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About the Role
This role supports the Early Head Start program through nutritious meal preparation, facility cleanliness, and a strong commitment to child safety and well-being, ensuring children receive healthy meals in a safe environment that supports learning and growth.
Responsibilities
- Ensures a safe, sanitary, and compliant environment for food service and facility operations in accordance with USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program, Missouri licensing, and sanitation standards
- Plans, prepares, purchases, and serves food items while performing routine and deep cleaning to support overall facility health and safety
- Maintains cleanliness and safety of the entire facility, including kitchen, classrooms, common areas, playgrounds, and center vehicles, and coordinates routine maintenance as needed
- Completes and maintains required documentation including production records, sanitation logs, inventory tracking, and supply requests
- Supports kitchen and center operations as needed, coordinating maintenance needs, and communicating with supervisors
- Fosters positive relationships with families and staff while promoting healthy nutrition habits, maintaining confidentiality, and completing required training and mandated reporting responsibilities
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED
- 1 year of food service experience preferred
- Strong knowledge of nutrition, food safety, sanitation procedures, and compliance with USDA/Health Department/Head Start standards
- Ability to plan, organize, and complete work with attention to detail
- Basic math skills
- Computer proficiency (data entry and word processing)
- ServSafe Certification required within 3 months of hire
- CPR/First Aid certification required or obtainable
- Valid driver’s license required
- Professional, dependable team player with the ability to maintain confidentiality, use sound judgment, and demonstrate initiative, flexibility, and patience
- Attention to safety at all times and compliance with all program safety policies
- Lifting up to 40 lbs
- Requires frequent movement including standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crawling, and climbing
- Prolonged time on your feet and kitchen activity
- Occasional driving and visual concentration
- Working in a busy early childhood center environment
Skills
- Nutrition
- Food safety
- Sanitation procedures
- USDA/Health Department/Head Start standards compliance
- Planning
- Organization
- Attention to detail
- Basic math skills
- Computer proficiency
- Data entry
- Word processing
- ServSafe Certification
- CPR/First Aid certification
- Confidentiality
- Sound judgment
- Initiative
- Flexibility
- Patience
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 1 year of food service experience preferred
Education Level
- High school diploma or GED
Salary/Compensations
- $15.61/hour starting wage
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- FREE life insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer contribution
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) Accrual
- 14 paid holidays
- 2-week paid winter/holiday break
- Paid inclement weather days
- Tuition assistance
- Ongoing professional development opportunities
- Career advancement opportunities
About the Company
- Douglass Community Services, Inc. is seeking a dependable and mission-driven team member to support our Early Head Start program.
Equal Opportunity
- Douglass Community Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and Drug-Free Workplace.