Bring your energy and care to a job that supports those who served our country! As a Food Service Worker 1 with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, you play an important part in daily meal operations. Each task you do helps ensure residents receive dependable food service in a clean, friendly setting. Feel pride in work that makes a real difference!
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This position focuses on preparing meals, delivering food service, and maintaining sanitary dining and kitchen areas within a veteran home. The role supports daily meal operations and ensures residents receive safe and accurate food service. As a Food Service Worker 1, you will perform the following duties:
- Food Preparation: Prepare and portion food items, beverages, and snacks while following established instructions
- Tray Assembly: Set up carts, read diet codes, and assemble trays to match individual dietary needs
- Meal Delivery: Transport and deliver resident trays and maintain accuracy of special orders
- Sanitation Tasks: Clean dishes, equipment, furniture, and food service areas to maintain safe conditions
- Safety Compliance: Follow all safety rules, use protective equipment, and report hazards or injuries
- Record Keeping: Document inventory use, temperatures, and meal counts as required
Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.
Work Schedule and Additional Information:
- Full-time employment, 40 hour
- Work hours are 12:00 PM to 8:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
- Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
- Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
- You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
QUALIFICATIONS
Additional Requirements:
- You must be able to perform essential job functions.
Preferred Qualifications (not required):
- Willingness to work in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
- Willingness to work full-time from 12:00 PM to 8:30 PM with rotating days and weekends
- Previous food service worker experience
- Food service experience in an assisted living facility, nursing home, hospital, restaurant, or other food service operation
- Work experience interacting with patients, residents, or customers while serving food/cleaning in patient/resident rooms or a dining room setting
- Work experience with food safety and sanitation in a dietary department
Legal Requirements:
- A conditional offer of employment will require a medical examination.
- This position falls under the provisions of the Older Adult Protective Services Act.
- Under the Act, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports, including but not limited to, PA State Police and FBI clearance.
How to Apply:
- Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
- Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
- Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
- All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.
Veterans:
- Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):
- 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.
The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.