*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 $14.
00 per hour
Benefits:
* Employee discount
* Paid time off
Experience level:
* 1 year
Shift:
* 8 hour shift
* Day shift
Weekly day range:
* Monday to Friday
Experience:
* Cooking: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
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