Senior Food Service Worker - Family
Career series with 1 positions across 1 levels
Senior Food Service Worker - 12 Months is non-competitive, meaning the state checks your education and experience against the spec instead of ranking you on a test.
What it takes is 1 year of relevant experience. Pay on the FY 2027 schedule runs $38,928 to $55,860, and state payroll currently lists about 30 people in the title, led by Human Services.
Senior Food Service Worker - is a single-title classification family: Senior Food Service Worker - 12 Months is the only position in it. Senior Food Service Worker - is a common next step after Assistant Food Service Supervisor and Food Service Supervisor.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- SENIOR FOOD SERVICE WORKER - 12 MONTHS (44702) $38,928 - $55,860/year
What the Senior Food Service Worker family covers
In New Jersey's classification plan, Senior Food Service Worker stands alone. The family holds one title code rather than a graded series. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Institutional food service keeps the state hospitals, correctional facilities, developmental centers and veterans homes fed, and it runs on a small ladder from worker to cook to supervisor. Nutrition titles sit alongside it but belong to public health: they run the WIC program and dietary planning rather than the kitchen. Because the work follows the institution rather than the office, these titles carry unusual work weeks and shift patterns, and several exist in both twelve-month and ten-month variants.
What each title does
The published specification opens with this definition of the work.
- Senior Food Service Worker - 12 Months: Under direction of a Cook, Head Cook, Food Service Supervisor, or other supervisory official, assists with the work…
Getting in: the stated requirements
None of the specifications in this family names a degree requirement, which places these titles among the New Jersey positions open to applicants without formal higher education. Experience requirements sit at 1 year wherever they are stated.
On how the jobs are filled: 1 is non-competitive, appointed on proof of the stated qualifications rather than by examination. 1 title in this family is covered by the compendium's special incentive program, which lets an appointing authority hire a qualified candidate above the bottom step instead of starting them at step one. See the full list of incentive titles.
Who actually employs these titles
30 people appear on the state payroll under 1 of these title, at 2 agencies. Human Services alone accounts for about 53% of them.
- Human Services — 16 employees
- Health and Senior Services — 14 employees
Median actual pay for Senior Food Service Worker - 12 Months (all Jurisdictions) is $44,155, which is what people in the title are really paid rather than the published band.
State payroll only, deduplicated by payroll title; local employers file separately, so a family with local codes looks smaller here than it is. How this is counted.
How the pay is set
Titles in this family are paid on the H salary schedule. See every step in that schedule. Bargaining is handled by AFSCME. Union contracts and rights are collected here.
Where these jobs exist
Hiring for this family runs through state service. Departments, commissions and boards fill these titles from eligible lists built by the Civil Service Commission, so the route in is an announcement and a filing deadline rather than a posting you apply to directly. What state jurisdiction means, and a breakdown of who employs what.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
Nearby in the plan, ranked by how distinctive the shared terms are rather than by how many words happen to match.
- Senior Food Service Worker (local jurisdiction)
- Cashier/Food Service Worker Cashier (local jurisdiction)
- Food Service Worker (10 - 12 Months) (local jurisdiction) — in the Food Service Worker family
- Senior Food Service Worker-10 Months (state jurisdiction)
- Food Service Manager (local jurisdiction)
- Supervisor Food Service (local jurisdiction) — in the Supervisor family
Common questions about Senior Food Service Worker jobs
How many separate Senior Food Service Worker classifications does New Jersey have?
The Senior Food Service Worker family holds 1 title code. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is a Senior Food Service Worker paid?
Senior Food Service Worker - 12 Months is published at $38,928 to $55,860. Salary depends on the salary range assigned to the title and the step the employee has reached.
Is there a civil service test for Senior Food Service Worker?
Not for the non-competitive titles in this family, of which there are 1. A non-competitive appointment is made on proof that you meet the stated requirements, without a competitive examination, though the position is still in the classified service with its own protections.
What are the requirements to become a Senior Food Service Worker?
No degree requirement is parsed from the specifications in this family, which puts these titles among the New Jersey civil service jobs reachable without formal higher education. Experience of 1 year is named where a requirement is stated.
Which agencies employ Senior Food Service Worker staff?
State payroll records show 30 people in this family across 2 agencies, with Human Services the largest at 16. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.