You must submit Application Supplement No. 2009-117-1 with your online or paper application.  

TEST ANNOUNCEMENT

NUMBER  2009-117

ISSUED   JULY 1, 2009

 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

State Civil Service Commission

 

Examinations

 

for

 

FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES ADVISERS

 

COMPLETING THE APPLICATION SUPPLEMENT IS THE TEST.

 

Exam

No.

 

Job Titles

Job

Codes

Pay Schedule

and Range

1.

Food and Nutrition Services Adviser 1

21250

S7

2.

Food and Nutrition Services Adviser 2

21260

S8

 

When completing your application, please make sure you apply for all job titles for which you want to be tested.  You will NOT be permitted to add job titles after you test.

 

APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

 

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 and opportunities for veterans, visit the Commission’s website www.scsc.state.pa.us; visit one of our offices; or call our veterans information line, (717) 787-6039.

 

NATURE OF WORK

 

Food and Nutrition Services Advisers 1 review and evaluate federally funded child and adult care food and nutrition programs to ensure that programs and food service conform to policies, standards and regulations.  They prepare corrective action plans that describe violations of federal regulations, and work with program staff to develop remedial actions that must be taken to ensure compliance.  They assist local administrators in planning and implementing new or improved programs; and developing and conducting training.

 

Food and Nutrition Services Advisers 2 supervise and direct the work of Food and Nutrition Advisers 1.  They schedule personnel to ensure coverage for USDA mandated reviews; review corrective action plans prepared by field advisers and responses submitted from sponsors; coordinate training and technical assistance and develop training materials; conduct presentations and workshops; and prepare written reports.

 

JOB REQUIREMENTS

 

Please make sure you meet all requirements.  If after reading the requirements you are not sure you qualify, contact one of the Commission's offices listed at the end of this announcement.

 

You must be willing to travel.  Travel expenses will be paid.

 

You must be a Pennsylvania resident, of good moral character and able to perform the essential functions of the job.

 

Minimum Requirements

21250 – Two years of professional experience in nutrition services or school food service management and a bachelor’s degree in dietetics, nutrition services or school food service administration, or hotel and restaurant management; OR an equivalent combination of experience or training.

 

21260 – Two years experience as a Food and Nutrition Services Adviser 1; OR four years of professional experience in nutrition services or school food service management and a bachelor’s degree in dietetics, nutrition, food service administration, or hotel and restaurant management; OR an equivalent combination of experience and training.

 

Clarification of Requirements

You may substitute related education for the required experience or appropriate experience for the required education.  Unrelated experience or education will not be accepted.

 

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

 

All positions are in the Pennsylvania Department of Education.  Currently there are 11 filled Food and Nutrition Adviser 1 positions located in 10 districts.  There is 1 vacancy in District 4 and 1 vacancy in District 9.  There are 2 filled and 1 vacant Food and Nutrition Services Adviser 2 positions located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County.

 

Employment or promotion preference for Food and Nutrition Services Adviser 1 positions will be given to residents of the districts where the job openings occur.

 

Additional opportunities may occur due to normal turnover from retirements, promotions, transfers, resignations and so forth.

 

Food and Nutrition Services Advisers 1 reside in assigned districts and work out of their homes.

 

They may be required to work outside of the district depending on program needs.  Periodic visits to Harrisburg also are required.  Advisers are reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with established policy.

 

The districts where assignments are located, and the counties they comprise, are listed below:

 

District 1 -

Allegheny

District 2 -

Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, York

District 3 -

Washington, Westmoreland, Greene, Allegheny

District 4 -

Armstrong, Bedford, Franklin, Fulton, Indiana, Fayette, Cambria, Somerset, Jefferson

District 5 -

Crawford, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer, Warren

District 6 -

Berks, Lehigh, Schuylkill, Carbon, Monroe

District 7 -

Montgomery, Northampton, Bucks

District 8 -

Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming, Sullivan, Bradford, Columbia

District 9 -

Philadelphia, Delaware

District 10 -

Montour, Northumberland, Clinton, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin, Perry, Snyder, Tioga, Union, Centre, Blair, Huntingdon  

District 11 -

Beaver, Butler, Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, Forest, McKean, Potter, Venango

District 12 -

Lancaster, Delaware, Chester, Lebanon 

 

For the most recent information on job opportunities contact: 

 

Department of Education

Bureau of Human Resources

333 Market St., 11th Floor

Harrisburg, PA  17126-0333

Telephone:  (717) 787-4431

Internet:  www.pde.state.pa.us

 

TESTING

 

You will be rated on your experience and training.  Your score will be based on information you report on your application and application supplement.

 

If you take the test and want to take it again, you may be retested after 6 months from the date of your "Notice of Examination Results."  A new application and application supplement are required for a retest.

 

If your name is on an eligible list for these job titles and you take this test, your most recent examination result will be the only one counted.

 

TEST RESULTS

 

Employment and promotion lists will be established.  You will be notified in writing of your test results.

 

HOW TO APPLY

 

You may complete your application and Application Supplement No. 2009-117-1 online at www.scsc.state.pa.us or submit your completed paper application and paper application supplement to:

 

State Civil Service Commission

ATTN:  Applications

P.O. Box 569

Harrisburg, PA  17108-0569

 

Online and paper applications both require submission of a copy of your transcript at the time of application.  An unofficial transcript is acceptable.  Enter your name and Social Security Number at the top of the transcript.  Send by e-mail to RA-cs-transcripts@state.pa.us or fax to (717) 787-8650 or mail to the above address.

 

Applications, Application Supplement No. 2009-117-1 and further information can be obtained from:

 

1.

State Civil Service Commission:

 

 

 

Harrisburg:  2nd Level, Strawberry Sq. Complex, 320 Market St., P.O.

 

Box 569, Hbg., 17108-0569; Telephone (Voice) (717) 783-3058, Text

 

Telephone (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing callers only) (717) 772-2685

 

 

 

Philadelphia:  110 North 8th St., Suite 503, Phila., 19107; Telephone

 

(Voice) (215) 560-2253, Text Telephone (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing callers

only) (215) 560-4367

 

 

 

 

Pittsburgh:  411 Seventh Ave., Room 410, Pgh., 15219;

 

Telephone (Voice) (412) 565-7666, Text Telephone (Deaf/Hard-of-

 

Hearing callers only) (412) 565-2484

 

 

 

Internet:  www.scsc.state.pa.us  

 

 

2.

PA CareerLink offices

 

 

3.

The Human Resources Office listed under the "JOB OPPORTUNITIES" section

 

of this announcement

 

For further information on testing, assistance for persons with disabilities, veterans' preference and other items, refer to the instructions provided with the "Application for Employment/Promotion."