Cook

New Castle, DE

KinderCare Education

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POSTED ON: 06/06/2023

Working with Kinder

Care Learning Companies means using your outstanding talents to help set the foundation for lifelong learners, where you can collaborate with colleagues, grow and learn, and positively impact the families we serve.

With over 50 years of experience, 30,000+ employees, and more than 2,000 early learning center programs, we are the most accredited leaders in early childhood education. Together, we create environments where kids grow and thrive. As one of only four companies to receive the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award six times, we’re confident that you can grow and thrive here, too.

We can’t wait to meet you.

Want to feed the tiniest of taste buds? Kinder

Care is hiring a cook! As a cook, you will prepare healthy and tasty meals and snacks for the children in our centers. Following a menu and recipes developed by our in-house nutritionist, you’ll ensure our children have the fuel they need to learn and grow.

When you join our team as a Cook you will:

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 Kinder

Care and other licensing or regulation requirements

Help with and take on responsibility in other daily center duties, as needed

Support your center’s success by partnering with center staff and leadership to achieve goals around enrollment, accreditation, and engagement

Qualifications:

Required Skills and Experience:

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 sufficient quantity of foods for 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

Two or more years working with children, highly desirable

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

Our benefits meet you where you are. We’re here to help our employees navigate the integration of work and life:

Know your whole family is supported with discounted child care benefits.

Breathe easy with medical, dental, and vision benefits for your family (and pets, too!).

Feel supported in your mental health and personal growth with employee assistance programs.

Feel great and thrive with access to health and wellness programs, paid time off and discounts for work necessities, such as cell phones.

… and much more.

When you work at a Kinder

Care Learning Center, each new day is an adventure. You will have the opportunity to directly impact our students and families, encouraging them to become lifelong learners and experiencing all the happiness that comes with it. You will deliver our high-quality proprietary curriculum and apply our time-tested educational techniques, while exploring new, forward-thinking ideas.

As the first national early childcare education provider to achieve the WELL Health-Safety Rating from the International WELL Building Institute, we continue to follow the latest science-backed and evidence-based strategies for maintaining a safe and worry-free workplace.

Our highest priority has always been to keep our employees, children, families, and communities as safe and healthy as possible. Kinder

Care highly encourages its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect themselves and their communities. We are proud to provide paid time off for employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. We are also subject to state law, local ordinances, and Health Department requirements for employees working in child care, school facilities, and corporate work spaces.

We truly believe that everyone belongs in our circle, and everyone deserves to be celebrated for who they are. By partnering with underrepresented groups and experts in DEI, we are identifying areas to improve and forging a path forward through accountability, compassion, accessibility, and inclusion.

Kinder

Care 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.

Primary Location : Wilmington, Delaware, United States

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