Job: Childcare Center Cook

Job Description

Job Type: Full time, Hourly

Wage: $14.42/hr. 

Location: Canon City, CO.

Job Description:

Want to feed the tiniest of taste buds?

Starpoint’s SPIN Childcare Education Center is hiring a Cook! As a cook, you will prepare healthy and tasty meals and snacks for the children in our center. We are hiring a dependable, experienced, and positive-minded Cook to join our Starpoint’s SPIN Childcare Education Center team.

Role Responsibilities

• Weekly meal planning Monday through Friday for three daily meals and snacks.
• To meet proper nutrition requirements for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool students at our Childcare Center for each meal.
• Manage the inventory and ordering of food supplies. Compliance with food safety and food handling procedures is required.
• Maintain kitchen and related equipment safely and hygienically
• Order food and supplies
• Complete timely and accurate documentation according to Starpoint and other licensing or regulation requirements.
• Help with and take on responsibility for other daily center duties as needed.
• Support your center’s success by partnering with center staff and leadership to achieve enrollment, accreditation, and engagement goals.

Requirements & Qualifications:

• Familiarity with accurate conditions and food storage, understanding the needs of children with food allergies, and implementing methods of food cross-contamination avoidance.
• Ability to follow nutritious menus and prepare sufficient quantity of foods for the center population
• Basic math skills are 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 is highly desirable
• Two or more years working with children highly desirable
• High School Diploma/GED required.
• Being physically able to use the computer with basic proficiency and lift to 40 pounds is strongly desired and may be required to work in some classrooms or the kitchen.
• Read, write, understand, and speak English to communicate with children and their parents in English.

**Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Click “View Application” below for more detail on this specific job.