COOK

If you're caring, capable, and excited to cook simple, healthy food for small people, let's connect!

ChildRoots nurtures healthy growth and development in children aged six weeks to six years by encouraging play, facilitating exploration, and offering delicious, nourishing food.  We're currently recruiting a Full-Time Cook to join our Northwest Center team!

All food served at ChildRoots is organic, vegetarian and nut-free. We offer lunch and two snacks daily, served family-style as part of our signature "Take 5" plan, which incorporates a grain, bean, fresh fruit, vegetable, and dairy.

Produce is served fresh, roasted, or steamed. Beans and grains have minimal seasoning. By serving a variety of nutritious, delicious foods in their natural state; children are able to acquire a taste for whole, unprocessed foods.

This role is strictly cooking and kitchen work. Interaction with children and other staff members is minimal. When delivering meals, you'll get to feel like a rock star who's the center of children’s attention, but 99.9% of your day is spent working independently in the kitchen.

This role's typical schedule is 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday.

You'll fit right in at ChildRoots if you are:

• Detail- and rhythm-oriented

• Comfortable and capable of meeting strict service standards and deadlines under pressure

• Experienced in a high-volume restaurant, school, or other batch-cooking environment

• Comfortable doing dirty, unglamorous work like washing dishes, cleaning, and more cleaning

• Extremely self-directed and excited about the prospect of working independently all day long

• A lifelong learner who respects small people and their unique needs

To work with us, you must be enrolled in Oregon’s Central Background Registry.

Also, within your first 30 days of employment, you'll need to have or obtain an Oregon Food Handler's Card and take a pediatric CPR/First Aid course.

We offer a competitive, transparent $21.50 starting hourly wage. We also offer annual performance reviews and merit-based raises (up to $0.50/hour per review), bonuses, and paid time off, including holidays throughout the year and Winter Break, Spring Break and three long weekends over the summer. We also offer health, vision, dental & life insurance coverage and a 401(k) with a generous company match. 

HOW TO APPLY

Complete our online application, where you'll be asked to share your résumé and contact information for 3 personal references.  Our application asks questions about teacher-qualification and some other trainings, but these are not required for this particular position. Please just answer these questions truthfully and don’t worry.

If you're passionate about nourishing young minds, we can't wait to hear from you!

Updated 9/19/2024 (SR)