Child Care Kitchen Assistant

BrightPath Kids Inc; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 23,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Childcare discount

Professional development

RRSP with company match

Sick days

Holidays

Vacation days

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

BrightPath Kids Inc in Barrhaven Centre, ON is hiring a Kitchen Assistant to prepare nutritious meals for children and support teachers in classrooms. You will organize food orders, serve meals from a daily catered service, and ensure kitchen sanitation per Public Health guidelines.

This role emphasizes safe food handling, dietary awareness, and teamwork in a vibrant childcare environment. We offer full-time hours with no evenings or weekends, a competitive pay rate of $20.56 per hour, and

Qualifications

• Food Handling Certification preferred.
• Meet province requirements for childcare employment.
• Current Standard First Aid and Infant/Child CPR.
• Effective time management skills.
• Experience cooking for large groups is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Prepare nutritious meals for breakfast, lunch and snacks for children.
• Assist teachers in classrooms when not cooking.
• Organize food orders as needed.
• Serve meals from a daily catered service.
• Maintain kitchen safety and sanitation per Public Health requirements.
• Understand dietary restrictions for individual children.
• Wash dishes after meals.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Food Handling

First Aid/CPR

Time management

Cooking for groups

Job description

Center: Barrhaven Centre, ON

Pay Range: $20.56 per hour

Job Type: Full-Time

No evenings or weekends!

Build your career in the early childhood education field and become a valued member of our team at BrightPath Kids! As a proud member of the Busy Bees global childcare community, we offer exceptional opportunities for your career to thrive. Join our diverse community of over 5,000 dedicated employees, and experience competitive pay and benefits, including a childcare discount. With our rapid growth, now is the perfect time to apply and shape an extraordinary future with us. Unleash your potential and join BrightPath!

What will you be doing?

As a Kitchen Assistant, you will prepare nutritious meals for breakfast, lunch, and snacks for the children in our care. When you are not preparing food, serving meals, or cleaning, you will work in the classrooms to assist our teachers. Responsibilities include:

• Organizing orders for food as needed.
• Serving meals from a catered service provided daily.
• Ensuring safety and sanitization in the kitchen environment as per Public Health requirements.
• Understanding dietary restrictions in centre for individual children.
• Washing dishes after meals.
• Other duties as assigned.

Top Reasons to join BrightPath Kids:

• We offer a 40% child care discount to ALL Full-time employees & 10% to Part-time so that your family can take advantage of our great learning environment!
• We will support your long-term career goals by offering opportunities for professional development.
• Full-time staff are eligible to participate in a retirement plan (RRSP) which offers a company match – this is free money!
• Full-time and Part-time staff receive 6 days of sick time per calendar year.
• Full-time staff are given 10 paid statutory holidays off.
• Full-time staff are paid for at least 10 vacation days per calendar year.
• Full-time staff are offered health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance and life insurance.

Requirements:

• Food Handling Certification preferred
• Meet province requirement for childcare employment
• Current Standard First Aid and Infant Child CPR
• Effective time management skills
• Experience cooking for large groups would be an asset