What are the responsibilities and job description for the Childcare Cook position at Northstar Early Learning Center?
Title: Childcare Cook
Reports to: Center Director
Job Purpose:
Responsible for preparing and delivering of meals through close coordination with center teachers that exceeds State and USDA requirements while creating a ‘home cooked’, ‘family’ style, healthy meal for the children. Additionally, responsible for ensuring that Northstar Early Learning Center provides the premier child development experience that is educational and affordable.
Tasks:
- Apportion and serve food to children
- Compile and maintain records of food use and expenditures
- Train new employees
- Take inventory of supplies and equipment
- Manage center food and nutrition program
- Prepare meals
- Maintain cleanliness of kitchen, supplies
- Inventory of supplies, equipment
- Follow dishwashing procedures as is relates to Rule 3
- Support children’s emotional, social development
- Maintain CEU’s and upgrade training
- Complete certification process to become a teacher
- Prepare breakfast and snack for children
- Must be able to attend work as scheduled
Work Activities:
- Getting Information;
- follow recipes;
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events;
- understand state health and food service regulations;
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards;
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work;
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public;
- Serve food or beverages;
- provide customer service;
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems;
- determine food or beverage costs;
- determine food portions;
- Performing General Physical Activities;
- clean kitchen work area;
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings;
- Temperature of food to determine that it is cooked;
- Handling and Moving Objects;
- cook meals;
- use knives;
- wash dishes, glassware, or related utensils;
- prepare appetizers, salads, or cold dishes;
- carve meat or bone fish or fowl;
- perform a variety of food preparation duties other than cooking;
- knead, shape, cut, or roll food products by hand;
- cut, trim, or clean meat, or carcasses;
- bake breads, rolls, or other baked goods;
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material;
- evaluate premises for cleanliness.
Physical Demands:
Regularly Stand; Walk; Sit; Use hands to finger, handle, or feel; Reach with hands and arms; Climb or balance; Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; occasionally wet or humid conditions (non-weather); Work near moving mechanical parts.
Required Qualifications:
Must be at least 18 years of age.
Preferred Qualifications:
Previous food preparation experience
Resource Management Skills:
Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Required:
- Food Production
- Customer and Personal Service
- Inventory Management
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $17.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Paid time off
Experience:
- Cooking: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $17