Little Beginnings Maryville Hiring for Early Childhood Centre Cook Job at Australia Full Time

About our Centre

Welcome to Little Beginnings Maryville. We are passionate about educating our children to know the importance and benefits of healthy choices and nutritious meals.

We are now on the lookout for a Cook to join our fun loving team!

To find out more about our centre, Google our centre name where you’ll find our website and Facebook page!

Benefits

• A permanent part-time role – 27 hours per week, 5 hours per day
• Competitive rates
• Access to healthy food recipes, advice and tips from other centre cooks
• 20% discount on childcare fees from your first day
• Access to professional development, coaching, curriculum, bi annual conference and in centre mentoring
• Flexible work options.

The role

• This role enables you to play an active part in creating healthy menus.
• You’ll have access to a network of centre cooks who regularly share recipes, questions, ideas and tips!

About you

• Efficient and capable cook
• Able to prepare, implement and evaluate the nutritional content of menus for children of all ages
• Experienced in bulk meal preparation, online ordering, stock management and budget control
• Strict about complying with relevant food safety and hygiene regulations and standards
• Able to cater for individual child requirements including allergies, specific dietary requirements and needs
• Keen to participate in the early educational opportunities of teaching children about healthy food by sharing in lessons and family events

You already have

• A Current Food Safety and Handlers (Health and Community) Certificate
• A Certificate III in Commercial Cookery / equivalent (desirable)
• Experience in an Early Childhood setting
• Reliable transport to and from our centre
• Current first aid certificate (including asthma and anaphylactic training) and resuscitation certificate

Why work for Little Beginnings Maryville? Our core values are to motivate, inspire, support and nurture all children, families, educators and the community to reach their full potential through building strong, respectful, reciprocal and trusting relationships. We promote teamwork and offer purposeful and relevant training opportunities to extend upon your knowledge and practices within your professional role. We acknowledge that everyone is an individual with their own unique needs and we strive to create a welcoming and inclusive community that allows all participants to thrive at their own pace.

Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 27 per week

Salary: $22.64 – $24.76 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Employee mentoring program
• Professional development assistance

Schedule:

• Day shift