Kitchen Manager / Preschool Food Coordinator

The Goddard School; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Dental insurance

Competitive salary

No nights or weekends

Childcare discount

Recognition programs

Training & development

Opportunity for advancement

Job summary

The Goddard School of South Charlotte is seeking a dependable Kitchen Manager / School Food Coordinator to support daily meal and snack service in a private preschool setting.

This role focuses on warming meals, simple prep, portioning, food safety, allergy awareness, inventory, and maintaining a clean kitchen.

Qualifications

• Experience in food service or school kitchen settings.
• Familiarity with food safety, sanitation, inventory, or portioning.
• Willingness to obtain ServSafe certification.
• Ability to follow menus, procedures, and safety protocols.
• Comfortable working around young children in a school environment.

Responsibilities

• Warm and prepare meals according to school procedures.
• Prepare simple snacks and cold-prep items.
• Portion and organize meals for classrooms.
• Follow allergy protocols and dietary restriction procedures carefully.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized kitchen and food prep area.
• Receive, label, store, and rotate food deliveries.
• Track food inventory and communicate supply needs to school leadership.
• Follow food safety, sanitation, and childcare food-service requirements.
• Support smooth classroom meal and snack delivery.
• Communicate clearly with teachers and leadership regarding meal needs, allergies, and daily routines.

Skills

Dependable

Organized

Detail-oriented

Punctual

Team-oriented

Childcare environment familiarity

Self-motivated

Education

ServSafe certification

Job description

• Professional development and CDA reimbursement
• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Benefits

• No nights or weekends
• Childcare discount
• Recognition programs
• Professional development and CDA reimbursement
• 401(k)
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Training & development
• Vision insurance

The Goddard School of South CharlotteCharlotte, NC | Full-Time | Monday–Friday | Morning to Early Afternoon

Position Overview

The Goddard School of South Charlotte is seeking a dependable, organized, and detail-oriented Kitchen Manager / School Food Coordinator to support daily meal and snack service for our school.

This is not a traditional restaurant kitchen role. Our school does not operate a full commercial kitchen or cook large-scale meals from scratch. This position focuses primarily on meal warming, cold food preparation, snack preparation, fruit and vegetable prep, portioning, food safety, allergy awareness, inventory, and maintaining a clean and organized kitchen environment.

This role is ideal for someone with food service, café, brunch, childcare, school cafeteria, meal prep, or kitchen support experience who enjoys a predictable weekday schedule and a calm, family-oriented school environment.

Schedule

• Monday–Friday
• Morning to early afternoon
• No nights
• No weekends
• Typical workday expected to finish around mid-afternoon, depending on school needs

Key Responsibilities

• Warm and prepare meals according to school procedures
• Prepare simple snacks, fruit, vegetables, and other cold-prep items
• Portion and organize meals and snacks for classrooms
• Follow allergy protocols and dietary restriction procedures carefully
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized kitchen and food prep area
• Receive, label, store, and rotate food deliveries properly
• Track food inventory and communicate supply needs to school leadership
• Follow food safety, sanitation, and childcare food-service requirements
• Support smooth classroom meal and snack delivery
• Communicate clearly with teachers and leadership regarding meal needs, allergies, and daily routines

Ideal Candidate

• Reliable and punctual
• Clean, organized, and detail-oriented
• Comfortable with simple food prep and meal warming
• Careful with allergies, labels, portions, and sanitation
• Able to follow menus, procedures, and food safety expectations
• Positive, calm, and team-oriented
• Comfortable working around young children in a school environment
• Able to work independently once trained

Preferred Experience

• Food service, school kitchen, childcare kitchen, cafeteria, café, brunch, meal prep, or restaurant support experience
• Experience with food safety, sanitation, inventory, or portioning
• ServSafe certification or willingness to obtain certification
• Experience preparing food for children is a plus

If you are dependable, organized, and looking for a weekday food-service role with no nights or weekends, we would love to meet you.

Each Goddard School location is privately owned and operated by Goddard Franchisor LLC franchisees. The Goddard School franchise owner(s) are the employers at each school, and the franchise owner(s) set their own wage and benefit programs, which vary by location.