Child Care Kitchen Assistant

BrightPath Early Learning & Child Care; Traders Cove; On-site; CAD 24,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Child care discount

Professional development

RRSP match

Sick time

Holidays

Vacation days

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

BrightPath Kids in Traders, ON is seeking a Kitchen Assistant to prepare nutritious meals for breakfast, lunch, and snacks, while assisting teachers in the classroom when not cooking.

The role emphasizes safety, dietary awareness, and cleaning duties. This is a full-time position with no evenings or weekends, through April 30, 2027, offering competitive pay and benefits as part of the BrightPath team.

Qualifications

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Time management

Cooking for large groups

Food safety awareness

Education

Food Handling Certification

Standard First Aid & Infant CPR

Job description

Pay Range: $17.60 - $18.00 per hour

No evenings or weekends!

Center: Traders, ON

Pay Range: $17.60 - $18.00 per hour

Job Type: Full-Time, Contract until end of April 30th, 2027

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