Salary Range:$23,000 – $28,000 Salary range estimated by Zippia
Posted 2 days ago
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Description
About the Role
As an Early Childhood Meal Attendant, you will be responsible for running the day to day activities of a daycare kitchen, including providing meals and snacks, maintaining a clean space, washing dishes, following state licensing guidelines and managing dietary restrictions.
What You'll Do
- Create menus and prepare healthy snacks for the children in the center
- Partner with our food service vendor to provide accurate daily numbers, portions, and allergy information
- Deliver lunch to the classrooms in a timely manner
- Wash dishes used for meals of approximately 200 children, three times a day
- Order food and supplies, and manage inventory
- Maintain an organized and sanitary kitchen environment that meets proper conditions and food storage requirements
- Understand the needs of children with food allergies
- Attend all staff meetings to obtain required continuing education hours
- Maintain all state required trainings including but not limited to: preventing abusive head trauma, child abuse and neglect reporting requirements, First Aid and Infant/Child CPR with AED and kitchen sanitation, food handling, and nutrition
- Additional tasks may be assigned
What Skills You Have
Required
- Knowledge of proper nutritional standards, food handling, preparation, safety and sanitation
- Strong communication and customer service skills to build welcoming and inclusive relationships with families, staff, vendors and business partners
- Effective time management skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team, and interact effectively with others