Executive Director of Nutritional Services Division (NSD)

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The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is an integral part of the Citys evolving criminal justice system participating in reform initiatives and strategies aimed to move the City towards a smaller jail system without compromising public safety. The DOC is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for our employees visitors volunteers and people in our custody. Importantly safe jails enable DOC to provide people in custody with the tools and opportunities they need to successfully re-enter their communities. The DOC operates facilities and court commands across the five boroughs with more than 7500 diverse professionals and knowledgeable experts.

The Nutritional Services Division is responsible for providing regularly scheduled healthy and nutritional meals to both persons in custody and members of staff within the department. There are currently two production kitchens that operates twenty-four (24) hours a day preparing and delivering meals to all facilities on Rikers Island and several other satellite and court facilities. At minimum a four to six (4-6) weeks food inventory is on hand at any given time.

DOC seeks to hire an Executive Director of Nutritional Services who under the direction of the Assistant Commissioner of Nutritional Services with great latitude for the exercise of independent action and decision-making will administer and direct the meal programs for the inmate population. Responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following :

• Provides technical assistance advises on nutritional standards and serves as the primary

contact among food service contractors.

City Agency Food Standards.

recommendations and training to DOC staff and contracting personnel in all aspects of food

services management and nutritional standards.

providing recommendations on special diets. Establishes and maintains professional

relationships with relevant agencies and healthcare professionals.

action plans that will ensure compliance.

Preferred Skills :

better performance of meal delivery.

problems and upgrade existing programs.

Additional Information :

The City of New York offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance for the employee and his / her spouse or domestic partner and unemancipated children under age 26 union benefits such as dental and vision coverage paid annual leave and sick leave paid holidays a pension and optional savings and pre-tax programs such as Deferred

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Qualifications :

1. A masters degree from an accredited college in economics finance accounting business or public administration public health human resources management management science operations research organizational behavior industrial psychology statistics personnel administration labor relations psychology sociology human resources development political science urban studies or a Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following : working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration accounting economic or financial administration or fiscal or economic research; or in management or methods analysis operations research organizational research or program evaluation; or in personnel or public administration recruitment position classification personnel relations labor relations employee benefits staff development employment program planning / administration labor market research economic planning social services program planning / evaluation or fiscal management. Eighteen (18) months of this experience must have been in an executive managerial administrative or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in the areas described above.

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas described in 1 above including the 18 months of executive managerial administrative or supervisory experience as described in 1 above.

3. An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college and six years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in 1 above including the 18 months of executive managerial administrative or supervisory experience as described in 1 above.

4. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and eight years of satisfactory full-time professional experience as described in 1 above including the 18 months of executive managerial administrative or supervisory experience as described in 1 above.

5. A combination of education and / or experience equivalent to 1 2 3 or 4 above. College education may be substituted for professional experience at the rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for one year of experience. However all candidates must have a high school diploma and at least two years of experience as described in 1 above including the 18 months of executive managerial administrative or supervisory experience as described in 1 above.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full-time

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Experience : years

Vacancy : 1