KinderCare is looking for a Cook to prepare healthy and tasty meals and snacks for children in their centers, ensuring they have the fuel they need to learn and grow.
Requirements
- Familiarity with accurate conditions and food storage.
- Understand the needs of children with food allergies, and to implement methods of food cross-contamination avoidance.
- Ability to follow nutritious menus and prepare a sufficient quantity of foods for the center population.
- Basic math skills required for measuring and calculating serving portions.
- Possess a Food Handler’s License or willingness to obtain.
- At least one year of institutional cooking.
- Food ordering experience highly desirable.
Responsibilities
- Prepare healthy and tasty meals and snacks for the children in our centers.
- Follow a menu and recipes developed by our in-house nutritionist.
- Maintain kitchen and related equipment safely and hygienically.
- Order food and supplies.
- Dispense and store medication, as requested.
- Complete timely and accurate documentation according to KinderCare and other licensing or regulation requirements.
- Partner with center staff and leadership to achieve goals around enrollment, accreditation, and engagement.
Other
- A love for children and a strong desire to make a difference every day.
- Two or more years working with children, highly desirable.
- Must be physically able to use the computer with basic proficiency and the ability to lift up to 40 pounds is strongly desired and may be required to work in some classrooms or in the kitchen.
- Read, write, understand, and speak English to communicate with children and their parents in English.
- Help with and take on responsibility in other daily center duties, as needed.
- KinderCare Learning Companies is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.
