Preschool Cook

Merryhill School is a multi-location school group with campuses in California, Colorado, Nevada, and Texas offering an outstanding private education to preschool, elementary, and middle school age students. Our preschools offer the perfect balance of learning and play, while our elementary and middle schools provide a challenging and robust curriculum, innovative instruction, and a vibrant school community. A career with Merryhill offers opportunities in education, summer camps, before and after school programs, and regional management with the support of our parent company, Spring Education Group.

What We Offer

• Pay: $18-20.00 an hour
• Health, vision, and dental benefits
• 401(k) plan
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Student Tuition Discount

About the Role

As a Preschool Cook at Merryhill School, you will plan, organize, supervise, and participate in the preparation, cooking, baking, and serving of a variety of foods in quantity. You will serve food hygienically and interact with children to model proper eating etiquette and food handling. Our school cooks are responsible for keeping the kitchen clean and organized according to health department standards. You will assist our school operations with classroom coverage, morning and afternoon bus runs, and more.

You will also

• Maintain a clean kitchen, cooking, and prep area for meals to be served safely daily
• Serve and engage our students, teaching them eating etiquette and proper food handling that will serve them for a lifetime!
• Positively influence your peers to work toward and meet the schools vision of excellence. Provides and maintains quality meal programs. Ensures safe and efficient delivery of food to the children.
• Have a strong desire to work collaboratively with a talented team of diverse educators and administrators. Develop and maintain interpersonal relationships with the families, students, and school community.

What We Are Looking For

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Comply with all company and state-specific standards and maintains validation of required credentials for the position.
• Ability to successfully pass a state and federal background check.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and ability to connect with students.
• High School Diploma or GED AND at least two years of experience with cooking in large quantities, preferably in a school setting.
• Obtain, or willing to obtain, a ServSafe credential.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. In general, this position requires an individual to frequently walk, stand, sit, squat, stoop, reach, kneel, rise from the floor, twist, listen, read, write, and speak the English language. In addition, this position often requires an individual to carry, lift, use repetitive or fine hand movements, and occasionally push, pull, or bend. This position is regularly required to hear and use clear vision with or without correction. Spring Education Group, including, but not limited to SEG Inc., and their affiliates (collectively Company) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants for employment and employees are provided equal employment opportunities, including in recruitment, hiring, and assignment, without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion and religious creed, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital or familial status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military/veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. The Company expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee or student harassment or discrimination.