Department of Veterans Affairs
Supervisory Dietitian (Food Operations)
Leavenworth, Kansas
Sponsorship not specified$91k-$118kDetected 21 days ago
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About the role
- In the Supervisory Dietitian (Food Operations) role, employees oversee food service and production.
- They provide supervision to staff while ensuring the execution of Veteran-focused "Food Forward" meal programs.
- This may involve conventional, convenience, and advanced cooking methods, along with room service.
Responsibilities
- Supervisory Dietitians manage wage-grade staff, including supervisors, and ensure that evidence-based guidelines are integrated into food operations.
Requirements
- Must be registered with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) the credentialing branch of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics formerly known as the American Dietetic Association (ADA).
- Non-credentialed Dietitians must have fulfilled each of the following: Earned a bachelor's or higher degree from a U.S. regionally accredited college or university or foreign equivalent.
Skills
- Skill in establishing goals and objectives in order to coordinate activities, evaluate accomplishments and solve problems.
- Skill in applying nutritional knowledge to ensure menus meet nutrition standards.
- Ability to serve as a food operations expert, providing technical guidance, direction and staff development.
- Ability to supervise subordinate staff (i.e., plan, organize, delegate, direct, control and review activities and performance).
- Ability to analyze data in order to recommend allocation of resources.
- For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.
Compensation
- $91k-$118k
Visa & Work Authorization
- Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
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