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Food Service Worker Leader
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
On-site Montrose, NY $27.7 – $32.3/hr Apply by Jun 22, 2026 Food Service Working ESFJESFPISFJISTJ Hospitality
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Nutrition and Food Service at VA Hudson Valley seeks a Food Service Worker Leader for food production and service at the Montrose VA Medical Center. The role leads Wage Grade staff in food service and production units, using judgment to plan and organize work. The leader must understand all types of diets, including modified and combination diets.
What You'll Do
- →Training: Responsible for training Food Service employees in the Food Service and Production Section.
- →Trains lower grade employees and provides on-the-job training of new Food Service and Production employees as requested by the immediate supervisor.
- →Trains lower grade employees in safe food handling practices, utilizing programs training programs approved by the FDA Food Code, i.e.
- →Trains new employees in departmental standard operating procedures.
- →Trains in continuing and new education in food safety, service techniques, customer service and Nutrition and Food Service policy.
- →Utilizes various training media to deliver necessary training.
- →Leading Work: Encourages and coordinates employees to fully utilize their time and to fulfill their assigned tasks in an efficient and satisfactory manner.
- →Works with employees in planning and organizing duties to accomplish work objectives and foster a team effort.
- →Makes necessary adjustments when there are unforeseen circumstances that may change the staff needs and methods of the operational needs of the service.
- →Checks work while in progress and when finished to see whether the instructions on work sequence, procedures, methods and deadlines have been met by lower-grade employees.
- →Maintains a wide knowledge of food service operations, is capable of performing all lower graded tasks.
- →Ensures a safe clean area to work and working climate where employees function efficiently and effectively.
- →Embodies the concepts of customer service and emphasize its importance with employees in the performance of an individual's duty.
- →Performs duties of lower grade food service workers if staffing requires.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
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