Childcare Cook

Cook/Kitchen Manager Job Description

Description: Responsible for maintaining full oversight of our food program, including meal preparation from scratch, meal distribution to classrooms, and clean-up while following all food safety and handling requirements. All meals and snacks must be prepared following the food program guidelines.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Prepares meals from scratch for each meal to meet the correct food portion guidelines for each age group of children.
• Receives inventory, checks quality and quantity, and reports any discrepancies.
• Use thermometers in the process of achieving the proper temperatures for the various food products and check on food products being held to ensure safe temperatures.
• Check temperatures for the coolers and freezer regularly and advise the Director if temperature requirements are not being met.
• Develop menus through collaboration with nutrition consultants from our food program.
• Must be able to provide substitute meals for children with special dietary requirements.
• Use proper procedures to clean and sanitize all work areas in the kitchen, storage areas, including all equipment, counters, and meal carts.
• Deliver food to classrooms in a timely manner.
• Clean dishes

Required Abilities:

• Must be self-motivated and be able to work in a cooperative manner with other staff members, students, and other church personnel.
• ·Abilities to use the oven, grill, stoves, meat slicer, dishwasher, and other kitchen equipment
• Must have basic mathematical skills and must be able to accomplish accurate recordkeeping and reporting for the food program.
• Ability to work safely around stoves, ovens, and chemicals while having the physical endurance to spend many hours standing, walking, and lifting heavy objects.
• Ability to work in various temperatures from heat and steam from stoves, ovens, and dishwashers.
• Have an optimistic attitude, a willingness to learn new skills, a high degree of integrity, and a strong work ethic.
• Ability to substitute meals when needed due to shared space with Immanuel Lutheran Church when needed for weekday funerals.

Qualifications:

• Must be 18 years old or older
• A high school diploma or higher is required
• Applicants should have at least one year or more of experience in meal planning and preparation, knowledge of early-childhood nutrition, and experience with working with groups of children.
• Experience using commercial meat slicers, commercial dishwashers, and commercial ovens.
• Successful completion of a criminal background check and fingerprinting.
• Preferred experience with large volume food production, catering, and menu planning

Hours:

5am-1 pm or 6am-2pm

Salary:
From $19/hour and up depending on experience

Immanuel Christian Children’s Center ● 1710 Cherry Street ● Grand Forks, ND 58201

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Food provided
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance