*ATTENTION Cook and Kitchen Manager Superstars!*
Are you a cooking dynamo with a flair for flavor and a knack for turning ingredients into taste sensations? Are you a kitchen maestro with a sprinkle of sunshine and giggles? If so, we've got the perfect stage for your culinary talents - _*join our daycare team as our Cook Extraordinaire!*_
*SONSHINE WORLD daycare and preschool is currently hiring for our program.
* We are a large early childhood center that prepares Breakfast, Lunch, and Snack for approximately 140 children enrolled in our facility.
Bring your cooking skills and kitchen management talent to our fun and friendly daycare.
You'll plan menus, prepare meals, and order inventory.
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all while making a difference in the lives of children, families, and staff!
*JOB TITLE: COOK/KITCHEN MANAGER - JOB DESCRIPTION (full job description available)*
Status: Full-time
Shift Availability: 6:30am - 2:30pm (approximately)
_*RESPONSIBILITIES:*_
> Preparing and serving nutritious and delicious meals (breakfast, hot lunch, snack) for our enrolled children and staff, ensuring that meals are healthy, appealing to taste, and balance the essential nutrients required for growing minds and bodies.
> Planning weekly cycle menus, developing shopping lists, calculating costs of food, and making purchases.
> Organizing and cleaning the kitchen and cafeteria according to health department standards.
> Following nutrition guidelines as identified by Child Care and Adult Food Program (CACFP) guidelines.
> Maintaining all paperwork as is required by CACFP and Sonshine World program.
> Keeping an eye out for allergies and diet restrictions, guaranteeing that every tummy is healthy, happy and satisfied.
> Embracing the speed of a fast-paced daycare kitchen with grace and humor.
> Multi-tasking like a pro! Keep the pots simmering, the oven baking and the laughs echoing.
> Attending continuing education classes regarding health and nutrition.
> Positively and productively work within a team and be able to communicate and relate well to children, parents, staff, and management.
> Supervising the dishwasher/helper.
_*QUALIFICATIONS:*_
> High School Diploma or equivalent (Minimum Requirement)
> Must be dependable and able to pass background checks - Fingerprinting for child care and the Abuse and Neglect Central Registry.
> A passion for cooking and bringing joy to others through meals.
> Previous experience in a child care setting or a love for the environment that encompasses a room full of little ones.
_*BENEFITS:*_
> Sick Pay
> Paid Time Off
> Birthday - Paid day off
> Ten Paid holidays
> _*NO NIGHTS OR WEEKENDS!*_
> Employee Childcare Discount
> Free Meals (while you work)
> Bonus Pay - Christmas
> Paid Professional Development
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $15.
00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
* Employee discount
* Paid sick time
* Paid time off
* Paid training
Experience level:
* 1 year
Shift:
* 8 hour shift
Weekly day range:
* Monday to Friday
Experience:
* Cooking: 1 year (Preferred)
Ability to Relocate:
* Kearney, NE 68845: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
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