of offenders performing large-scale food activities.
3. Supervising the preparation and service of regular and therapeutic diets for the offender population.
4. Planning, directing, and supervising the daily preparation and serving of food to offenders.
5. Daily work includes food preparation, serving, storage, menu planning, menu substitutions, and maintaining sanitation requirements.
6. Performing required recordkeeping.
7. Using computerized food and nutrition systems to prepare and serve daily meals.
8. Conducting employee work appraisals.

This is a full-time position (40 hours per week) with State Benefits.

Note to Current State Employees:

The salary grade for this position is NC11 Salary Range: $ 43,738 - $ 76,542. State employees are encouraged to apply for positions of interest even if the salary grade is the same as, or lower than, their current position.  If selected for this position, a new salary will be recalculated taking into consideration the quantity of relevant education and experience, funding availability, and internal equity.  Based upon these factors, a pay increase MAY result.

About Granville Correctional Institution: 

Granville Correctional Institution houses offenders in both single cells and dormitories. When the facility opened in 1997, its main mission was to process newly admitted youthful offenders between the ages of 19 and 21. The prison also houses offenders that participate in job assignments and other programs. It is a close-custody prison, but it is also approved to house offenders assigned to maximum control, intensive control, disciplinary segregation and safekeeping status.

The prison's high-security maximum control unit (HCON) opened in October 1998. This high-security concept in correctional design is intended for the state's most violent and assaultive offenders. The "Supermax" (HCON) unit in Butner was the first of its kind in North Carolina.

Due to the demand of prison space, in 2003, the facility's age criteria for offenders changed from 18-21 to 19-25. In October 2005, the facility changed its name from Polk Youth Institution to Polk Correctional Institution to reflect this older population, including the HCON unit.

Polk Correctional Institution officially opened November 15, 1997 when offenders were transferred to the new facility. The new prison in Butner replaced an old unit on Blue Ridge Road in Raleigh. The original Polk facility acquired its name in 1920 from Col. William Polk, a decorated officer in the Revolutionary War. It was built on the grounds of Camp Polk, a U.S. Army tank base during World War I. Initially, inmates farmed the site. On Oct. 4, 2021, the facility's name was changed to Granville Correctional Institution.

Management Preferences:

Effective July 1, 2025, candidates now meet the minimum qualifications of a position if they have the minimum education and experience listed from the class specification. The knowledge, skills, and abilities listed in the vacancy announcement should be used as management preferences and be used to screen for the most qualified pool of applicants.

Management Preferences:

• Documented experience in sanitation, preparing menus, managing inventory, and/or other large-scale food service production activities.

• Documented supervision of employees and/or offender workers.

Minimum Education and Experience

Some state job postings say you can qualify by an “equivalent combination of education and experience.” If that language appears below, then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience, OR a combination of both. See the Education and Experience Equivalency Guide for details.

High school or General Educational Development (GED) diploma and six years of experience in institutional food preparation and food services, in management of a commercial food service operations, or three years as a Correctional Food Service Supervisor; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Necessary Special Qualifications Must be eligible for certification by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education & Training Standards Commission.

EEO Statement

The State of North Carolina is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees with a work environment free from all forms of unlawful employment discrimination, harassment, or retaliation. The state provides reasonable accommodation to employees and applicants with disabilities; known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; and for religious beliefs, observances, and practices.

Recruiter:

Santino East

Email:

[email protected]