Supervisor - Food and Nutrition Services - Part-Time - Pioneer Ridge - City of Thunder Bay

Job Description

The Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay

has a rewarding opportunity for a

Supervisor – Food & Nutrition Services!

Work Location: Thunder Bay

Located on the beautiful shores of Lake Superior, Thunder Bay is the sunniest City in Eastern Canada and a four-season outdoor playground. The urban centre enjoys green spaces, parks, and wilderness and is also considered a cultural capital with a thriving visual and performing arts scene.  As the most populous municipality in North-western Ontario, Thunder Bay is the region's commercial, administrative, and medical "hub", and is home to a variety of educational institutions.  Thunder Bay continues to pursue growth and development opportunities on behalf of its diverse community.  Always striving to live up to its motto, Superior by Nature, the Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay (City) currently seeks a...Supervisor – Food & Nutrition Services!

If you truly enjoy the advantages of work life balance that a smaller city provides in a large organizational setting, then come join us!

If you already live here, we can’t wait for you to join our team!

Supervisor - Food & Nutrition Services

The Opportunity

The Supervisor – Food & Nutrition, assists the Food & Nutrition Services Section to plan, organise and monitor all phases of food production and services to residents, ancillary programs, cafeteria, and catering.

The role reports to the Manager, Food & Nutrition Services and has the following accountabilities:

• Assists in menu planning, recipe development, purchasing, receiving, inventory control, food production, food cost control, and documents activities.
• Participates as a member of the multidisciplinary team for the nutritional care of long-term care residents including completion of initial dietary profiles, maintaining residents diet census and snack labels, participates in resident care conferences and complete quarterly assessments as needed, documenting as required.
• Responsible for employee’s health and safety, completes inspections, identifies hazards, resolves health and safety concerns and completes Report of Injuries.
• Promotes health and safety policies and procedures and ensures a safe work environment and practices.
• Works cooperatively with other divisional supervisors to resolve resident, family and staff concerns through the Total Quality Management process.

Ideal Candidate

• Diploma in food services and nutrition management or a related discipline along with three years’ experience supervising food production in a health care setting.
• Experience in a management capacity in a large, unionized government or private sector organization.
• Experience in business management, planning, budgets, and finance.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the various components of human resource management.
• Knowledge of and ability to interpret applicable municipal by-law, provincial legislation, and related regulations.

• An understanding of the nutritional and eating needs of the frail elderly is necessary

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Why Pioneer Ridge?

Comprised of 200+ staff, who are highly skilled and trained, Pioneer Ridge provides 150 Long Term Care beds and is a place for residents to live well. Residents are treated equally in a setting of compassion and care, through quality nursing care, life enrichment programs, balanced nutrition, and social and spiritual opportunities.

Since 2018, Pioneer Ridge is a recognized Best Practice Spotlight Organization with the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario; and has also been accredited by the Canadian Council on Health Services, which is a testament to the quality of care and services that are provided to residents.

The Nutrition & Food Services team aims to provide meals that residents enjoy. A four week menu cycle is provided that features a variety of traditional and ethnic foods with a focus on preparing homemade meals using local food sources. Working closely with a full-time dietitian, individual resident nutrition care plans are used to prepare meals that provide optimal health and wellness.

https://www.thunderbay.ca/en/city-services/nutrition-and-food-services.aspx

Why Work for the City of Thunder Bay (CTB)?

When you work for the City of Thunder Bay, you are part of our team, and here you can:

• Experience your importance,   
• Unleash your potential,
• Know your work matters,
• Embrace diversity,
• Make a difference,
• Join a dedicated team, and
• Build community.

Learn more about the top reasons to work at the CTB:  https://www.thunderbay.ca/en/city-hall/jobs.aspx

Great Tangible Benefits

As an employee with the Corporation you will be in receipt of the following amazing benefits:

• Great competitive salary and fantastic matching pension plan (optional)
• Great paid vacation and holidays
• Strong health benefits coverage – 100% employer paid health, vision, & dental benefits
• Strong life insurance & accidental death & dismemberment insurance (2 times your annual salary)
• Amazing team environment, built on respect & inclusivity
• A clean, environmentally friendly work environment
• Supportive employee family assistance program (EFAP)
• Great employee wellness program
• Fantastic corporate training & leadership development programs
• Great tuition reimbursement program (continuous learning)
• Voluntary Leave Purchase Plan (purchase 5 additional leave days)

Beautiful Thunder Bay

Learn why Thunder Bay is such great place to live and work:  https://gotothunderbay.ca/why-thunder-bay/

General Information:

As an equal opportunity employer, the City of Thunder Bay encourages applications from Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible minority groups, women and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.

ONTARIO HUMAN RIGHTS CODE:  It is a contravention of the Human Rights Code of Ontario to discriminate on the basis of: race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability, age, record of offences, gender identity or gender expression.  Therefore, a resume submitted to the City must not include references to any of the above characteristics.  Do not include: 

• Photos
• Any certificates that have photo identification
• Driver’s licences
• Police records checks

Note: The above documentation will be requested by the Human Resources & Division should you be the successful applicant.  If a Criminal Record Check is required, it will be requested by Human Resources should you be the successful applicant.  Please do not submit your Criminal Record Check with your application.

ACCOMMODATION:  Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for all parts of the recruitment process.

PRIVACY: Personal information on this form is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act, c. 302, as amended, and will be used to determine eligibility for employment. Questions about this collection of personal information should be directed to the Human Resources & Corporate Safety Division, 125 Syndicate Ave Suite 42, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7E 6H8, Telephone: 625-3866

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