La Petite Academy Food Specialist job in Boynton Beach, FL

Company La Petite Academy
Job Title Food Specialist
Job Type Full-time, Part-time
Hours Not Specified
Location 4885 Windward Passage Drive
Boynton BeachFL  33436

Food Specialist

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Learning Care Group, Inc. is one of the largest and fastest-growing child care providers in North America. With over 1000 locations in 37 states, we provide early childhood professionals unparalleled career opportunities and the chance to make a difference in the lives of children.

Learning Care Group is comprised of five unique brands:

  • La Petite Academy
  • Childtime Learning Centers
  • Tutor Time Child Care / Learning Centers
  • The Children's Courtyard
  • Montessori Unlimited

Food Specialist

Each day, our Food Specialists are responsible for planning and preparing nutritionally balanced and appetizing family-style meals and snacks for children and staff. We are looking for dependable and caring individuals, who can work independently to take accurate inventory of food supplies, create food orders as necessary, plan menus and take pride in the meals they prepare for our students. Each Food Specialist is expected to maintain a positive and supportive relationship with school staff, children, parents and regulatory officials.

PLEASE READ: We staff our schools with a core group of full-time employees as well as numerous part-time employees (less than 32 hours per week). When full-time positions become available in our schools, we try to consider our current part-time employees who are seeking full-time employment. If you are not willing to consider part-time work, please indicate this on your application, otherwise your application will be considered for any full and part-time opportunities as they become available.

This La Petite Academy location may or may not be hiring at this time. However, we continuously accept applications to ensure that we are able to quickly identify and select the most qualified applicant(s) once a position becomes available. All applications we receive remain active for 6 months, to be considered for all potential opportunities that may arise.

Learning Care Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer

Additional Info

Minimum Age
18+ years old

Additional

Requirements:
In order to be considered for this position, you must meet all state licensing requirements, including:

  • Must be at least 18 years old
  • Must have High School Diploma or equivalent
  • Previous experience in cooking and food preparation for multiple individuals, preferably in child care food programs, a public institution or restaurant
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills and good hygiene

Job Benefits

There are many benefit options available to full and part-time employees. We provide a fun, challenging work environment that fosters teamwork, inspires professional excellence and encourages contributions by all team members including:

  • Competitive compensation
  • Comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefit plans available to eligible full-time employees
  • Medical plans available to eligible part-time employees
  • 401k
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • CDA reimbursement may be available
  • Vacation, holiday and sick time available to eligible full-time employees
  • Generous child care discount

And because we have locations throughout the United States, there are countless transfer and advancement opportunities.