Culinary Manager/Program Specialist II

About the job

Do you have excellent leadership ability? Can you build cohesive and collaborative teams who will overcome constraints to achieve their own goals, while also serving others to help them achieve positive outcomes for themselves and their areas/divisions? The Utah Department of Corrections is looking for these and other leadership attributes, as well as a motivated, hardworking leader with first-hand food service and supervisory experience. We are looking to promote an exceptional leader to the exciting new Food Service Manager (Program Specialist II) position at the Utah State Department of Corrections. Under the direction of support services leadership, the Food Service Manager will manage a UDC central prison food service inmate work program and operation. This is a senior level job requiring expert level knowledge of food service operations and an inmate work program. The Food Service Manager will develop and maintain cooperative relationships with all UDC divisions, as well as other state, local and private stakeholders. The Food Service Manager will also be required to supervise subordinate employees. This includes managing other UDC employees who supervise inmates in a prison work program. This job is NOT public safety certified and does not require peace officer status or certification.